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posted by FatPhil on Friday September 14 2018, @03:15PM   Printer-friendly
from the https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/14/finland-happiest-country-world-un-report dept.

https://www.marketplace.org/2018/09/07/world/worlds-unlikely-capital-heavy-metal

More than that — could they find the city in the country with the highest concentration of heavy metal bands? Could it be a contest where cities were ranked on how metal they are?

So, they sent an email to, of all places, the Finnish government.

"They sent us an email like, 'Would you be interested in this?' and we said 'Of course'," said Meira Pappi, a country branding specialist for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Finland. A contest to find the world's heavy metal epicenter? A perfect opportunity to promote Finnish culture and boost tourism. An investment of $47,000 from the government and local cities allowed them to build a website, make merchandise and promote their national quest to find the city with most metal bands per capita. A city to crown the Capital of Metal.

Lemi, a municipality with just 3,000 residents, emerged as that place because it had 13 metal bands.

Your humble ed. has spent nearly a quarter of his life in Finland, and can attest to their interest in metal, and it certainly hasn't gone unnoticed:

Curiously, there does seem to be a correlation between metal being popular, and being an affluent, advanced society. Tell that to your mum when she asks when you're going to cut your hair!


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  • (Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @07:49PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @07:49PM (#735008)

    Am I the only one that thought this article was about mining given the title?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @08:29PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @08:29PM (#735035)

    You're not the only one.

    I think that's because "metal" is so dead, almost nobody thinks of music when they hear the word.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @08:51PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @08:51PM (#735052)

      Oh damn, i missed the memo.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @11:48PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @11:48PM (#735155)

        It's become a small niche genre like jazz that very few people listen to.
        It was big in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s. Then, oblivion.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @09:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @09:34PM (#735079)

    I thought so also but came here to comment on their bands.