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Finntroll combines black metal and Finnish polka, called Humppa. Although they are from Finland, Finntroll’s lyrics are in Swedish (the country’s second official language), because Swedish sounds “damn trollish”, according to the band’s first vocalist, Katla (whose native language is Swedish).

History

Finntroll was founded in 1997, by Teemu “Somnium” Raimoranta (R.I.P. 3/16/03), guitarist of Impaled Nazarene, and Jan “Katla” Jämsen. Their first demo, Rivfader, was recorded about a year later, in 1998. After the demo recording, the other members of the band, Samu Ruotsalainen (from Barathrum, Shape of Despair and Rapture), Samuli Ponsimaa, Henri Sorvali (from Moonsorrow) and Sami Uusitalo joined the band. The record label Spinefarm got interested in the band then, and made a contract, yielding the album Midnattens Widunder (English: The Beast of Midnight) (1999) as a result.

The next step for Finntroll was the album Jaktens Tid (English: The time of the Hunt), which was released in 2001. This album managed to climb to rank 20 of the Finnish album charts, exceeding expectation of band and publisher alike. The following wave of popularity attracted the attention of Century Media, which began promoting Finntroll for the rest of the world. The following summer, the band had their first time playing on open air festivals in Finland and other countries.

Midnattens Widunder
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Top Tracks

1	Trollhammaren full track	2,351
2	Jaktens tid full track	1,122
3	Fiskarens Fiende full track	840
4	Rivfader	823
5	Kitteldags full track	778
6	Midnattens widunder	775
7	Försvinn Du Som Lyser full track	772
8	Eliytres full track	743
9	Ursvamp full track	726
10	Korpens Saga full track	724
11	Slaget vid blodsälv full track	713
12	Grottans Barn full track	698
13	Födosagan full track	661
14	Svartberg	660
15	Skogens hämnd full track	622

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TheWinterWake wrote:
9 minutes ago

And Chile!

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IRL174099 wrote:
Sunday morning

PLEASE COME TO COLOMBIA!!!!!!

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skjoldvall wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I saw these beasts live yesterday. My life now has new meaning

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Anaulis wrote:
Friday evening

Ut för svaga kristna blod!

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whineypaws wrote:
Friday morning

They played a gig in Dante's this Wednesday, I spotted it in the last minute when browsing gigs at meteli.net on Monday... no wonder the venue wasn't that busy, they didn't advertise this much beforehand? Ah well but maybe for the better, I felt really privileged to be there ;)

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leftlobe wrote:
Thursday afternoon

this stuff is awesome

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gazad-jewerdin wrote:
Wednesday evening

Finntroll äger

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sawworm wrote:
Tuesday evening

Yeah They R Godlike *-*

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Heatheeenreel wrote:
Tuesday evening

T.T! SVART DJUP !!!

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lady_perkele wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

awesome band...hails to finntroll!!

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Inocula wrote:
Monday evening

wanna check out some new music? http://wwww.last.fm/music/inocula

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ZurDruid wrote:
7 days ago

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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frecklefart wrote:
last week

Who tags Finntroll as "Viking metal"?

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LaiLaiHeii wrote:
last week

awesome!

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dkeano wrote:
last week

Jaktens Tid wasn't being logged by Last.fm till 4th august 2008, that's the only reason why its not #1 :p Good reason to listen to it even more, get it to #1!

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MinervaPhoto wrote:
last week

<3 finntroll!

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Alasin wrote:
last week

JAKTENS TID ISN'T AT TOP ALBUMS!? shame on you :(

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GrimmsMaerchen wrote:
last week

These guys are epic.

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Aldhisslan wrote:
last week

Vreth is awesome, but i miss Katla. :(

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ravenheart42 wrote:
last week

I only know a few songs from them, can anyone tell me any songs that are similar to Under Varje Rot Och Sten? I like their metal stuff too, but that song I really love! Recommendations from other bands are welcome too =)

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