Finnish death metal musical groups

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Chapters: Finnish melodic death metal musical groups, Children of Bodom, Deuteronomium, Before the Dawn, Wintersun, Ensiferum, Amorphis, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Immortal Souls, Norther, Sentenced, Kalmah, Amoral, Rotten Sound, Omnium Gatherum, Sotajumala, Impaled Nazarene, Insomnium, Swallow the Sun, Mors Principium Est, Demilich, Xysma, Mokoma, Deathbound, Turmion Kätilöt, Demigod, Naildown, MyGRAIN, To Separate the Flesh from the Bones, Noumena, Verjnuarmu, Abhorrence, Cadacross, Torture Killer, Ghost Brigade, Deathchain, Diablo, Depressed Mode, Rapture, Falchion, Convulse, Gandalf, Hateform, Divercia, The Justice of Suffering. Excerpt: Children of Bodom is a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993, the group currently consists of Alexi Laiho (vocals, lead guitar), Roope Latvala (rhythm guitar), Janne Wirman (keyboards), Henkka Seppälä (bass), and Jaska Raatikainen (drums). In total they have released seven studio albums, two live albums, two EPs, two compilation albums and one DVD. The band's third studio album, Follow the Reaper, was their first album to receive a Gold certification in Finland, and since then, all six of the band's studio albums have reached the same status. In Finland, Children of Bodom has released three consecutive albums that debuted at number one on Finnish album charts, and has also seen chart positions on the United States Billboard 200. The band has incorporated many different musical styles, leading critics and fans to label them as melodic death metal, black metal, thrash metal, and power metal. Children of Bodom was formed in 1993 by guitarist Alexi "Wildchild" Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen under the name of Inearthed. Both musicians had known each other since early childhood and had shared an interest in heavy metal, especially death metal groups, such as Dissection, Entombed, and Obituary. Bassist Samuli Miettinen completed the initial line-up of the band. Inearthed recorded its first demo, Implosion of Heaven, during August of the same year. Samuli was the main composer of the band's lyrics for the two years that he took part in Inearthed, but his family moved to the United States in 1995, making it impossible for him to remain in the band. His last contribution to Inearthed were the lyrics of the songs from their second demo, Ubiquitous Absence of Remission which was first time they worked with producer Anssi Kippo at Astia-studios (Lappeenranta, Finland). In this demo, keyboards were incorporated into the band's songs for the first time. In order to achieve this, both Laiho and Raatikainen played the keyboards separately, and subsequently mixed t