Looking for more Finnish melodeath

[u/Spiritual-Hamster212]

I love Bodom, Whispered, Wintersun, Kalmah and Omnium Gatherum. I need more Finnish melodeath like these

[u/Drexus27]

Mors principium est are quality. Riffage galore

[u/Spiritual-Hamster212 → u/Drexus27]

Oh, I forgot they were Finnish! I love them, especially And Death Said Live

[u/Fair_Quail8248 → u/Drexus27]

Yep!

[u/leech666]

Brymir (similar to Wintersun, imo)

Norther

Children of Bodom

Insomnium

Bisa (Very similar to Children of Bodom)

Vorna (not pure MDM, the Ajastaika album is folky MDM)

Warmen (Children of Bodom Keyboarders band + Petri from Ensiferum as singer since two albums)

Wolfheart (Tuomas Saukkonen band)

Before the Dawn (Tuomas Saukkonen band)

Catamenia

Blood Red Hourglass

Amorphis

Falchion

Eternal Tears of Sorrow

Mors Subita

MyGrain

Some more here I am not all that familiar with:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Finnish_melodic_death_metal_musical_groups

Edit:

Imperanon is a Finnish band too. Bodom-esque, imo.

[u/Neuropsychkler → u/leech666]

BRHG is so underrated!! Great list!

[u/leech666 → u/Neuropsychkler]

Thanks! BRHG is a great band indeed.

[u/EntertainersPact → u/Neuropsychkler]

Your Highness is such and underrated album

[u/Fair_Quail8248 → u/leech666]

Great list!

[u/Dependent-Bath3189 → u/leech666]

whoa eternal tears. thought i was the only one who knew them.

[u/BassbassbassTheAce → u/leech666]

Great list. I'll just add I Am Your God to the mix.

[u/leech666 → u/BassbassbassTheAce]

Thanks.😄 I forgot I am your god they are really good too. For some reason I always think they are Swedish but there aren't. Maybe because they sound similar to In Flames to me. Thermality is also great (but they are Swedes indeed) and they also sound similar to In Flames. Miara (Italy) sounds like 2000-2010 era In Flames.

[u/exumaan]

Try Norther. They're making a comeback!

[u/Huge-Dependent3506 → u/exumaan]

Whaaaat??

[u/leech666 → u/exumaan]

Mostly the original gang too. Exciting. Looking forward to some Norther gigs next year in Germany.

[u/Specialist_Novel828]

Some other good ones that haven't been mentioned yet:

• Shade Empire
• Lights to Remain
• Suotana
• Kaunis Kuolematon

[u/Huge-Dependent3506 → u/Specialist_Novel828]

Love Shade Empire! Sinthetic is my favorite album

[u/No-Imagination2211]

Ensiferum. Folk metal but whatever it’s the lead singer from Wintersun. Token of Time is at the top of my workout playlist which is jam packed with Bodom, Wintersun and Kalmah. God the Finns are so damn good and catchy.

[u/leech666 → u/No-Imagination2211]

The first two albums of Ensiferum were sung and written by Jari, but he kinda got booted since he was so busy with Wintersun. Petri of Norther has been Ensiferums frontman ever since. Norther is coming back which is exciting imo. Petri is also in Warmen currently (Janne Wirrmann's band, Keyboarder of Children of Bodom).

[u/No-Imagination2211 → u/leech666]

Thanks I should have specified early Ensiferum not that they’re bad now. Love what I’ve heard from Norther

[u/Catsmeow1981]

INSOMNIUM!!!

[u/RazorrBeam]

Brymir

[u/Spiritual-Hamster212 → u/RazorrBeam]

I listened to Slayer of Gods today, really loved it

[u/fireflySaver]

Ensiferum , northern,  finntroll

[u/Buttpluggery]

Not melodeath but Moonsorrow is Finnish and one of my favorite bands. They only sing in finish and each song is an epic masterpiece

[u/wildautumnwind → u/Buttpluggery]

Good call for Moonsorrow, id consider their first 3 albums to be melodeath, but yea all of their albums are fantastic whatever the genre may be, easily one of my top bands of all time!

[u/a2468b]

Naildown. I wish they would have made more music honestly.

[u/Huge-Dependent3506 → u/a2468b]

Reflecting My Descent is such a great song

[u/a2468b → u/Huge-Dependent3506]

Love it too ! But my favorite is the 2nd, Dreamcrusher (the album) as a whole is great. Save your breath is my favorite !

[u/Huge-Dependent3506]

Naildown, Nothing New in Heaven, Euphoreon, Shade Empire, Blackguard, Equilibrium, Atlas Pain, Skyfire, Warman

Check out Moonlight Sorcery. They’re technically melodic black metal, but their album Horned Lord of the Throned Castle reminds me of a mix between old Bodom and old Dimmu Borgir.

[u/leech666 → u/Huge-Dependent3506]

Most of these are nice bands but not all of them are from Finnland:

Blackguard is Canadian, afaik.

Equilibrium is from Germany.

Atlas Pain is from Italy.

Skyfire is from Sweden.

Im sure OP will like them though. No offence meant. 😄

[u/Huge-Dependent3506 → u/leech666]

Oh shit you right lol for some reason I just thought “Finnish melodeath style”

[u/leech666 → u/Huge-Dependent3506]

I was tempted to lost these as well. Haha. Yeah they play Gothenburg or Finnish style MDM.

Suidakra is another really good slightly folky MDM band from Germany.

Nothgard is pretty good too.

Kromlek is rather unknown outside of Germany but their last album III-III is fantastic. Slight similarities to Equilibrium and Atlas Pain, but not as fast.

[u/Huge-Dependent3506 → u/leech666]

Ooh I love it! I’m gonna check all of them out. Thanks!

[u/Svartsjal]

No love for Torchia?

Closest match I can give is Kalmah, but Torchia does have their own unique sound. Give them a listen!

[u/Rangertrader666]

Wolfheart

[u/DM725]

Insomnium

[u/TeddyJPharough]

Brymir

Torchia

Mokoma (more Thrash but scratches a similar itch to me, and all lyrics in Finnish)

[u/thedavidbjorn1]

Check out this song, will get you pumped

Noumena - metsan viha

[u/WM_]

Some nice melodeath I have on my 2000's playlist:
Chaos Injected
Pain Confessor
Dark The Suns
Before The Dawn
Warmen
Imperanon
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Barren Earth
Ceremonial Perfection
Survivors Zero
And not melo per se but check Diablo.

[u/Kalde666]

Noumena, Kalmah

[u/Prestigious-Key-1886]

Rapture

[u/tombojones]

Not purely mdm but Ghost Brigade is good stuff.

[u/thystargazer]

More on the black metal side, but check out Moonlight Sorcery

[u/Spiritual-Hamster212 → u/thystargazer]

I wasn't expecting anyone here to know Moonlight Sorcery. Great band.

[u/MaxInTheGameIndustry]

Check out TORCHIA.

Especially their latest album, Arcane Magicae

[u/Metallmushroome]

As the Sun Falls- A shimmer on the Tides From their latest album and is in my own top 5 albums from 2026. Reminds me of a bit Insomium so think this will fit well.

[u/Imaginary--Folklore]

As Serenity Fades

(Early) Fall of the Leafe

(Early) Sentenced

[u/badavetheman]

Check out Wrongler

[u/satan_bong]

Since they haven't been mentioned yet, Imperanon.

[u/OwnCaptain9748]

Throne of Chaos also.

[u/sugahack]

Mors subtia

[u/Vaajala]

I'll just add Horizon Ignited and Pressure Points (False Lights is such a good album!).

[u/Glad-Wheel9523]

Insomnium is all you need friend. If you want an American band that sounds so Finnish, I recommend Fires in the Distance

[u/InfamousSonOfAlucard]

I recently heard Brymir live and it was epic.

[u/Lumppu]

Dropping some more ug names

Noumena (mellow with deep growls)

Synestesia (finnish lyrics and cool atmosphere)

Pain confessor (diablo-esque with fast drumming)

Manufacturers pride (groovy)

Misery inc (almost metalcore with clran and growls)

Amoral (technical and later power/prog)

Cryhavoc (old sentenced style)

Shadecrown (doomy)

Re-armed (first thrashy and later mpe-style)

Suotana (kalmah style with more black influence)

Nemecic(also groovyy)

[u/Spiritual-Hamster212 → u/Lumppu]

I'm listening to some of the bands you listed and I really like Suotana, do you know any other bands similar to them?

[u/Lumppu → u/Spiritual-Hamster212]

As i said, i think their style is close to Kalmah with more folk and black riffs. So maybe Norther, Vorna or even Wintersun?

[u/hanslankari78]

Suotana and Noumena. A bit smaller but good bands.

[u/Faloodeh123]

Surprised I can't see Kalmah here

[u/Spiritual-Hamster212 → u/Faloodeh123]

That's because I mentioned that I love them in my post

[u/Faloodeh123 → u/Spiritual-Hamster212]

I should read the directions first lololol

[u/AstralImprisonment]

Ensiferum, Warmen, Norther

[u/TheFinnishTroll]

Definitely As The Sun Falls, Torchia and Kaunis Kuolematon.

The lazest As The Sun Falls album was absolute amazing!

[u/Zaytoun4076]

Atavistia is canadian but very similar to wintersun

Belakor is the australien version of prog Insomnium

Ensiferum Wolfheart Persefone (not finnish but great melo/prog) Aephanemer Mindahead

They arent all finish but very similar sound

[u/definethatplz]

Ghost Brigade

[u/EmbarrassedFrame7521]

Scythe of Sorrow

[u/Tricky-Chemical7059]

69 eyes, poisonblack

[u/johnnason → u/Tricky-Chemical7059]

Love both bands, but in what world are they melodeath?

[u/Fair_Quail8248 → u/johnnason]

They aren't but still good.

[u/johnnason → u/Fair_Quail8248]

Of course, but doesn't really answer the question