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micky 
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 Posted: February 22 2009 at 13:18 |
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having been exposed to Finnish folk music through Raff...they get my vote. Love that stuff...
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 13:37 |
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I can't vote. The only Scandinavian music I know is from the PA samples that I've heard druing the last four years. It may be easy to vote for Sweden, but there are a few beautiful gems from Finland as well...
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inCognito710
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 14:44 |
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It's obvious Sweden does - and not from the polls. Think about ones of the greatest names in music and you already think about Sweden : Yngwie Malmsteen, Therion, Abba, Roxette, Morgana Lefay, Tiamat, Lake Of Tears, Opeth, Europe, Hammerfall, The Flower Kings, In Flames, Landberk, Carptree, Algarnas Tradgard, Pain of Salvation, A.C.T. and many, many others. After Sweden, come Finland and Norway. These 3 are also similar in surface,with Sweden having the biggest number of inhabitants,as great as Norway and Finland have together.
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Fara muzica,viata ar fi o greseala !
Don't know what you got til it's gone
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mithrandir
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 18:18 |
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 18:22 |
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If we take all music including prog, then Sweden for sure. But metal being most of my collection, I have to say I'm split between Sweden, Finland, and Norway. I love Norwegian Black Metal. Finland has given me some great acts. Sweden has a good black metal scene and the ever-declining death metal one (the US always had the edge on that).
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: February 22 2009 at 18:26 |
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Sweden, hell yep.
Some absolutely classic albums came from bands from that country.
Amazing innovations in the metal scene in Sweden, no doubt.
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superprog
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 01:57 |
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Norway, for the incredible and innovative jazz n electronic stuff
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Trial and Error
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 02:55 |
 inCognito710 wrote:
Yngwie Malmsteen,
Therion,
Abba, Roxette, Morgana Lefay,
Tiamat,
Lake Of Tears,
Opeth,
Europe,
Hammerfall,
The Flower Kings,
In Flames |
1. Good, but I'm not that interested in his music. 2. Their early stuff is top notch, the latter more symphonic works I get out once all six months. They're not bad, but not my style. 3. Are negative points. 4. Have become worse per year. Skeleton Skeletron was the last album that had one decent song, and that wass a Stones cover. 5. Had one great song, and five good ones, but Headstones was the only album I'm really glad I have bought. 6. Point taken. 7. Negative point. 8. Bore me. Not my style at all. 9. Point taken. 10. Have been getting worse with every album after Jester Race. All after Clayman are completely forgettable, and Clayman is only decent. The rest I have either not heard or didn't like much. Norway for me. Sweden has some strong contesters (Änglagard, Anekdoten, Opeth, Dark Tranquillity, etc.) but Norway is far better in metal, especially with Black Metal and Avant Garde Metal bands.
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Rocktopus
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 04:00 |
superprog wrote:
Norway, for the incredible and innovative jazz n electronic stuff |
Yes, Norway's defenatly the best place for all kinds of jazz out of the Nordic countries, but in Prog and most other genres Sweden are miles ahead of the rest.
I ain't all that interested in metal and especially not progmetal (I do like Opeth) but Sweden's also got: Algarnas
Tradgård, Samla/Zamla/Lars Hollmer/Von Zamla, Kultivator, Blåkulla,
Arbete & Fritid, Archimedes Badkar, Ensemble Nimbus, Myrbein,
Atlas, Dungen, Nya Ljudbolaget, Kebnekaise, Kvartetten som Sprangde,
Ragnarök, Trettioåriga Kriget, November, Parsson Sound, Fortrangd Hushållsarbete, Flasket Brinner, Harvester, Bo Hansson, Vildkaktus + those 90's revival bands already mentioned and more.. Btw:Since Denmark has got no votes: Both Secret Oyster and Burnin' Red Ivanhoe are great 70's proggy jazzfusion, and new band Afenginn is awsome.
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UMUR
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 04:42 |
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There´s no compitition IMO. Sweden of course.
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hermosotrozo
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 08:07 |
 i know that nobody will agree with me, but i would say MLTR. and i have seen them performing live, it reminds me of my college days, and my then GF and now wife! so i am the only one in the thread that's said Denmark!
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Norbert
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 12:56 |
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Norway for me, but Finland is very close.
There are certainly more good bands in Swedenin numbers but the Norwegian and Finnish music sounds more special and unique to me.
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Tzibo
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 14:55 |
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Yeah, Sweden probably has good bands, but neither do I know of them or do I listen to them. Opeth's growling... I don't like and Pain of Salvation, I think I should try it, it sounds pretty good. Sweden has also one of the awesomest bands in the world, Kent, but it neither will take the place from Finland. Not trying to be boasting - I think it relates more to my backgrounds as a Finn, you know, I've of course been exposed more to Finnish bands than Swedish and such. So, Finland has CMX, Eppu Normaali, Kuusumun Profeetta, Hassisen Kone, Havana Black, Ultra Bra, Sielun Veljet etc., well, yeah, Eppu Normaali is rock and Ultra Bra some kinda choirpop (awesome still) but still, I like Finland the most... And I think that Kingston Wall and Circle and such do for the prog scene, even though I haven't heard them much... You can always recommend new bands that I'm not aware of to me. :P
PS. I clicked Sweden, accidentally. ._.
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Philéas
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 16:51 |
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Sweden, easily.
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 17:57 |
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Dim
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 22:16 |
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The T
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Posted: February 23 2009 at 23:55 |
^Oh come on! It's unfair to bring the most ridiculous photo shoot ever to the conversation!
I don't know what they were thinking. They don't ;look evil but extremely ridiculous. many norwegian black metal albums have covers and pics that are quite scary or freakish... But Immortal.. they just never could do it...
Their music, though, is brilliant, the great Pure Holocaust and At the Heart of Winter and the great last album with one of the best riffs ever, the one in Tyrants.
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UMUR
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Posted: February 24 2009 at 00:29 |
Just love that pic  .
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Jake Kobrin
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Posted: February 24 2009 at 02:09 |
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Most definitely Sweden, then Norway next (for their great Avant-Garde BM...)
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UMUR
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Posted: February 24 2009 at 02:17 |
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Yep bands like Ved Buens Ende, Virus ( none are exactly black metal of course, but certainly extreme in their own respect) and Dødheimsgard ( DHG) are favorites of mine. But Sweden does have the most influential and prolific prog and metal scene in Scandinavia IMO.
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