What are the characteristics of Finland?

Finland's harsh climatic conditions, special geographical location and history make Finns form a national character and culture with Nordic characteristics. Finns are introverted and low-key, but they are full of national pride. In today's globalization, they do not go with the flow, but firmly safeguard their traditional culture.

There are many famous artists in Finland: sibelius, a great musician, initiated a new era of national music and is known as the father of Finnish national music; The legendary national epic Ka Laivaara compiled by linguist Lun Lott has become one of the greatest epics in the history of world literature. Alvar aalto, a famous architect, is unique in the trend of modernist architectural design with his design full of Finnish traditional romantic style. Finland also has many world-class artists. In particular, Finland's design style with its own national cultural characteristics makes many handicrafts and buildings decades ago still novel and imaginative masterpieces in the eyes of modern people. Most of the works of Finnish design masters are world-renowned for their concise and practical design style, high-quality materials and exquisite craftsmanship.

Finland is also the hometown of Santa Claus. Markus, the king of Finnish children's stories from 65438 to 0927, told the story of Santa Claus and 20,000 reindeer living on the "Ershan" in Lapland province, which is the border between Finland and the Soviet Union. It is because of his "ears" that Santa Claus can hear the voices of all the children in the world in the North Pole. His infectious romantic reasoning has been recognized by the world, and since then, the "Ear Mountain" in the story has become the hometown of Santa Claus. On Christmas Eve, every year children hang their socks by the fireplace before going to bed, and then go to sleep with eager anticipation. Santa Claus will ride a sleigh pulled by reindeer at night and distribute Christmas presents to children's stockings from the fireplace chimney.

Besides art, Finns also invented the sauna, which is called the quintessence of Finland. Finnish proverb says: build a sauna first, then build a house. Sauna is one of the few Finnish words that have entered the world language category. Saunas in Finland must be built entirely of wood, including steam rooms, bathrooms and changing rooms. There are millions of saunas of different sizes in Finland, with an average of one sauna for every three people, the highest density in the world. For those who travel to Finland, they have never been to Finland without a sauna.

Music in Finland:

Finland looks more like an island country on the map, because it is relatively isolated from the European continent. There are dense forests and beautiful lakes everywhere, which breeds a unique Nordic metal culture.

The more exotic the country, the better their metal music.

I think it is also her geographical location that makes Finland's metal culture different from other European countries. Almost all the time in the 1980s, overseas people knew nothing about the metal music of this land. The high transportation cost also makes few overseas bands tour in Finland, and all the stories and evolution are carried out in this country. In the late 1980 s, the dark death metal power there was already very strong. At that time, there were many excellent underground obituaries, but they were so obscure!

Gradually, some bands have achieved great commercial success, such as Stratov Arioux, the pierced Nazarene, Amofis, Bodom's children, Night, and Eternal Tears of Sorrow. These bands have all reached the largest local music charts. Since then, metal fans all over the world have turned their attention to Finland. However, most of the bands that have been noticed are bands with strong commercial traces, such as those mentioned above. For senior metal fans, although they have led the trend of history, until today, most of them have no creativity or audibility. Melody is a major feature of these famous bands, which is why we often say that Finnish bands emphasize melody.

There are too many metal bands in Finland, and the energy is so big that it explodes? Or did the long winter in northern Europe precipitate their gloomy mood? You can find more self and pure metal music there!

Demigold, Hatred, Perception, Amophis, Nazarene, Yi Sima, Bei Gerrit, Grouper ... Their influence and inspiration on others are obvious to all. If you like Finnish metal music, remember these names.

In recent years, the Finnish Metal Army composed of new Finnish bands HIM, Entwine, Charon, Todiefor, 69 Eyes, Shamrain and Soul Relic has become more and more popular all over the world.

Of course, Finns did not give up their traditional folk music while making metal music. A group of metal bands represented by Moonsorrow, Ensiferum, Finntroll (the first three are collectively called Viking Three Musketeers) and Korpiklaani perfectly blended traditional folk music, the legend of heroes, polar scenery and pagan forces. Similar bands include viikate, Tenhi (this is a dark wave), Tears of Eternal Sorrow, Calvarium and so on.