Metal from Finland Staff

Hello everyone. My name is Tero Tolkki and I am the weirdo who built Metal From Finland. Music is my passion. Music is my first love really. MFF is my contribution to the FInnish metal and rockscene which in my opinion is the best in the whole world.
Favourite bands:
Stam1na, Children of Bodom, Norther, Entwine, Mokoma, Finntroll
Motto:
Minä elän!

myspace.com/londontears

Favourite bands:
type o negative, charon, tarot, opeth, my dying bride, so on

Hello! My name is Jovana. I am 22 and I am from Belgrade, Serbia.
I adore Finland, Finns, their culture, nature... and of course, Finnish metal! The only thing that I can't live without is music.

www.myspace.com/jovanaasgard
Favourite bands:
Stratovarius, Al Otro Lado, Teräsbetoni, Stam1na, Mägo De Oz, Cuatro Gatos, Beethoven R., Falconer, Leverage, Finntroll, Black Messiah, Sonata Arctica... and many more...

I'm the chaos in person;)

www.myspace.com/Leila_Wildchild
Favourite bands:
every band which can convince me with good music!
Motto:
Horns up and let's ROCK!:)

Heil, Hei, Heyrðu,

I am Voittajansa, a musician and a proud native of the frozen north by distant bloodline. I am a nomadic creature with a coffee fixation that rarely stays in one place...!

Regular haunts include many gigs, libraries and airports, as I travel a lot. In my spare time however, I attend my beloved Suomikoulu, fight with the Jomsvikings UK Elag, study Archaic Old Norse - and eat sleep and breath METAL.

www.myspace.com/di5t0rted

voittajansa@hotmail.com

Long live the land!

Favourite bands:
Moonsorrow, Synestesia, Leverage, Evemaster, Children Of Bodom, Kalmah, Mors Principium Est, Blind Stare, Lost Horizon, Brother Firetribe, Wintersun, Equilibrium, Catamenia...etc
Motto:
Sysimusta Hevisydän...

Moi. Firends call me Anu, i live in Poznan, Poland. I'm 21-year old student of biotechnology.
Music has always been important in my life and suddenly interest in Finland came. I learn finnish language 2nd year and i hope to speak it fluently one day.
And i hope to visit Finland soon ;)

www.myspace.com/soul_in_a_wrong_shell
Favourite bands:
Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Timo Rautiainen ja trio Niskalaukaus, Kilpi, Uniklubi.... and many many more :)

A metalhead from South-Eastern Finland.
Favourite bands:
Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Hypocrisy, Mokoma, Kotipelto, Wintersun, Elias Viljanen, Essence of Sorrow, Dio, Leningrad Cowboys (before 1998) etc.
Motto:
Each answer brings much more new questions.

My name is Stephanie, I'm 21, and I'm from Calgary, Canada. I love photography, manipulating images, drawing, listening to metal, and knee high boots. I work at Wal-Mart, and it sucks.

Favourite bands:
ShamRain, Charon, Hanging Garden, The 69 Eyes, Poisonblack, Setenced, Apocalyptica, The Vision Bleak, Cradle of Filth, Deathstars, Dope Stars Inc., HIM, Entwine, Katatonia, Nightwish, Stratovarius, The Project Hate MCMXCIX, Dave Gahan, Billy Idol, Queen

Hei, I'm a 23-year-old American studying English (language, literature, and creative writing). I've had a great interest in Finland for almost two years and even more than that - I love the music! It is a pleasure to work where I can expand my knowledge of the genre, as well as meet people from around the world with their own backgrounds, languages, and personalities.
- M

Favourite bands:
Stratovarius, Kotipelto, Sonata Arctica, Children of Bodom, Finntroll, Kalmah, Stam1na
Motto:
"Take me back to yesterday, I need to grow." - In Flames, "Satellites and Astronauts"

My name's Joana and I'm from Portugal.

I'm a bit obsessed with Finland and have actually been there in April 2006. I'm hoping to go back this year. Things are looking good since I've started working and thus won't have to ask my parents for money. ;)

Other than Finland, I also want to go... well, everywhere. :)
Favourite bands:
Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Children Of Bodom

Hey, I'm Vicky. I'm 18 and I live in Quebec, Canada. I'm into metal since I am 13, so I pretty much know my subject ! I simply LOVE Finland and its music. I'm proud of being part of the staff here, Thx Tero :)

Myspace: www.myspace.com/northergurl
Favourite bands:
NortheR, Moonsorrow, Heol Telwen, Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Eluveitie, Wintersun
Motto:
Voimasta Ja Kunniasta..!

I am Dimitris from Greece. When Tero Tolkki had the idea for Metal From Finland i was really interested to be a part of it, and i became an editor since the foundation of MFF.
I am also student in the Law School of Athens, i write for Metaleagle Webzine (biggest on-line metal magazine of Greece), and i have a melodic metal band named MINUETUM (myspace.com/minuetum), where i play keyboards.
I really think that Finland has one of the strongest metal scenes around the world (i am a big fan of this scene),especially of the melodic/power metal style...

www.myspace.com/dimitris_metaleagle

Favourite bands:
Stratovarius, Royal Hunt, Helloween, Sonata Arctica, Yngwie Malmsteen among many others...
Motto:
There are 2 kind of things that you not have to worry about them: the ones that you can change and the ones that you can't

Terve!! My name is Jessie and I am 19 years old. Check out my sites for more info..
www.myspace.com/sadisticpriestess
or
Vampire Freaks
vampirefreaks.com/Angels_Fell_First
Favourite bands:
Asrai, Catamenia, Charon, Children of Bodom, Evanescence, Epica, Kalmah, Nightwish, Norther, Satyrian, Sonata Arctica, Soulrelic, Tarot, Unshine, Wintersun, Within Temptation

I started to listen to metal about 10 years ago and never stopped. We had this great music festival in São Paulo and I got to see Motorhead, Angra (still with André Matos), Skid Row, King Diamond, Helloween (it was love at the first note), Iron Maiden (with Blaze on vocals - I still don't like him on stage)and other bands all at once. It was just addicting and it brought me a new lifestyle.
I studied English and Portuguese Language and Literatures in University and nowadays I divide my time between being a translator and an english teacher. I would like to teach other subjects as Portuguese literature or language someday, though.
Due to the love of languages and foreign cultures I ended up studying English (did somebody notice?), Spanish and Italian besides my mother tongue, Portuguese. I study German and Finnish nowadays. Finnish is so much easier!!!
That is about it.

ROCK THE METAL!
Favourite bands:
Stratovarius, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Angra, Shaaman, Kotipelto, etc.
Motto:
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it... (Paulo Coelho)

Hey, I'm Sharon. I'm originally from England, but live in sunny California, USA.
I read, write, and speak Finnish pretty well; puhun ja ymmärrän vähän!


Favourite bands:
Iron Maiden, Megadeth, Swallow the Sun, Plutonium Orange, Machine Men.
Motto:
Rock out with your cock out!

Hailz! I'm Dijana (21 yrs) from Croatia/Bosnia and Herzegovina. Also, I'm a student of journalism and a great music fan (especially of Finnish metal bands of course!). It's great to be a part of this kinda website and I'm more than glad to contribute to it. Interest for Scandinavia and Finland in particular came natural to me, my dream is to visit Finland some day. Some of my other interests and spare-time activities are movies, concerts, directing, videos, partying, journalism, johnny depp, stephen dorff, traveling, pushkin vodka black sun, formula 1, victorian novels, poetry, photography, dr martens, accessories, long island ice tea, billiards...
Favourite bands:
Poisonblack, Catamenia, Katatonia, Sentenced, Charon, Oomph, Father, Apocalyptica, End of You, To/Die/For, Sonata Arctica, Before the Dawn, Korpiklaani, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Iced Earth, Pain, Ensiferum, Amorphis, Dark Tranquillity, Laibach, Sirenia
Motto:
Still have to figure out that one...

Hei everyone! My name is Sandra, I'm 22, and I am a metalhead from California. I am currently in college taking Business Management and American Sign Language. I work in marketing while not at school, so it's kool.
I've been into metal since birth, and I've been into Finnish metal for about 6 years now and still counting. I love hearing new music! So lets rock this!!

>> www.myspace.com/inner_cell

Favourite bands:
Kill The Romance, Korn, Rust, Airhead, Fourpointsix, Tarot, Nightwish, Insert Remedy, Tacere, Bif Naked, AIC, Foo Fighters, Downfall, Agonizer, Apulanta, Kittie, ANFG, Linkin Park, Otep
Motto:
Life doesn't wait - so why should you?

Hey! I'm 17 and I'm from Transylvania.

I really like listening to music, reading and playing with my dog.
I love the Finnish language and music and I hope I can move there one day.

Please visit my Tarja fansite:
http://www.myangelsdream.eu.tp
Favourite bands:
Tarja Turunen, Nightwish, Tarot, Sonata Arctica, Ozzy Osbourne

Hey! I'm Inês from Portugal. I love music, mostly metal. Got interested by Finland when i started noticing how many bands from there play great music and then their culture. Now i'm learning finnish and i plan one day to visit Finland.
I dislike introductions because i never know what to write.
About college, i'm trying to change to Marketing.
Favourite bands:
Children of Bodom, Slipknot, Nine Inch Nails, W.A.S.P, Sinergy, Stam1na,..

Hey, i'm Louise, 20 years old from Scotland. I'm currently studying multimedia at college. Like everyone else here, i love Finland and Finnish metal and can't wait to go back there next summer :)
Favourite bands:
Turisas, Children Of Bodom, Darkthrone, Emperor, Finntroll, Apocalyptica, Mayhem, Swallow The Sun, Insomnium, Bathory, Opeth, HIM, Satyricon, Windir, Deathchain, Nightwish.

Hey I'm Mark from Hull, England. I'm studying music production at the University of Hull. I'm a musician and I've been playing guitar and recording for nearly 7 years. I'm in a folk metal band called Ravenage and I'm also in the UK Folk Heathen Metal band, Heathen Foray. I love Finland and the culture that thrives within it. I started listening to metal the day I joined this world and there's no bigger rush of emotion.

www.myspace.com/markwood88

www.myspace.com/officialravenage

Favourite bands:
Korpiklaani, Children Of Bodom, Turisas, Mokoma, Mors Principium Est, Svartsot, Gwydion, Falkenbach, The Haunted and a ton more!
Motto:
Don't be brittle, stay metal!

My name is Gillian and I am a music photographer and journalist in the UK.
I take photos at gigs for bands from the UK, Europe...and the rest of the world.......But I suppose you could say my "specialist subject" is bands from Finland.
I have been into metal all my life, originally influenced by my older brother and sister.
I finished school and went on to University, but music has still remained one of the most important parts of my life.
I travel around the UK taking photos at gigs, writing reviews and interviewing bands whenever I can.
If you want to see more of me, add me on myspace - http://www.myspace.cm/gillyhawke
Thanks for reading!

Favourite bands:
Children of Bodom, Kiuas, Turisas, Warmen, The Scourger, Craydawn, Dragonforce, Arch Enemy, Machine Head, Hypocrisy, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica...