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The Sound of Oulu Metal

“The Sound of Oulu Metal” brings together a heavy, icebound collection of metal rooted in Finland’s northern city of Oulu and its surrounding regions. Blending melodic death metal, blackened thrash, gothic metal, and sludge, the playlist showcases the diversity of tone and style that has emerged from this often-overlooked hub of heavy music. Bands like Sentenced, Poisonblack, and Catamenia offer a colder, melodic approach, while KYPCK and Blind Channel bend genre boundaries with industrial, modern, or alternative edges.

Dig deeper and you'll find underground gems like Torture Pulse, Black Mass Pervertor, and Arson Under the Sea alongside bigger international names such as Kalmah and Impaled Nazarene. Whether it’s the melancholic punch of For My Pain… or the feral aggression of Bonehunter, there’s a raw energy and emotional weight that ties these tracks together. The playlist serves as a cross-section of what Oulu and northern Finland have contributed to the global metal scene—bleak, uncompromising, and distinct.

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Aarni 3 tracks
Abysmalia 2 tracks
Antipope 2 tracks
Arson Under the Sea 2 tracks
Black Mass Pervertor 2 tracks
Blackthrone 2 tracks
Blind Channel 3 tracks
Blåådpalt 2 tracks
Boar 2 tracks
Bonehunter 3 tracks
Brüssel Kaupallinen 2 tracks
Burning Point 3 tracks
Catamenia 3 tracks
Clock Paradox 2 tracks
Cyphosis 2 tracks
Dark Flood 3 tracks
Dawn of Relic 2 tracks
Deathbound 2 tracks
Deep River Acolytes 2 tracks
Denominate 2 tracks
Depth Beyond One's 2 tracks
Devil Creations 2 tracks
Embraze 3 tracks
Faff-Bey 2 tracks
For My Pain... 3 tracks
From Ashes to New 1 track
Fucking Hands 1 track
Funeral For The Masses 1 track
Ghost Machinery 3 tracks
Green Straw Machine 1 track
Haterial 1 track
Hebosagil 3 tracks
Hurmanjuoksu 1 track
Ignis Fatuus 1 track
Impaled Nazarene 3 tracks
Joint Depression 1 track
KYPCK 3 tracks
Kalmah 3 tracks
Khanus 1 track
Killmosphere 1 track
Kozaks of Metallishtan 1 track
Labworks 1 track
Lapin Helvetti 2 tracks
Legenda 2 tracks
Mors Subita 3 tracks
Mournful Lines 3 tracks
Myon 1 track
Myon 1 track
Mythos 1 track
Napalm Ted 1 track
Napoleon Skullfukk 2 tracks
National Napalm Syndicate 2 tracks
Pete Ahonen 1 track
Poisonblack 3 tracks
Reflexion 3 tracks
Rekoma 1 track
Rodent Epoch 1 track
S-TOOL 3 tracks
Sadistik Forest 3 tracks
Sarastus 3 tracks
Seith 1 track
Sentenced 3 tracks
Shane 54 1 track
Solution 13 3 tracks
Spell of Torment 2 tracks
Stargazery 3 tracks
The Blue Zephyr 1 track
The Man-Eating Tree 3 tracks
The Phantom of Phobos 1 track
The Psycho Season 1 track
Theomania 1 track
Torture Pulse 2 tracks
Umbra Nihil 3 tracks
Velvet Ocean 2 tracks
Verikalpa 3 tracks
Wolfshead 1 track
Wrathage 1 track
Wrestling 1 track
Wyrmwoods 1 track
ZeroCrowd 2 tracks