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Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica
Finnish power metal band
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Antiquus
Antiquus
Canadian band
2
Vanishing Point
Vanishing Point
Band
3
Jani Liimatainen
Jani Liimatainen
Finnish musician
4
Nocturnal Rites
Nocturnal Rites
Swedish power metal band
5
The Dark Element
The Dark Element
Swedish/Finnish symphonic metal band
6
Forgotten Tales
Forgotten Tales
band
7
Almah
Almah
Brazilian metal band established by Edu Falaschi
8
Crystal Viper
Crystal Viper
Polish heavy metal band
9
The Duskfall
The Duskfall
band
10
Emppu Vuorinen
Emppu Vuorinen
Finnish musician
11
Iced Earth
Iced Earth
American heavy metal band
12
Powerglove
Powerglove
band that plays speed metal
13
Henrik Klingenberg
Henrik Klingenberg
Finnish musician
14
Nightwish
Nightwish
Finnish symphonic metal band
15
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Finnish musician
16
Solution .45
Solution .45
Swedish band
17
Wintersun
Wintersun
Finnish Metal band
18
Stream of Passion
Stream of Passion
Dutch metal band
19
God Dethroned
God Dethroned
band
20
Illdisposed
Illdisposed
Danish death metal band
21
After Forever
After Forever
Dutch metal band
22
Tristania
Tristania
Gothic metal band from Norway
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Mercenary
Mercenary
Danish extreme metal band
24
Persuader
Persuader
Swedish power metal band
25
Avian
Avian
American power metal band
26
Elvenking
Elvenking
Italian folk metal band
27
Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity
Swedish death metal band
28
Tarot
Tarot
Finnish band
29
Chimaira
Chimaira
Heavy metal band
30
Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
31
Sinergy
Sinergy
Finnish musical group; heavy metal band
32
Gama Bomb
Gama Bomb
band
33
Blackguard
Blackguard
band
34
Cellador
Cellador
band
35
Amberian Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Finnish metal band
36
Battle Beast
Battle Beast
Finnish band
37
Jon Schaffer
Jon Schaffer
American musician
38
Byzantine
Byzantine
band
39
Labyrinth
Labyrinth
Italian power metal band
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aqufie
aqufie
Dutch singer and songwriter
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Twilightning
Twilightning
Finnish band
42
Iron Fire
Iron Fire
band
43
Becoming the Archetype
Becoming the Archetype
band
44
Forbidden
Forbidden
American thrash metal band
45
Raintime
Raintime
band from Italy
46
Troy Donockley
Troy Donockley
English composer and multi-instrumentalist
47
Metal Allegiance
Metal Allegiance
American band
48
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Finnish rock band
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Exhumed
Exhumed
American death metal band
50
Bloodbound
Bloodbound
Swedish heavy metal band
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Omnium Gatherum
Omnium Gatherum
Finnish melodic death metal band
52
DGM
DGM
Italian band
53
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Finnish metal band
54
Rhapsody of Fire
Rhapsody of Fire
Italian band
55
Helstar
Helstar
band
56
Organ trio
Organ trio
trio including a Hammond organ
57
Redemption
Redemption
American progressive metal band
58
Anette Olzon
Anette Olzon
Swedish singer
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Borealis is a Canadian power/progressive metal band from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. Their music features soaring vocals, a focus on guitar riffs, as well as a bass-heavy backing rhythm. Their sound is likened to the more melodic realms of power metal, however, with each album they have introduced progressive elements to the mix. They are known for performing in an outstanding manner live; their first album was recorded in light of a well received opening performance for Sonata Arctica. In an interview, the band explained the origin of their name: "we were all hanging out one night and the northern lights (Aurora Borealis) could be seen above. We thought it would be a cool name, but with Aurora Borealis already being a successful band, we shortened it to Borealis".

When the band began in 2005, they originally employed a female opera style vocalist Siobhan O'Brian as their lead vocals frontrunner. In 2006 they recorded a demo Eyes of a Dream. Siobhan left the band between 2006-2007. Matt Marinelli became Vocalist in September 2007, and 2008 marked the year Borealis released their first full-length album, World of Silence. In order to play this album live, they needed another guitarist, thus hiring Ken Fobert. In 2011 they recorded their second album, Fall from Grace, including Ken Fobert as a member of the band. Michael Briguglio replaced Ken between 2011-2013 and is a current guitarist for the band. They were signed by AFM Records in 2015 and released their third album, Purgatory.