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Lordi
Lordi
Finnish hard rock band
1
Waltari
Waltari
Finnish band
2
Ensiferum
Ensiferum
Finnish folk metal band
3
Impaled Nazarene
Impaled Nazarene
Finnish metal band
4
Amberian Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Finnish metal band
5
Beherit
Beherit
Finnish band
6
Nightwish
Nightwish
Finnish symphonic metal band
7
Abhorrence
Abhorrence
Finnish band
8
Tuomas Holopainen
Tuomas Holopainen
Finnish musician
9
Moottörin Jyrinä
Moottörin Jyrinä
children's heavy metal band from Finland
10
Dir En Grey
Dir En Grey
Japanese rock band
11
Chris Tsangarides
Chris Tsangarides
British record producer
12
Metsatöll
Metsatöll
estonian folk metal band
13
CMX
CMX
Finnish rock-band
14
HIM
HIM
Finnish rock band
15
Amaranthe
Amaranthe
Swedish/Danish heavy metal band
16
Anvil
Anvil
Canadian heavy metal band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in 1978
17
X Japan
X Japan
Japanese rock band
18
Tarja Turunen
Tarja Turunen
Finnish opera/symphonic rock singer
19
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich
Danish drummer, songwriter, and record producer
20
Ari Koivunen
Ari Koivunen
Finnish singer
21
Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
22
Spiritus Mortis
Spiritus Mortis
doom metal band from Finland
23
Children of Bodom
Children of Bodom
Finnish metal band from Espoo
24
Wolf Hoffmann
Wolf Hoffmann
German heavy metal guitarist
25
Andre Matos
Andre Matos
Brazilian musician
26
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Finnish rock band
27
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath
British heavy metal band
28
Korpiklaani
Korpiklaani
Finnish metal band
29
Alexi Laiho
Alexi Laiho
Finnish musician
30
Excalion
Excalion
Finnish band
31
Ismo Alanko
Ismo Alanko
Finnish musician
32
Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult
American hard rock band
33
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden
English heavy metal band
34
The Misfits
The Misfits
American horror punk band
35
Sepultura
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
36
Discharge
Discharge
British hardcore punk band
37
Judas Priest
Judas Priest
British heavy metal band
38
The Black League
The Black League
Finnish band
39
Noumena
Noumena
Finnish band
40
Trouble
Trouble
American doom metal band
41
Chris Holmes
Chris Holmes
American musician
42
Accept
Accept
German heavy metal band
43
Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
American heavy metal singer
44
Catamenia
Catamenia
Finnish band
45
Pantera
Pantera
American heavy metal band
46
Saxon
Saxon
British heavy metal band
47
Sentenced
Sentenced
Finnish heavy metal band
48
Nile
Nile
American technical death metal band
49
Die Krupps
Die Krupps
band
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Sonata Arctica
Sonata Arctica
Finnish power metal band
Intro
Finnish band

Sarcofagus was one of the first heavy metal bands from Finland. With the album Moottorilinnut, released under the moniker Kimmo Kuusniemi Band, they became the first metal band to sing in Finnish.

Sarcofagus ( Sarcophagus LTD ) was founded in 1977. The band's front-man Kimmo Kuusniemi stated in the documentary film Promised Land Of Heavy Metal that Finland in the early 1980s was not prepared for heavy metal. For Moottorilinnut the band was forced to use the name Kimmo Kuusniemi Band, because they were not allowed to use the name Sarcophagus.

After Sarcofagus broke up, Kimmo started to work as a professional filmmaker. He has produced and directed hundreds of international films from TV commercials to music videos, from Vader to Madonna. He also composed movie soundtracks.