Active bands from the region of Oulu:
Amazing Tails
Recently reunited melodic hardcore band formed in the early 90’s, with reissues of most of their discography out now.
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Axebastard
Primitive crust with metal punk influences.
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Banzai Warmaster
Primitive metal punk with crust influences.
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The Blaster Master
Ska / punk / reggae, used to have a horn section but operates now with a smaller line-up.
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The Driven Dynamo
Melodic garage punk rock band with a new album out on fall 2009.
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Brutopia
The tightest D-beat band east of Sweden.
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Death by Snoo Snoo
Female fronted punk / HC, artsy but not pretentious, energetic but not mean.
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Disare
Modern and precise grindcore attack.
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Forensic
Metallic NY-influenced hardcore.
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Gosh! Mr Medor
Fresh and keen modern melodic punk/hardcore.
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The Handshake
A fairly new melodic punk rock band.
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Hebosagil
Sludge metal with slight hardcore and psych feel going on.
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Kulokoi
Experimental and artsy punk with theatrical live shows. (Oulu/Turku)
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Kuuma Piiri
Total lo-fi budget rock explosion.
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Lieteallas
Agrarian metal influenced punk. (Tyrnävä)
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Northern Discomfort
Down tuned and groovy sludge metal.
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Out of Tune
Hyperactive and twisted punk with high flying lyrics and guitarists that are on serious 70’s rock and metal trips.
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Radiopuhelimet
The grand old men of virulent noise rock keep on playing their fucked up vision of afro-american rhythm music.
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Relativity
Quirky and surprising grindcore originally from Tornio, with half of the members now living in Oulu.
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Terveet Kädet
The finnish hardcore band formed in Tornio in 1980. They’ve since gone through many phases, relocated to Oulu and recently released a new 10″.
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Throwback
Crust/HC band that has evolved into something much more grind and death metal influenced.
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Two Beats Off
Pretty original mixture of modern hyperactive and hectic hardcore and roots of finnish hardcore. Originally from Posio with members now residing in Oulu, Tornio and Joensuu.
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Valium Kiharat
Excellent combination of finnish punk rock and old school hardcore. Originally from Kajaani, the band has now spread into Oulu, Kajaani and Helsinki
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Vene
Antisocial noise rock with a few hardcore breakouts spread here and there.
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Viisikko
Psychedelia, sludge, hardcore, rock, metal and whatever. Delirious stuff.
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Ydintuho
From the grim forests and fells of Kuusamo: Metal punk fuck the world.
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Yhdyskuntajäte
Drunken hardcore with a very snotty fuck you attitude.
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Links to other bands from the Oulu region can be found at Rockpolis website:
http://www.rockpolis.fi/index.php?sivu=_bandilinkit
Bands that are broken up or on hiatus right now:
For list of pre-myspace/WWW-age punk/HC-bands of Northern Ostrobothnia check Finnmusic.net
Burn Again
Hässäkkä
Pathos Gazette
Red Light Say Go!
Sadofarm
Sooz
Totuus
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