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updated 28 May 2002 © isten
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Obfuscation
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Death/grind mixing morbid melodies and grinding speed. Bass player Jani Lehtosaari has
later played in Belial, Plan E and Impaled Nazarene, and is also the man behind the
E-Records/SolarDisk label.
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7" |
SWANSONG (ps) |
E-Records |
SHIT 04 |
FIN 1995 |
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Obsession
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Doom/death metal from Nokia.
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MCD |
INTO OBLIVION |
private |
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FIN 1998 |
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MCD |
EYE OF DRAMA |
private |
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FIN 1999 |
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Oppression
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Heavy, dark and kinda doomy thrash metal from Vantaa featuring ex-A.O.D.
vocalist Mika Luoma. Guitarist Lare used to play in Dirty Damage but left the
band before they got a record deal and after Oppression folded he also played
in Corporal Punishment with Ykä of Airdash.
Original vocalist Santtu Laakso
formed a doom metal band called Exitus in the early '90s, but spent the rest of
the decade playing bass in Finland's premier space rockers Dark Sun.
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7" |
Alone/Majesty, a Joker (ps) |
Operative Vinyl |
EP 001 |
FIN 1990 |
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O.S.S.Y
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Diverse hard rock/metal group from Liperi. At worst the band sounds as bad as your
average Finnish rock group but on the debut album "Tanssityttö Barbara" there are two
killer up-tempo power metal tracks ("Helsinki" and "Kiirus on") that will forever remain
as some sort of corner stones of Finnish heavy metal.
The second album was recorded with
a different line-up and sadly all the metal influences were left behind. In fact the
album was released under the name Scandaali but the O.S.S.Y 7" singles released right
before the album contained the same line-up and same songs so the whole picture is a bit
blurred. And as if this wasn't enough, the band also used the name Tiger Shark when they
recorded material sung in English.
After O.S.S.Y called it a day the head-honcho
Tero Eronen (vocals/guitar) made a career in the entertainment business.
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7" |
Täydellinen tyydytäjä/Brutus (ps) |
private |
OSSY S-85 |
FIN 1985 |
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7" |
Helsinki/Se kuuluu elämään (ps) |
private |
TES-0186 |
FIN 1986 |
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7" |
Tanssityttö Barbara/Säkkijärven polkka (ps) |
Lighthouse |
LHS-115 |
FIN 1987 |
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LP |
TANSSITYTTÖ BARBARA |
Lighthouse |
LHLP 107 |
FIN 1987 |
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7" |
Merian/Näkemiin (ps) |
Rockord |
OS-0490 |
FIN 1990 |
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7" |
Hullu Ossi/Kielletty hedelmä (ps) |
Rockord |
OS-1190 |
FIN 1990 |
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7" |
Petturi/Unelma (ps) |
Rockord |
ROS-0491 |
FIN 1991 |
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LP |
SCANDAALI GALLERIA |
Rockord |
ROSLP-1091 |
FIN 1991 |
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7" |
Taivaanrannan maalari (1-sided) |
Rockord |
ROS-0493 |
FIN 1993 |
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7" |
Sä saat tuntemaan (1-sided) |
Rockord |
ROS-0893 |
FIN 1993 |
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CDEP |
NOITANAINEN |
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FIN 1993 |
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CD |
LOHIKÄÄRMEEN AIKA |
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FIN 1996 |
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Outburst
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Powerful heavy metal from Nokia. Both recordings produced by Heikki Silvennoinen (Catwalk).
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MLP |
STRANGLERS IN THE NIGHT |
Poko |
FORMULA 11 |
FIN 1986 |
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7" |
Lonely Nights/No More (ps) |
Poko |
PIS 215 |
FIN 1987 |
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OZ
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These Heavy Metal heroes hail from Nakkila, Finland, although they are
often mistaken for a Swedish band, even by prestigious Heavy Metal hardbacks. Back in 1982 Sarcofagus vocalist
Jukka Homi (aka Jay C. Blade) was so impressed by their huge Marshall
stacks and stupefying pyrotechnics that he joined and practically took
over the band.
Although their albums were patchy at best,
OZ were Börje Forsberg's greatest signing ever, save
for Bathory. The record sleeve for the Fire in the Brain LP and the
Turn the Cross Upside Down "super
sound maxi" was, incidentally, designed by a chap called Ace the Spunky Black Spade who was actually of the house and lineage of
Börje The Boss, i.e. Quorthon of Bathory.
When OZ got their first royalty cheque for the 12", the number on the dotted line was
none other than "666". That was enough for bass player and songwriter Mr Blade - said diabolic Heavy Metal call-to-arms anthem
remains the first and the last satanic song he ever wrote.
When Mr Blade decided to leave the band and relocate to NYC (to join
Princess Pang) he had to flee the house the band inhabited in Stockholm without telling anybody, otherwise drummer Mark
Ruffneck would have kicked his arse. At the time of this writing in 2002, Mssrs. DeMartini and Blade are making comeback plans.
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7" |
Second-hand Lady/Rather Knight (ps) |
Kräk |
KRÄS 36 |
FIN 1982 |
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LP |
HEY YOU HEAVY METAL HEROES |
Tyfon Gramophone |
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SWE 1982 |
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LP |
THE OZ (inn) [=HEY YOU HEAVY METAL HEROES] |
Kräk |
KRÄLP 12 |
FIN 1982 |
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LP |
FIRE IN THE BRAIN |
Tyfon Gramophone |
WAVE-LP-8006 |
SWE 1983 |
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LP |
FIRE IN THE BRAIN |
Combat |
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USA 1984 |
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LP |
FIRE IN THE BRAIN |
Banzai |
BRC 1949 |
CAN 1984 |
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LP |
FIRE IN THE BRAIN |
Sounds Marketing System, Inc. |
SP 20-5104 |
JPN 198? |
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CD |
FIRE IN THE BRAIN |
Black Mark |
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GER 199? |
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12"EP |
TURN THE CROSS UPSIDE DOWN |
Tyfon Gramophone |
WAVE-12-8401 |
SWE 1984 |
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LP |
III WARNING |
RCA |
PL 70564 |
GER 1984 |
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LP |
III WARNING |
Combat |
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USA 1984 |
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LP |
III WARNING |
Banzai |
BRC 1941 |
CAN 1984 |
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LP |
DECIBEL STORM |
Tyfon Gramophone |
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SWE 1986 |
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LP |
DECIBEL STORM |
RCA |
PL 71024 |
GER 1986 |
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LP |
ROLL THE DICE |
Black Mark |
BMLP-11 |
GER 1990 |
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CD |
ROLL THE DICE |
Black Mark |
BMCD-11 |
GER 1990 |
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