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Monday 21 February 2011

Stam1na and Mokoma ruled the Finnish Metal Awards 2011. Oddland won the Century Media deal.

Finnish Metal Awards 2010 were announced in the Finnish Metal Expo, Saturday 19.

The winners were:

Record of the year:
1. Stam1na - Viimeinen Atlantis
2. Mokoma - Sydänjuuret
3. Black Sun Aeon - Routa

Band of the year:
1. Stam1na
2. Mokoma
3. Before The Dawn

Newcomer of the year:
1. Barren Earth
2. Pressure Points
3. The Man-Eating Tree

Album art of the year:
1. Mokoma - Sydänjuuret
2. Stam1na - Viimeinen Atlantis
3. Black Sun Aeon - Routa

Player of the year:
1. Tuomas Saukkonen / Before the Dawn, Black Sun Aeon, etc.
2. Pekka Olkkonen / Stam1na
3. Alexi Laiho / Children of Bodom

Singer of the year:
1. Antti Hyyrynen / Stam1na
2. Marko Annala / Mokoma
3. Tomi Joutsen / Am

Demo of the year:
1. Frosttide
2. Bob Malmström
3. Disease Of The Nation

And ODDLAND won the SUOMI METAL STAR band contest organised by Century Media. As the prize, the band signed a record deal with Century Media.

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