The finnish rock mag Soundi also announced the results of it's readers' poll 2008. very metallic indeed...
Finnish bands:
1) Children of Bodom 2) Stam1na ... 4) Nightwish 5) Hanoi Rocks 10)Diablo 13) The Rasmus 18)Amorphis 20)Mokoma
Finnish singer:
1) Marco Hietala 2) Alexi Laiho ... 4) Antti Hyyrynen
Finnish player:
1) Alexi Laiho 2) Roope Latvala
Finnish album:
1) Childrem of Bodom / Blooddrunk 2) Stam1na / Raja
Foreign bands:
1) Metallica 2) AC/DC 3) Slipknot 4) Iron Maiden 5) Guns n' Roses 6) Volbeat 7) Motörhead 8)Coldplay 9) Opeth 10) Judas Priest 11) In Flames 12) Disturbed ... 14) Whitesnake 20) Gojira
and so on...
http://www.soundi.fi/
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Research papers on heavy metal
Papers of the recently held research conference "Heavy Fundametalism: Music, metal and Politics" are now online:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/mmp/mmp1/cfp.html
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/mmp/mmp1/cfp.html
Monday, 19 January 2009
Stam1na rules in Rumba's readers' poll
Readers' poll 2008 in Rumba 01/09 (Finnish music mag)
Finnish bands:
1. CMX (surprise surprise!) 2. Stam1na 3. Kotiteollisuus ... 7. Mokoma 15. Diablo 16. Nightwish 19. Ari Koivunen
Finnish albums:
1. Stam1na / Raja
Finnish songs:
1. Stam1na / Lääke
Foreign bands:
1. Metallica 2. AC/DC 3. Opeth ... 6. Iron Maiden 7. Slipknot 9. Volbeat 13. In Flames 15. Slayer 18. Danko Jones 19. Disturbed
Foreign albums:
1. Metallica / Death Magnetic 2. AC/DC / Black Ice ... 4. Opeth / Watershed 6. Slipknot / All Hope Is Gone 10. (shared) Guns n' Roses / Chinese Democracy 11. Scars on Broadway / Scars on Broadway 15. (shared) Motörhead / Motörizer 17. (shared) Disturbed / Indestructible & Trivium / Shogun 21. (shared) Meshuggah / ObZen 23. (shared) In Flames / A Sense of Purpose
and so forth...
http://www.rumba.fi/
Finnish bands:
1. CMX (surprise surprise!) 2. Stam1na 3. Kotiteollisuus ... 7. Mokoma 15. Diablo 16. Nightwish 19. Ari Koivunen
Finnish albums:
1. Stam1na / Raja
Finnish songs:
1. Stam1na / Lääke
Foreign bands:
1. Metallica 2. AC/DC 3. Opeth ... 6. Iron Maiden 7. Slipknot 9. Volbeat 13. In Flames 15. Slayer 18. Danko Jones 19. Disturbed
Foreign albums:
1. Metallica / Death Magnetic 2. AC/DC / Black Ice ... 4. Opeth / Watershed 6. Slipknot / All Hope Is Gone 10. (shared) Guns n' Roses / Chinese Democracy 11. Scars on Broadway / Scars on Broadway 15. (shared) Motörhead / Motörizer 17. (shared) Disturbed / Indestructible & Trivium / Shogun 21. (shared) Meshuggah / ObZen 23. (shared) In Flames / A Sense of Purpose
and so forth...
http://www.rumba.fi/
Friday, 16 January 2009
Metallica's Death Magnetic
... was the most sold album in Finland in 2008.
http://www.ksml.fi/viihde/viihdeuutiset/metallica-kukisti-suomalaiset-haastajansa/333899
http://www.ksml.fi/viihde/viihdeuutiset/metallica-kukisti-suomalaiset-haastajansa/333899
HIM & Helldone @ Tavastia 29.-31.12.2008
Such a nice experience! My first time in traditional HIM party which was organised now for 9th year in row. HIM played superbly, Ville is charismatic as always, the set list inclusive, and Tavastia a perfect place for this band. And of course the international audience and devoted fans make the atmosphere extraordinary. A nice video in YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8423ItgVmk
Ville's interview in Helldone:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1186621/ville_valo_intervieuw_helldone_2008/
About the other bands... Godsplague and Diablo on Monday really nailed it down, and Stam1na was superb, convincing, hilarious and everything, as always. And lots of musicians hanging around there in the club... Tuesday with Sara, Negative and the 69 Eyes was calmer and lamer but basically ok. On Wednesday, I missed 45 Degree Womean, but luckily experienced the peculiarly entertaining KYPCK.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8423ItgVmk
Ville's interview in Helldone:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1186621/ville_valo_intervieuw_helldone_2008/
About the other bands... Godsplague and Diablo on Monday really nailed it down, and Stam1na was superb, convincing, hilarious and everything, as always. And lots of musicians hanging around there in the club... Tuesday with Sara, Negative and the 69 Eyes was calmer and lamer but basically ok. On Wednesday, I missed 45 Degree Womean, but luckily experienced the peculiarly entertaining KYPCK.
Ville Valo & Pekka Himanen
Pekka Himasen ja Ville Valon dialogi ti 13.1. yliopistolla oli mielenkiintoinen tapahtuma. Joku onkin ehtinyt tilaisuutta jo kommentoimaan:
http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/blogs/martela/post-119.htm
http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/blogs/martela/post-119.htm
Getting started
As we have now changed for 2009 and our project has officially started, it is time to start to generate contents also here. So, let's see...
Sunday, 5 October 2008
What is this?
This is the Blog of the BogFires Research Project, conducted at the Helsinki School of Economics by Professor Antti Ainamo, Research Director Toni-Matti Karjalainen and Doctoral Researcher Laura Laaksonen. The project is funded by the Academy of Finland.
---
BogFires project explores the structures and practices of Finnish rock export and internationalisation. The empirical starting point for the BogFires research project is the recent success of a number of Finnish metal and hard-rock bands, such as HIM, Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Hanoi Rocks, The Rasmus, Apocalyptica, Amorphis, Negative, Sonata Arctica, Lordi, Sentenced, Stratovarius, etc.
*
A specific focus is on the micro-level content production of the Finnish metal and rock music.
We regard music as a specific area of cultural exports and cultural entrepreneurship ... as well as a contributor to the ”Finland” brand.
*
The project generates information and knowledge about the practices of Finnish bands and their various stakeholders. The generated knowledge is not only useful for the music industry and other fields of cultural exports, but also applicable to other business areas.
*
The geographical focus of the project is on the most important export areas of Finnish Metal: Nordic countries, Central Europe, England, USA, and Japan.
***
In addition to being a topical issue, Finnish rock export (especially from the viewpoint of Finnish Metal) is a theoretically interesting phenomenon, while successful bands have:
• spread from a local niche in Finland into a part of mainstream developments in the world of heavy metal music,
• become a notable phenomenon in business and management terms,
• become internationally consecrated as a specific genre or sub-category of heavy-metal music (“Finnish metal”),
• increased with such consecration Finland’s international recognition as a generator of innovative cultural products.
The project executes data collection, analysis, and interpretation proceeds along three sub-projects:
(1)Principles and practices: Theorization of “Finnish Metal“ as a process of entrepreneurship, with a focus on both business and cultural entrepreneurship.
(2)Structures and gatekeepers: Description of the distribution networks and core players in the Finnish music industry, with a focus on the process of internationalization of Finnish metal bands.
(3)Contents, concepts, and brands: Identifying the instrumental, aesthetic and symbolic mechanisms in Finnish metal, with a focus on understanding the interaction of the various band-specific and collective strategies at play.
The project will result in insightful descriptions and theoretical explanations of the structures and practices of Finnish rock exports. BogFires will generate in-depth knowledge of the mechanisms that go with culture export, creative industries and the “national branding” movement in the case of metal and hard rock. The findings will be reported through internationally refereed academic journals, book chapters, and the popular press.
---
toni-matti.karjalainen AT hse.fi
---
BogFires project explores the structures and practices of Finnish rock export and internationalisation. The empirical starting point for the BogFires research project is the recent success of a number of Finnish metal and hard-rock bands, such as HIM, Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Hanoi Rocks, The Rasmus, Apocalyptica, Amorphis, Negative, Sonata Arctica, Lordi, Sentenced, Stratovarius, etc.
*
A specific focus is on the micro-level content production of the Finnish metal and rock music.
We regard music as a specific area of cultural exports and cultural entrepreneurship ... as well as a contributor to the ”Finland” brand.
*
The project generates information and knowledge about the practices of Finnish bands and their various stakeholders. The generated knowledge is not only useful for the music industry and other fields of cultural exports, but also applicable to other business areas.
*
The geographical focus of the project is on the most important export areas of Finnish Metal: Nordic countries, Central Europe, England, USA, and Japan.
***
In addition to being a topical issue, Finnish rock export (especially from the viewpoint of Finnish Metal) is a theoretically interesting phenomenon, while successful bands have:
• spread from a local niche in Finland into a part of mainstream developments in the world of heavy metal music,
• become a notable phenomenon in business and management terms,
• become internationally consecrated as a specific genre or sub-category of heavy-metal music (“Finnish metal”),
• increased with such consecration Finland’s international recognition as a generator of innovative cultural products.
The project executes data collection, analysis, and interpretation proceeds along three sub-projects:
(1)Principles and practices: Theorization of “Finnish Metal“ as a process of entrepreneurship, with a focus on both business and cultural entrepreneurship.
(2)Structures and gatekeepers: Description of the distribution networks and core players in the Finnish music industry, with a focus on the process of internationalization of Finnish metal bands.
(3)Contents, concepts, and brands: Identifying the instrumental, aesthetic and symbolic mechanisms in Finnish metal, with a focus on understanding the interaction of the various band-specific and collective strategies at play.
The project will result in insightful descriptions and theoretical explanations of the structures and practices of Finnish rock exports. BogFires will generate in-depth knowledge of the mechanisms that go with culture export, creative industries and the “national branding” movement in the case of metal and hard rock. The findings will be reported through internationally refereed academic journals, book chapters, and the popular press.
---
toni-matti.karjalainen AT hse.fi
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
