CoB is a great band. Never really dug Sentenced though, although I own North From Here. But Amorphis was around way before those guys; nice to meet someone who knows their stuff. I will try to find some CoB videos for ya. (CoB stands for Children of Bodom for those not in the know).

Awesome. Danke sch�n! I'd submit 'em myself, but they never get past the Hopper.

Sentenced may be one of those aquired tastes. They're a solid metal band, but they're so MISERABLE all the time. And it's not just an act, either... my old band opened for them once, and Ville spent the whole set drinking and tearfully apologizing to the audience about how much he was drinking. We met him after the show, and it was ten minutes of "Oh, I vas zooo horrible. I am zooo sorry about drink all time! I sahcked!" "No, you were OK, dude, really!" "No, no, I waz horrible. You all hate me!"

Ahahaha, please tell me you aren't joking, because that is fucking hilarious

Nah, and I wish I was, because the band broke up right after that tour! I'd always wondered whether their whole "suicide and alchoholism" thing was a gimmick or not, and turns out they really were a bunch of neurotic SOBs. They played a great set, though, and they did better stone drunk and apologizing than most bands do sober and cocky.

I have submitted some Sentenced, couldn't get it out of the hopper.

Yeah their newer stuff is OK, but I now consider them to be more of a folk band than anything else. Tales is a metal uber-classic.

Elegy is great musically, and Holopainen is in fine form, but I could never get into Pasi Koskinen as a vocalist. I appreciate how they were trying to move in another direction and all, but damn it was such a let-down all the same.

Eh, I like even the new Amorphis, although they're more folk rock than metal anymore.