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Stratovarius

Although Helsinki, Finland rock band Stratovarius were formed in 1982 by drummer Tuomo Lassila, the group didn’t record its debut album, Fright Evening, until 1989. Released in 1992, Twilight Period established a group of fans in Japan, getting the biggest-selling transfer of that season; Stratovarius consolidated their Japanese reputation with …

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Sara Nunes

Finnish pop singer Sara Nunes could very well be best known on her behalf 2005 solitary “Simon Can’t Sing,” which satirized the infamous American Idol judge Simon Cowell. Created in Helsinki in 1982, Nunes was raised inside a multilingual home — her dad is definitely Portuguese and her mom is …

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Astrid Swan

A dramatic songwriter and performer much like artists like Regina Spektor and Rufus Wainwright, Astrid Swan made ripples in the blogosphere when she emerged around the Minty Fresh label in the first 2000s. Given birth to in Finland, Swan demonstrated a great deal of musical skill at a age; she …

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