Finland Metal & Hard Rock Albums of the 2020s

The sixth album, and the first the band made as a five-piece after Joel Hokka's departure, following roughly a year and a half away.

Borderland finds AMORPHIS shaping Finnish melancholy, progressive-metal construction and folk-like melodic color into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

Gravity finds LEVERAGE shaping Finnish melodic-metal melancholy and strong hard-rock-leaning riffs into a 2025 album with a clear sense of identity.

This follow-up revisits the spirit of Apocalyptica’s debut, Plays Metallica by Four Cellos, through the sound and experience of the band today.

The fifth album, and their second consecutive number one on the official Finnish album chart. Japan got it on the same day as the rest of the world, with two live recordings from Helsinki added.

Yesterwynde is NIGHTWISH’s tenth album, a vast symphonic-metal work shaped around time, memory, and the question of how human beings receive the world.

Clear Cold Beyond sees SONATA ARCTICA steering firmly back toward the rush of Nordic melodic power metal.

After a long absence, Altaria return with Wisdom, a record that presents bright Scandinavian melodic-metal lines alongside approachable hard-rock warmth.

Halo is a refined fusion of the death-metal weight, folk-derived melody and progressive arrangement that Amorphis have developed over decades.

Their first album for Century Media and their first number one in Finland, built around "Dark Side", the song they took to Eurovision. Japan received it as their debut release there, retitled Sick & Dangerous.

Turborider pushes Reckless Love’s glam-metal hedonism further into eighties synth-pop color.

Acoustic Adventures – Volume One revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two revisits familiar material through the voice, production weight and arrangement sense of its recording period.

After a long gap, Stratovarius return with the fast drums, shining keyboards and skyward choruses that define their identity.

Dark Connection pushes Beast in Black’s power-metal drive into a neon-lit, cyberpunk world shaped by eighties synth-pop.

Above the Beyond carefully balances Leverage’s transparent Scandinavian melodic-metal character with thick hard-rock riffing.

Cell-0 places the sound of the cello itself at the center, with Apocalyptica working without a featured vocalist.

The third album, named after the genre tag the band invented for itself. A European tour ended about a week after its release when the pandemic closed everything down, and "Dark Side" came out of that.

Nightwish’s ninth album tells a large story through two perspectives: “Human.” and “Nature.” The first half connects Floor Jansen’s expressive singing, Marko Hietala