Finland is known for being the birthplace of several metal bands
The Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tuska Open Air, Sony Music Finland, and 10 other Finnish cities launched the "Capital of Metal" campaign to discover which Finnish city has the most bands per capita.
The winning city in the competition was Lemi, located in the rural southeast of the country, with only 3,000 inhabitants.
The campaign was based on the city with the most bands per 100,000 inhabitants, with the country having 53.2 bands per 100,000 residents. The city of Lemi won the competition with 14 bands, equivalent to 455.1 bands per 100,000 people.
“This is, of course, a great honor for such a small municipality,” said Mayor Jussi Stoor. “In Lemi, music has always played an important role in people’s lives, and thanks to the strong community spirit, the bands were active in the campaign. We really want to thank all the bands and everyone involved.”
Lemi is the hometown of the band Stam1na, and the competition was fierce with Joenssu, the city of the bands Insomnium and Backstabbing Bastard.
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