The headbanger and singer Paavo Laapotti has been surprising Finnish audiences with his reinterpretations of heavy metal songs on the show The Voice of Finland.

Tenacious D' s "Master Exploder" in one of the show's stages , and more recently surprised with a cover of Slipknot ." In both performances, the musician brought a heavy metal energy that is not usually seen on shows like this, which tend to focus on creating pop stars.

The musician, in addition to performing the songs and doing a great job, also sent a video of his performance of "Master Exploder" to Kyle Gass , the guitarist of Tenacious D, and, according to him, they were invited to Los Angeles to perform with Gass in his other project, Trainwreck . Laapotti is expected to perform at two of the group's shows.

The Voice of Finland works exactly like The Voice Brasil. Both programs are versions of The Voice of Holland , the original which premiered in 2010. The Voice of Finland is currently in its 11th season.

Watch Paavo Laapotti's performances below.

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A music journalist since 2016, she was an editor at Wikimetal, where she combined her two great passions: music and writing. She believes that heavy music deserves to be everywhere and strives to make that a reality. Slipknot, Evanescence, and Bring Me The Horizon are essential to her playlist.