Okay, just yesterday, i managed to get hold of both Kalmah and Eternal Tears of Sorrow discography, so that completed all the material of the bands that i have named in the poll. All of them have a rather similar style, but none of them are copycats imo. Just the same kind of similarity that Blind Guardian and Helloween have, aKa, same genre. Now, some may wonder why EToS is present. To explain that, their latest album and the two albums before, have every right to be in the same category as the others i mentioned. Even if they aint exactly PM...which of course i aint actually all that certain about the others. I suppose that's just the border all of them are standing on. Anyways, while i have listened to CoB a whole lot, i will not vote for them in the poll. I ask of you to not compare the bands' crappy releases, but instead, remember the good times. I'll give a few sentences about each of the 4 bands.

Children of Bodom - one of the oldest bands that i've known, that i still like. Their debut album still tops all others imo, but there are plenty of other songs that i enjoy also. Main thing is that i bought Something Wild, when i had the possibility to buy any other and i haven't regretted the descision yet. However, they don't interest me as much as they used to...And i think that even if i waited a few months to vote, it wouldn't change anything.

Norther - pretty much the band that i like the least of the ones i mentioned, but that's not to the degree of DISliking them. They have great songs, like Omen, Death Unlimited, Released etc. The main thing that annoys me about them is the overly long repetitive intros on some songs. For example, the beginning of Unleash Hell was about 20 seconds long and it already got annoying, even if the melody itself was good. Now, since everyone seems to call them CoB copies, i mention that they are not copies. Their music is different enough from CoB. Some parts they play are things that CoB would never do. Since my terminology sucks however, i can't put my finger on the exact points.

Kalmah - Swamplord might very well grow to be one of my favourite CDs. The guitar on the album is simply wonderful. While i like Laiho's solos more than those ones, the regular riffing just cathes my eye. For example, the song - Hades. The beginning is far ahead from other songs that i've heard from bands that play even remotely the similar style. The main thing going for Kalmah is the riffs and aggressive vocals. They seem so much stronger than the other bands in this poll.

Eternal Tears of Sorrow - The only band from the lists whom debut album i don't enjoy very much and also the only band from here whom latest album i simply adore. They are the most melodic from the bands in this poll, but that's definately not a bad thing. In fact, that is the reason why i voted for them. Yes, now you know who i really voted for. Red Dawn Rising is quite similar to Norther's Omen in the beginning, at least those songs are connected in my mind to that one part. However, when the song kicks in, RDR keeps the good from the intro and carries it on, whereas Omen turned their way around. I haven't developed a strong knowledge of EToS yet, but from listening to the albums through once, i knew that if i stumbled on this type of thread, that's who i'd vote for...And due to boredom, i decided to make it myself.


The other option is there not as a last resort, but also an option of letting you tell me of more bands in that particular and rather new genre, that is most likely the work of CoB, because they have been around the longest (well, EToS is pretty much the same, but their oldest release doesn't fit into the category that well). I may of course be mistaken, but that's what mistakes are for: to be corrected.
So, vote away and try to give at least a few sentences commenting of the reason of voting.

P.S. and no, "Laiho rocks" doesn't count as a "few sentences"