After the Danes and the Swedes, also the Finns were handing out their Metal Awards this weekend. Heavy metal quartet Stam1na was the big winner at this year's Finnish Metal Awards, which was held Friday night (February 13) during the Finnish Metal Expo at Kaapelitehdas in Helsinki, Finland. Members of the general public were invited to cast their votes to select the winners, which were as follows (final percentage of votes is listed next to each nominee):


Album:

01. Stam1na: "Raja" - 16.28%
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02. Diablo: "Icaros"- 5.85%
03. Norther: "N" - 4.12%
04. Children Of Bodom: "Blooddrunk" - 3.87%
05. Omnium Gatherum: "The Redshift" - 3.81%

Band:

01. Stam1na - 13.11%
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02. Diablo - 4.52%
03. Norther - 3.99%
04. Children Of Bodom - 3.96%
05. Hateform - 3.80%

Newcomer:

01. Hateform - 10.86%
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02. Dead Shape Figure - 9.78%
03. Medeia - 8.22%
04. Tracedawn - 7.38%
05. Heavy Metal Perse - 5.88%

Album art:

01. Stam1na: "Raja" - 9.64%
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02. Diablo: "Icaros" - 6.10%
03. Children Of Bodom: "Blooddrunk" - 4.61%
04. Hateform: "Dominance" - 3.26%
05. Kiuas: "The New Dark Age" - 3.13%

Player:

01. Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom)- 10.04%
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02. Pekka Olkkonen (Stam1na) - 5.48%
03. Mikko Salovaara (Kiuas) - 4.18%
04. Tuomas Saukkonen (Before The Dawn, Dawn Of Solace, The Final Harvest) - 3.2%
05. Markus Vanhala (Omnium Gatherum) - 2.74%

Vocalist:

01. Antti Hyyrynen (Stam1na) - 12.13%
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02. Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) - 4.43%
03. Rainer Nygård (Diablo) - 4.32%
04. Petri Lindroos (Ensiferum, Norther) - 4.22%
05. Ari Koivunen (Amoral) - 3.87%

Demo Band:

01. Fm2000 - 9.57%
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02. Decended - 5.89%
03. Pressure Points - 4.74%
04. Kilt. - 4.16%
05. Medicated - 3.11%

Source:

metalrage.com