Mokoma

Mokoma is a thrash metal band formed in Lappeenranta, Finland in 1996. Their music also has grindcore and death metal influences with traditional Finnish melancholy.

Mokoma started out as a creation of Marko Annala, who is the bands lead singer, and has been the band's only original bandmember. Through the years several members have come and gone, but only Marko has remained constant. The band started out as a more traditional rock band with their first two albums "Valu" and "Mokoman 120 päivää". However, both albums sold badly and they were eventually dropped when they suggested to their record company (EMI), that they wanted to play something more closer to their hearts, thrash metal. The group moved on and created their own record company, called Sakara Records, and released their third album "Kurimus", which is sometimes regarded as the first thrash metal album sung in Finnish. That was the first release of the members' independent record company Sakara Records. Since then they have released four more albums and an EP called "Viides vuodenaika", which reached position one in the Finnish albums chart. Their latest album releases are "180 astetta" released in 2012 and "Elävien kirjoihin" released in 2015.

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