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Raskasta Joulua, are a band from Finland who record traditional Christmas carols and Christmas hits in a Heavy Metal style. Raskasta Joulua is a term in Finnish which means, Heavy Christmas in English. The group was founded by guitarist Erkka Korhonen in 2004. The band's albums have featured appearances from a number of notable Finnish Metal vocalists. These include Marco Hietala, Jarkko Ahola, JP Leppaluoto and Tony Kakko. The band's first album, "Raskasta Joulua" contained performances by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and was produced by T2 productions. The album was released in December 2004. The second album was released on the Warner label in 2006 after a promotional 3 concert tour in December 2005 increased the popularity of the project. This led to increased album sales for subsequent releases. Raskasta Joulua have toured every year since 2005 and the 3 concert tour has become an annual tradition. In 2013 the band changed their record label for the second time and became signed to Spinefarm Records. They released their second self titled album that year, it achieved platinum status in Finland. In 2014, it was followed by two new albums, Raskasta Joulua 2, and Ragnarok Juletide, the latter of which is their first album recorded in the English Language. The other albums are in Finnish. == Discography == * Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) (T2 Productions, 2004) * Raskaampaa Joulua (Heavier Christmas) (Warner, 2006) * Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) (Spinefarm, 2013) * Raskasta Joulua Kaksi (Heavy Christmas 2) (Spinefarm, 2014) * Ragnarok Juletide (Spinefarm, 2014) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raskasta Joulua」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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