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Battlelore

Finnish heavy metal band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
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Battlelore are a Finnish heavy metal band from Lappeenranta, founded in 1999 by guitarist Jyri Vahvanen and bassist Miika Kokkola. The name is a portmanteau of the words 'battle' and 'folklore'. Many of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth sagas. Their stage costumes and live shows are inspired by the themes and characters of fantasy literature. The band had many changes of personnel during their twelve years of activity, and went on a long hiatus after the tour supporting their latest release, Doombound, in 2011. In January 2016, they announced that they would perform at Metal Female Voices Fest XIII in October 2016.

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The public source identifies “Battlelore” as finnish heavy metal band. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Battlelore, Finnish and heavy.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2011, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Battlelore, Finnish and heavy providing the first useful test.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 16, 2026. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2011 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “Battlelore” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.