Diablo is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 melodic death metal

Melodic death metal

Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...

 band, formed in 1995 as Diablo Brothers. The band cite Testament

Testament (band)

Testament is an American metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are often credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene...

, Slayer

Slayer

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, Metallica

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

, Megadeth

Megadeth

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, Opeth

Opeth

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, Death, and Meshuggah

Meshuggah

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 as influences, but influence from several Gothenburg bands, including Dark Tranquillity

Dark Tranquillity

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, Hypocrisy

Hypocrisy (band)

Hypocrisy is a melodic death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren.Musically, the band started off with a traditional death metal sound on their first albums, and soon drifted to become a melodic death metal band. The lyrics in their early stages -...

, and In Flames

In Flames

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, is also evident in their music. Their fourth album, Mimic47, was released in January 2006, and reached #1 on the Finnish music charts. On May 14, 2008, Diablo released their 5th studio album, Icaros

Icaros (album)

Icaros is the 5th album by Finnish melodic death metal band Diablo.-Track listing:# "Trail of Kings" – 4:54# "Living Dead Superstar" – 4:19# "Bad Sign" – 3:34# "Resign From Life" – 4:38# "Icaros" – 3:38# "Light of The End" – 4:46# "Chagrin" – 4:06...

. It reached #2 on the Finnish music charts.

Current members

• Rainer Nygård
  Rainer Nygård
  Rainer Nygård is a Finnish guitar player and singer for the band Diablo. He was born in Kalajoki but now resides in Tampere. He is a forming member of Diablo and is responsible for most of the song writing for the band with Marko Utriainen and does all the lyrics. Rainer uses custombuilt one-off...
  
   – vocals, guitar (1995-)
• Marko Utriainen – lead guitar (1995-)
• Aadolf Virtanen – bass (1995-)
• Heikki Malmberg – drums (2000-)

Albums

• Elegance In Black
  Elegance In Black
  Elegance In Black is the debut album by Finnish thrash metal band Diablo.-Track listing:# "Elegance In Black" - 3:50# "Princess" - 4:15# "Triumph of Misery" - 3:25# "Crusify" - 5:32# "The Art of Self-Destruction" - 4:09...
  
  (2000)
• Renaissance
  Renaissance (Diablo album)
  Renaissance is the 2nd studio album by Finnish thrash metal band Diablo. It debuted at #14 on the Finnish albums chart.-Track listing:# "Angel" - 4:22# "Icon of Flesh" - 4:24# "Tunnel of Pain" - 4:27# "C22" - 3:49# "Creatures of Deception" - 3:59...
  
  (2002)
• Eternium
  Eternium (album)
  -Track listing:# "Symbol of Eternity" - 3:54# "Read My Scars" - 3:42# "Queen of Entity" - 3:51# "Lovedivided" - 4:26# "Faceless" - 3:19# "The Preacher" - 3:14# "In Flesh" - 3:10# "Black Swan" - 4:40# "Omerta" - 3:23# "Shape Shifters" - 4:13...
  
  (2004)
• Mimic47
  Mimic47
  Mimic47 is the 4th album by Finnish melodic death metal band Diablo. It debuted at #1 on the Finnish albums chart.-Track listing:# "Shadow World" - 3:36# "Damien" - 4:39# "Together As Lost" - 3:36# "In Sorrow We Trust" - 4:31# "Mimic 47" - 3:10...
  
  (2006)
• Icaros
  Icaros (album)
  Icaros is the 5th album by Finnish melodic death metal band Diablo.-Track listing:# "Trail of Kings" – 4:54# "Living Dead Superstar" – 4:19# "Bad Sign" – 3:34# "Resign From Life" – 4:38# "Icaros" – 3:38# "Light of The End" – 4:46# "Chagrin" – 4:06...
  
  (2008)

Singles

• "Princess" (1999)
• "Intomesee" (2002)
• "Read My Scars" (2003)
• "Mimic47" (2005)
• "Damien" (2005)
• "Icaros" (2008)