HB is a Christian

Christian metal

Christian metal, also known as white metal, is a form of heavy metal music usually defined by its message in a song's lyrics as well as the band's dedication to Christianity...

 symphonic metal

Symphonic metal

Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...

 band, formed in Forssa

Forssa

Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland.It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland , in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

, Finland

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...

 in 2002. They recorded a demo, four albums in Finnish language

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

 with the English versions of three of them, two singles, and a live DVD filmed at the Festival Maata Näkyvissä (2006).
Concerning the origin and meaning of the initials HB, Johanna Aaltonen said at the official website of the band: "Actually the initials H and B don't really stand for anything. We once had a competition on our webpage, where people could suggest different meanings for the two letters. Holy Bible was one of the suggestions.".

Musically the band are like Nightwish

Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...

, symphonic metal in style with powerful sounds of the guitars

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

, bass

Electric Bass

Electric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...

 and drums, fused with characteristic instruments of classical music

Classical music

Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

, choir

Choir

A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...

 and even a few verses of lyric singing by vocalist Johanna Aaltonen.

The band is also characterized by the strong spiritual content in their Christocentric lyrics.

Members

• Johanna Aaltonen - Vocals

• Antti Niskala - Piano

-Drums

• Tuomas Kannisto - Bass
• Bob - Guitar
• Sofia - Guitar

Former members

• Markus Malin - Drums
• Tuomas Mäki-Kerttula - Bass
• Tommi Huuskonen - Bass
• Keijo Kauppinen - Guitar
• Janne Karhunen - Guitar
  • Samuel Mäki-Kerttula- Drums

Discography

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HB	2002	Demo	Finnish
Uskon Puolesta	2003	Album	Finnish
Turhaa Tärinää?	2004	EP	Finnish
Enne	2005	Album	Finnish
Can You Road?	2006	DVD	Finnish
Frozen Inside	2008	Album	English [Enne]
Piikki lihassa	2008	Album	Finnish
Perkeleitä	2010	EP	Finnish
Pääkallonpaikka	2010	Album	Finnish
Jesus Metal Explosion	2010	Album	English [Piikki lihassa]
The Battle of God	2011	Album	English [Uskon puolesta]

External links

• HB official site
• HB at Encyclopaedia Metallum
  Encyclopaedia Metallum
  Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives is a website which lists bands from various forms of heavy metal music...