Hevisaururs are a heavy metal band from Finland distinguished by their songs' lyrics being in the language of their homeland (some Finnish metal bands' songs are in English), those lyrics being directed primarily to children, and the group's members dressing up as dinosaurs --and one dragon--for their public appearances, music videos, and recording graphics. Were you familiar with Hevisaurus before starting this survey?

The concept for the band is the idea of Finnish metal drummer Mirka Rantanen, who wanted to get a metal band for kids together after having taken his own chilren to a concert of music for minors. Finland likely has more metal bands per capita than the United States or Canada but even so, have you ever thought of metal as appropriate music for children?

Whether or not you think of metal as appropriate music for youngsters, there remains the idea of Hevisaurus being comprised ("comprised"?) of vicious carnivores who do occasionally sing ("sing"?) of their mostrousness and viciousness. When you were a child of the age range to which Hevisaurus' music is primarily aimed (5-12, I'm supposing), were you at all into dinosaurs?

Though formed as a children's music act, Hevisaurus is a big enough deal in Finland to have had all their albums since their debut in 2009 make the top 40 of Fnilnd's overall album sales chart, with a few of them having made the nation's top ten, and one of tnose going to #1. The Hevisaurus concept has also been adapted (franchised?) to bands with similar names in Argentina, Spain, and two countries especially known for their appreciation of metal, Germany and Great Britain. Do you like the idea that kids and other metal aficionados can enjoy the music of people costumed as dinosaurs and dragons in multuiple languages?

I don't know if any of the other variations of Hevisaurus have starred in their own as well, but the original Finnish band are featured in a 2015 movie. I don't terribly much care about its plot, but I'd like to see the flick all the same. How about you?