HB (band)

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HB
Origin Forssa, Finland
Genre(s) Christian metal
Symphonic metal
Years active 2002-
Label(s) Bullroser
Website [1]
Members
Johanna Aaltonen vocals
Antti Niskala piano
Tuomas Mäki-Kerttula bass
Markus Malin drums
Janne Karhunen guitar

HB is a Christian symphonic metal band founded in 2002 from Forssa, Finland. After publishing demo in 2002 HB have released two albums: Uskon puolesta (2004) and Enne (2006), and one single: Turhaa tärinää? (2004). The newest album of the band, Enne, was altogether four weeks in Finnish official Top 40-chart, in best week peaked at number 27.[1] Style in Enne have much more impulses from metal and thus compositions and adaptions Enne are such similar to Nightwish and Within Temptation.[2] Instead lyrics by Antti Niskala are Finnish and clearly spiritual. The group re-recorded an English version of Enne titled Frozen Inside which was released April 23, 2008. On its opening week, the album peaked at number 15 on the Finnish Top 40 charts and number 25 the next week.[3] For now, after the beginning of year 2008 HB is on a break and is concentrating on working on a new album. Samuel Mäki-Kerttula left the band at the Maata Näkyvissä-festival in November 2007. The new drummer of the band is Markus Malin.

Contents

[edit] Members

  • Johanna Aaltonen - Vocals
  • Antti Niskala - Piano
  • Tuomas Mäki-Kerttula - Bass
  • Markus Malin - Drums
  • Janne Karhunen - Guitar

Technical group of concerts

  • Leevi Murtolahti - lights
  • Miika Mäki-Kerttula - sound

Former members

  • Samuel Mäki-Kerttula - Drums

[edit] Discography

Frozen Inside (release 23.4.2008)

  1. Intro
  2. God Has All Glory
  3. It Is Time
  4. Be Aware
  5. Holy Secret
  6. Frozen Inside
  7. Years Go By
  8. Ambition
  9. Way
  10. The Love Song

Enne (Long play, 2006)

  1. Intro
  2. Herralle kiitos (eng. Thank God)
  3. Hanki elämä (eng. Get a Life)
  4. Uskon siemen (eng. Seed of Faith)
  5. Valvokaa (eng. Stay awake)
  6. Tie (eng. The Way)
  7. Yksin armosta (eng. From the Mercy Alone)
  8. Kunnia (eng. Glory)
  9. Ratkaisu (eng. The Solution)
  10. Jeesus on Herra (eng. Jesus is the Lord)

Turhaa tärinää? (CDS, Released in Maata Näkyvissä-festival 12.11.2004)

  1. Turhaa tärinää? (eng. Pointless Shaking?)
  2. Valvokaa

Uskon puolesta (Long play, released in cathedral of Helsinki 4.2.2004)

  1. Himoa (eng. Lust)
  2. Uskon puolesta (eng. For Faith)
  3. Vain yksi mahdollisuus (eng. Only One Chance)
  4. Käsiisi sun (eng. To Your Hands)
  5. Tee mulle (eng. Make for Me)
  6. Eksynyt (eng. Disoriented)
  7. Hän puhuu (eng. He Speaks)
  8. Huominen ei kuole koskaan (eng. Tomorrow will never die)
  9. Taivaaseen? (eng. To Heaven?)

HB 2002 (Demo/EP, 2002)

  1. Eksynyt
  2. Hän puhuu
  3. Epävarmuutta (eng. Ambivalence)
  4. Tee mulle

[edit] References

  1. ^ Finnish official Top 40-chart
  2. ^ Review of Enne at Musical Discoveries
  3. ^ Frozen Inside Top 40 Chart positions

[edit] External links

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