Wintersun
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| Wintersun | |
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| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genre(s) | Melodic death metal Folk metal Power metal Progressive metal Viking Metal |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Label(s) | Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | Ensiferum Norther |
| Website | www.wintermadness.net |
| Members | |
| Jari Mäenpää Teemu Mäntysaari Jukka Koskinen Kai Hahto |
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| Former members | |
| Oliver Fokin | |
Wintersun is a Finnish metal band, founded by ex-Ensiferum frontman, Jari Mäenpää. The band plays a range of genres that is often hard to define into one style, those being; extreme power metal, folk metal, progressive metal, melodic death metal and melodic black metal. There is also prominent use of orchestral keyboard sounds.
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[edit] History
The first Wintersun album was supposed to be a side project of Ensiferum member Jari Mäenpää. However, the Ensiferum Europe tour was unfortunately scheduled for the same time with recordings of Wintersun. Mäenpää had to choose between his booked recording time for Wintersun and Ensiferum; he chose Wintersun and was forced to leave Ensiferum behind. Wintersun was produced solely by Jari Mäenpää himself, with only a session drummer (Kai Hahto) to perform the drums and percussion. Jari performed the vocals, bass, guitars and synth alone. On September 13, 2004 self-titled Wintersun album was released through Nuclear Blast Records. A live DVD was released after only their 5th concert.[1]
According to their website, the band started to record their next full-length release entitled Time at Sonic Pump Studios in May of 2006. The mixing was meant to take place in the autumn of 2006, but had to be delayed until May 2007. In April 2007, a further delay was announced due to computer difficulties, pushing the album's release date to 2008. However it is stated on Wintersun's official website that a recent purchase of an Apple Macintosh computer will help resolve the computer difficulties.[2] As of 5th June, Jari has stated that vocals are about 50% done and synths & samples are 30% done.[3]
[edit] Band line-up
[edit] Current members
- Jari Mäenpää − vocals, guitar (studio keyboards, bass on Wintersun)
- Teemu Mäntysaari − guitar
- Jukka Koskinen − bass
- Kai Hahto − drums
[edit] Former members
- Oliver Fokin − guitar[4]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Demo albums
- Winter Madness (2004)
[edit] Studio albums
[edit] Live albums
- Wintersun: Tour Edition (2006)
[edit] Videography
- "Beyond the Dark Sun" - Wintersun (2004)
- Live at Summer Breeze 2005 - DVD (2005)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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