Pasi Rantanen

Pasi Rantanen
Born	(1969-10-30) 30 October 1969 Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Power metal, progressive metal, neo-classical metal, symphonic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1985-present
Associated acts	Thunderstone, Revolution Renaissance, Strike

Pasi Rantanen (born 30 October 1969 Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer. Best known for his power metal band Thunderstone, of which he was a member from the band's creation in 2000^[1] until 2007.

Rantanen also served as a background singer on, amongst other things, Stratovarius, Kotipelto and Ari Koivunen albums. In addition, the album Raskasta Joulua featured his talents on a version of "White Christmas". Rantanen also appeared at the Eurovision 2006 performance by Lordi as a background singer wearing a mask of Gene Simmons from Kiss. He is currently performing in a band called Joe Doakes, a Finnish cover band and STRIKE, a melodic rock band that he co-founded in 1985.

Discography

Stratovarius

Infinite 2000
Intermission 2001
Stratovarius 2005

Thunderstone

Thunderstone 2002
The Burning 2004
Tools of Destruction 2005
Evolution 4.0 2007
Apocalypse Again 2016

Various Artists

Heavy Christmas 2004

Kotipelto

Serenity 2007

Monster Vision Freak Show

Welcome to Hellsinki 2007

Ari Koivunen

Fuel for the Fire 2007

Revolution Renaissance

New Era 2008

Warmen

Japanese Hospitality 2009
First Of The Five Elements 2014

Strike

Strike 2013

References

↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Thunderstone". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 June 2010.

Revolution Renaissance

Timo Tolkki Gus Monsanto Bruno Agra Magnus Rosén Bob Katsionis Mike Khalilov Justin Biggs

Guest musicians	Michael Kiske Tobias Sammet Pasi Rantanen Pasi Heikkilä Joonas Puolakka Mirka Rantanen

Studio albums	New Era (2008) Age of Aquarius (2009) Trinity (2010)

Related bands	Stratovarius Aquaria Adagio Firewind HammerFall

Thunderstone

Pasi Rantanen Nino Laurenne Titus Hjelm Jukka Karinen Atte Palokangas Rick Altzi Mirka "Leka" Rantanen Kari Tornack

Studio albums	Thunderstone (2002) The Burning (2004) Tools of Destruction (2005) Evolution 4.0 (2007) Dirt Metal (2009)

Authority control	MusicBrainz: ce28c95a-ad15-49fe-9557-e0d7eb61c6b5

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