ArtistInfo

Finntroll

Band, *1997 FI, Helsinki
Rock

A folk/black metal band from Helsinki, Finland. Finntroll was established in 1997 by Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta (guitar) and Jan "Katla" Jämsen (vocals) who had the vision of fusing the darkness and grandeur of black metal with the traditional Finnish hoedown-music. Group's original line-up was completed in 1998 by Skrymer, Tundra, Trollhorn and Beast Dominator and their debut album "Midnattens widunder" was released in 1999. Altogether they have released six full lengths, the last one being 2013's "Blodsvept". Despite being a Finnish band, Finntroll chose to write their lyrics in Swedish due to their original vocalist Katla being Fenno-Swedish. In March 2003 Finntroll was struck by the tragic death of the guitarist Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta. Current line-up: Tundra (Sami Uusitalo) – Bass (1998 - ) Skrymer (Samuli Ponsimaa) – Guitars (1998 - ) Trollhorn (Henri Sorvali) – Keyboards, Guitar (1998 - ) Routa (Mikael Karlbom) – Guitars (2003 - ) Vreth (Mathias Lillmåns) – Vocals (2006 - ) Virta (Aleksi Virta) – Keyboards (2009 - ) MörkÖ (Heikki Saari) – Drums (2014 - ) Past members: Ancient Lord (Mikael Harju) - Bass (1997-1998) Nattvind (Rauno Raimoranta) - Drums, keyboards (1997) Grönt Helvetes Kungen (Tomi Ullgrén) - Guitar (1997-1998) Somnium (Teemu Raimoranta) - Guitar (1997-2003) Katla (Jan Jämsen) - Vocals, keyboards (1997-2003) Beast Dominator (Samuel Ruotsalainen) - Drums (1998-2014) Tapio Wilska - Vocals (2002-2006)

Members

	Henri Sorvali *1978 FI
	Samuel Ruotsalainen dr
	Tapio Wilska voc *1969 FI
	Jan Jämsen voc, key FI
	Sami Uusitalo b *1977 FI
	Samuli Ponsimaa g *1977 DE
	Mikael Karlbom eg *1977 FI
	Tomi Ullgren g, b *1978
	Somnium g, bvoc, acg
	Heikki Saari dr *1984
	Aleksi Virta key *1986
	Mathias Lillmåns voc, b *1982 FI