Background information
Origin	Finland
Genre(s)	Folk metal
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	Spinefarm
Website	finntroll.net
Members
Mathias Lillmåns Samuli Ponsimaa Mikael Karlbom Sami Uusitalo Samu Ruotsalainen Henri Sorvali

Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. They combine black metal and Finnish polka, called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are in Swedish, one of Finland's two national languages, because "Swedish just sounds damn trollish", according to the band's first vocalist, Katla (whose native language is Swedish). Finntroll means "Troll from Finland" or "a spotty troll" since the work for spot (acne) and a finnish person are the same in Swedish. Image File history File links Finntroll. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x400, 132 KB) Summary Description: Source: Photograph taken by myself [2005-08-06]. Photographer: [1] by Thomas W. Fiege Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Finntroll... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... Year 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ... Mathias Lillmåns, nicknamed Vreth, is the current vocalist of the Finnish folk metalband Finntroll. ... Samuli Ponsimaa is a guitarist for finnish folk metal band Finntroll Categories: | | | ... Sami Tundra Uusitalo (born 1977) is a bass guitarist best known from the folk metal band Finntroll and the funeral doom band Shape of Despair. ... Henri Trollhorn Sorvali Henri Sorvali (born October 19, 1978) is the guitarist of the Finnish folk metal band Moonsorrow,and he also plays keyboards in Finntroll. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... Black metal is an extreme heavy metal subgenre. ... Street musicians in Prague playing a polka Polka is a type of dance, and also a genre of dance music. ... Humppa is a type of music from Finland. ...

History

Finntroll was founded in 1997, by Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta, guitarist of Impaled Nazarene, and Jan "Katla" Jämsen. Their first demo, Rivfader, was recorded about a year later, in 1998. After the demo recording, the other members of the band, Samu Ruotsalainen (from Barathrum, Shape of Despair and Rapture), Samuli Ponsimaa, Henri Sorvali (from Moonsorrow) and Sami Uusitalo joined the band. The record label Spinefarm got interested in the band then, and made a contract, yielding the album Midnattens Widunder (English: The Monstrosity of Midnight) (1999) as a result. See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic... Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish black metal band that incorporates elements from thrash metal, hardcore punk and grindcore. ... See also: 1998 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1998 Record labels established in 1998 // 1998 - The single Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls sets a new hot 100 airplay record, 18 weeks at number one. ... Barathrum are a Finnish black metal band. ... Shape of Despair is a Funeral doom musical band from Finland that was formed in 1995 as Raven. ... Rapture is a band formed in 1997 by a group of musicians from Helsinki, Finland. ... Moonsorrow is a folk/viking metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1995. ... Spinefarm Records is the recording label responsible for bands such as Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Finntroll, For My Pain, Impaled Nazarene, Nightwish, Norther, Sentenced, Sinergy, Sonata Arctica, Tarot, Throne of Chaos, Thy Serpent and Warmen. ... Midnattens Widunder (English: The Monster of Midnight) is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ...

Finntroll during concert on Masters of Rock 2007 festival.

The next step for Finntroll was the album Jaktens Tid (English: The time of the Hunt), which was released in 2001. This album managed to climb to rank 20 of the Finnish album charts, exceeding expectation of band and publisher alike. The following wave of popularity attracted the attention of Century Media, which began promoting Finntroll for the rest of the world. The following summer, the band had their first time playing on open air festivals in Finland and other countries. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 1. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Jaktens Tid (English: Hunting Season) is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. ... See also: 2001 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2001 Record labels established in 2001 // January 1 Comeback of Guns N Roses in House of Blues Hum disbands. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ...

The year after the release of the album Jaktens Tid proved to be a misfortune for Finntroll: some tours had to be cancelled, and in the aftermath of his problems, vocalist Jämsen had to retire from the band due to a viral-based tumor in his vocal cords which could not be removed surgically; he retired after the release of the album Visor om Slutet (English: Songs about the End). Aftermath, is first attested in the 16th century in the meaning second crop (after-mowing, dialectal math, from Anglo-Saxon mæð mowing (c. ... Tumor or tumour literally means swelling, and is sometimes still used with that meaning. ... Laryngoscopic view of the vocal folds. ... Visor om Slutet (English: Songs of the end) is an all-acoustic folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. ...

Said album was recorded in early January 2003, in a forest cabin near Helsinki. It was an "acoustical experiment", where Jämsen and the new vocalist Tapio Wilska (of Sethian and Lyijykomppania) shared the singing duties among them. The album was released as a mid-price album and held rank one of the Finnish midprice chart for several weeks. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - City manager Jussi Pajunen Area  - City 187. ... Tapio Tonquemada Wilska. ... Sethian is a Finnish progressive metal band, originally formed in 1998 but whose debut album, Into the Silence, was not completed and released until 2003. ... Lyijykomppania (Lead Company) is a Finnish heavy metal band. ...

Shortly before the release of Visor om Slutet, Raimoranta died by falling off a bridge in Helsinki after having consumed too much alcohol, according to the official story. Finntroll didn't dissolve after losing one of their founding members, but decided to go on, touring for two weeks in Europe, supported by the group Katatonia. The guitarist Mikael Karlbom was hired as a replacement for Raimoranta. World map showing the location of Europe. ... For the Welsh indie-rock band, see Catatonia (band). ...

In 2004, the band released an EP, Trollhammaren (English: The Troll Hammer), and an album called Nattfödd (English: Nightborn). Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trollhammaren (English: the troll hammer) is a single from the folk metal album Nattfödd (English: Nightborn) by the Finnish band Finntroll. ... Nattfödd (English: nightborn) is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. ...

On January 29th, 2006, Tapio Wilska, vocalist of the band since 2003, was fired from the band. In a statement issued on the band's website, Wilska states that he would like to keep the reason for his dismissal private.

A new album, titled Ur Jordens Djup (English: From the Depths of the Earth), was released March, 2007. This fifth album put more emphasis on epic keyboard riffs with very loud but melodic guitar. Ur Jordens Djup (From the Depths of the Earth) is a forthcoming Finntroll album that will be released on March 30 2007. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Line-up

• Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns – vocals (2006-)
• Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa – guitar (1998-)
• Mikael "Routa" Karlbom – guitar (2003-)
• Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo – bass guitar (1998-)
• Samu "Beast Dominator" Ruotsalainen – drums (1998-)
• Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali – keyboards (1998-)

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Former members

• Tapio Wilska – vocals (2002–2006, left the band due to private reasons)
• Jan "Katla" Jämsen – vocals (1997–2001, retired due to a throat tumor which made him unable to sing)
• Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta – guitar (died 2003 in a supposed alcohol-related falling accident, though Mika Luttinen, vocalist from Impaled Nazarene, has gone on the record saying that his death was a suicide, and that he only had the equivalent of three beers in his system at the time of death)
• Tomi Ullgren – guitar (1997–1998)

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Discography

Albums

• Midnattens Widunder (1999) (The Monster of Midnight)
• Jaktens Tid (2001) (Hunting Season)
• Visor om Slutet (2003) (Songs about the End)
• Nattfödd (2004) (Nightborn)
• Ur Jordens Djup (2007) (From the Depths of the Earth)

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EPs

• Trollhammaren (2004) (The Troll Hammer)

Trollhammaren (English: the troll hammer) is a single from the folk metal album Nattfödd (English: Nightborn) by the Finnish band Finntroll. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Demos

• Rivfader (1998) (Rivfader)

Rivfader is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll, and was the bands debut recording. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

Trivia

• The animated, heavy metal show Metalocalypse, originally on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim line-up, featured a supermarket called Fintroll's in its premier episode.

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External links

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• Finntroll Official Website
• Translation of Finntroll lyrics
• Finntroll live photos from 2006
• Finntroll at Last.fm