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Encyclopedia > Henri Sorvali
Henri "Trollhorn" Sorvali
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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. These bands earned him the nickname Trollhorn. He has also played keyboards on few occasional gigs with The Rasmus in the late 90's. Other random bands include Thunderdogs, Lakupaavi. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1674x2522, 720 KB)from [1] This work is a copyrighted publicity photograph. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1674x2522, 720 KB)from [1] This work is a copyrighted publicity photograph. ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Folk metal is a diverse collection of music, encompassing a wide variety of different styles and approaches. ... Moonsorrow is a folk/viking metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland in 1995. ... Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. ... The Rasmus are a Finnish band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki, while the band members were still in high school. ...


Sorvali gets inspiration from bands like Anthrax, Bal-Sagoth, Bathory, Cannibal Corpse, Darkthrone, Helheim, Maze of Torment, Merciless and Thyrfing. His idols are Frank Zappa, Danny Elfman, and Jeremy Soule. Bal-Sagoth are a battle metal band from Yorkshire, England. ... Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, and is regarded as one of the forefathers of the black metal and viking metal genres. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Darkthrone is a highly influential Norwegian black metal band formed in 1986. ... Merciless is a Swedish death/thrash metal band. ... Thyrfing is a Viking Metal band from Sweden. ... Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, film director, and satirist. ... Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer-songwriter who led the rock band Oingo Boingo from 1978 until its breakup in 1995, and has since gone on to become one of the most sought-after composers working in Hollywood today. ... Jeremy Soule is an award-winning American composer prominent in game music scores. ...


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MOONSORROW - HENRY SORVALI (1264 words)
HENRI: The story of Moonsorrow began in autumn 1995 when I and Ville decided to create a band singing about old times and hedonism in general, drawing musical inspiration from such creations as the first Enslaved mini LP or the first Ulver album.
HENRI: The language of the lyrics is not so important, but the message is. However, when we started the band we wrote (for it was me who was responsible for the lyrics back then) all the lyrics in English.
HENRI: The lyrics of Moonsorrow are inspired by paganism in general, be it historical events such as great battles against the crusaders, Nature, Gods or the "good old times" and everything related to the topic under Hedonism.
MOONSORROW - Finland Black/Death Metal Attack !!! (6120 words)
I am Henri Urponpoika Sorvali, I'm 21 years old (I was born in 1978) and I'm the guitarist/synth player of the mightiest band on the great Earth; Moonsorrow.
[Henri] - All of our material except for the album have been recorded in different home studios and thus there haven't been any crucial expenses to pay for, if we don't count buying new guitar strings or drum sticks etc. to be a major loss.
[Henri] - I started to take piano lessons when I was only four years old (!) and after playing classical music for ten years I switched to jazz in the process, which I have now studied for over eight years.
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