Kalmah

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Kalmah is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Pudasjärvi<ref>Multiple sources:

History

Kalmah at Party.San 2017

In 1991, Pekka Kokko and Petri Sankala founded the metal band Ancestor. After Ancestor had recorded two demos, Antti Kokko joined the band as lead guitarist. In 1998, after five demos, Ancestor disbanded and Kalmah formed. The new band consisted of Pekka Kokko performing vocals and guitar, Antti Kokko on lead guitar, Pasi Hiltula on keyboards, Altti Veteläinen on bass, and Petri Sankala on drums.

Kalmah began to write songs for a promotional CD entitled Svieri Obraza. With this demo, they acquired a recording contract with Spinefarm Records and headed to Tico-Tico Studios to record their debut album, Swamplord which was released in 2000.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

By November 2001, they returned to Tico-Tico Studios to record their second studio album, They Will Return. By this time, Veteläinen and Sankala were replaced by Timo Lehtinen on bass and Janne Kusmin on drums, respectively. In 2002, Kalmah played shows in Finland and at Wacken Open Air. In February 2003, they recorded their third studio album, Swampsong. In 2004, keyboardist Pasi Hiltula left and was replaced by Marco Sneck. The band released The Black Waltz in 2006 and For the Revolution in 2008. Kalmah toured in Canada and Finland to promote the latter album.

12 Gauge

Template:Main Kalmah's sixth studio album was released in Japan on 24 February 2010, Canada on 2 March, Europe on 3 March and North America on 6 April.<ref name=last>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>

Recording and mixing took place from May to August at Tico-Tico Studios in Finland,<ref name=diary>Template:Cite web</ref> and mastering for the disc took place at the Cutting Room in Sweden.<ref name="sixthalbum">Template:Cite web</ref>

The track "Bullets Are Blind" was released in December 2009 on a two-CD collection included with the 35th anniversary issue of Soundi magazine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In March 2010, 12 Gauge became the first Kalmah album to be released on vinyl. The album was mastered for vinyl by Joona Lukala, Noise for Fiction, and released by Svart Records in a limited run of 500 copies.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Seventh Swamphony

Template:Main In 2012, Kalmah finished filming a new music video for their upcoming album, due to be released in 2013. The band have kept fans up to date with their process via social networking website Facebook by uploading different photos, as well as a short behind the scenes video from the day of filming their video. They also announced that they currently have six songs finished, and they plan to enter the studio in January 2013.

The artwork for their seventh studio album will be created by artist Juha Vuorma, the man also behind the art of Kalmah's first 3 albums.<ref name="sixthalbum"/>

In April 2013, it was announced that the band will release their seventh studio album, Seventh Swamphony, on 17 June.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Palo

Kalmah's eighth album, Palo, was released on 6 April 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A single from the album, "Evil Kin" was released on 9 February 2018.

Kalmah

In March 2023, the band announced their self-titled ninth album would be released on 26 May.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Musical style

Kalmah was described as a melodic death metal and power metal hybrid, similar to bands like Children of Bodom, Norther and Wintersun.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="metalreviewmelodeth">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Band members

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Current
  • Pekka Kokko – vocals, rhythm guitar (1998–present)
  • Antti Kokko – lead guitar (1998–present)
  • Timo Lehtinen – bass (2001–present)
  • Janne Kusmin – drums (2001–present)
  • Veli-Matti Kananen – keyboards (2012–present)

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Former
  • Altti Veteläinen – bass guitar (1998–2001)
  • Petri Sankala – drums (1998–2001)
  • Antti-Matti Talala – keyboards (1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Pasi Hiltula – keyboards (1999–2004)
  • Marco Sneck – keyboards (2004–2011)

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Timeline

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Discography

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Studio albums

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Demos and EPs

As Ancestor
  • Ethereal Devotion (1992)
  • Material World God (1993)
  • With No Strings Attached (1995)
  • Tomorrow (1997)
  • Under the Burbot's Nest (1998)
As Kalmah
  • Svieri Obraza (1999) − promo
  • Demo 2004 (2004)

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Videos

  • Withering Away (2000)
  • The Groan of Wind (2006)
  • 12 Gauge studio diary in seven parts (2009)<ref name=kalmahik>Template:YouTube</ref>
  • 12 Gauge (2010) (music video)
  • Seventh Swamphony (2013)
  • Evil Kin (2018)
  • Blood Ran Cold (2018)
  • Take Me Away (2018)

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