Antony Hämäläinen
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Antony Hämäläinen is a Finnish musician and composer living in the United States
.
melodic death band Slaves For Scores, which disbanded in late 2005. He then helped the start of another Arizona band Burn Your Halo. The band had much attention coming mostly from Japan
and Europe
. In September 2007, Hämäläinen joined the Gothenburg
based Melodic Death Metal
band Nightrage
as their permanent vocalist. He occasionally provides guest vocals for bands ranging in all genres of extreme metal.
On February 27, 2011, it was announced via Blabbermouth.Net that Antony has started a death
/black metal
side project along side Jake Green (Vehemence
) and Jonathan Chunglo (Red Tear Memory, Darkend Dreams) called Nervosia. The band has set Apathy's Throne as the title for its first EP.
an Football
and American Football
.
Antony is known to be a very big fan of Niklas Sundin
's (Dark Tranquillity
) art work. He has five art pieces tattooed on his left fore arm.
He speaks fluent English
and Finnish
, and understands Swedish
, Greek
, and French
.
The Washington Post
reported on him in an article about Bristol Palin
who currently lives in the city of Maricopa
along with Hämäläinen. "If true, Palin will totally outshine Maricopa's other celebrity resident: Antony Hämäläinen: lead singer of melodic death metal band Nightrage. Though he definitely wins the "most umlauts in my last name" game.".
United States
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.
Biography
In the early 1990s, he started playing bass, drums, and singing for multiple bands based both in the USA and Finland. His first notable position was providing vocals for the ArizonaArizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
melodic death band Slaves For Scores, which disbanded in late 2005. He then helped the start of another Arizona band Burn Your Halo. The band had much attention coming mostly from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
. In September 2007, Hämäläinen joined the Gothenburg
Gothenburg
Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area...
based Melodic Death Metal
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal is a heavy metal music style that combines elements from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal with elements of death metal. The style was developed during the early and mid-1990s, primarily in England and Scandinavia...
band Nightrage
Nightrage
Nightrage is a Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band formed by guitarist Marios Iliopoulos and his close friend Gus G. who later re-located to Gothenburg, Sweden.-Sweet Vengeance:...
as their permanent vocalist. He occasionally provides guest vocals for bands ranging in all genres of extreme metal.
On February 27, 2011, it was announced via Blabbermouth.Net that Antony has started a death
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
/black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
side project along side Jake Green (Vehemence
Vehemence
Vehemence is a death metal band from Phoenix, Arizona. They formed in 1997 and released their first demo cassette in 1998. Their debut album, The Thoughts From Which I Hide, was self-released in 2000...
) and Jonathan Chunglo (Red Tear Memory, Darkend Dreams) called Nervosia. The band has set Apathy's Throne as the title for its first EP.
Personal
He is very into sports, and has a passion for EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an Football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
and American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
.
Antony is known to be a very big fan of Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin , is a musician best known as the guitarist of bands Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three and recent two Dark Tranquillity albums and In Flames' album The Jester Race, and...
's (Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....
) art work. He has five art pieces tattooed on his left fore arm.
He speaks fluent English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Finnish
Finnish language
Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
, and understands Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
, Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
, and French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
reported on him in an article about Bristol Palin
Bristol Palin
Bristol Sheeran Marie Palin is the second child and oldest daughter of former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd....
who currently lives in the city of Maricopa
Maricopa, Arizona
-Surrounding Municipalities:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 43,482 people, 14,359 households, and 11,110 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,356.8 people per square mile . There were 17,240 housing units at an average density of 540.4 per square mile...
along with Hämäläinen. "If true, Palin will totally outshine Maricopa's other celebrity resident: Antony Hämäläinen: lead singer of melodic death metal band Nightrage. Though he definitely wins the "most umlauts in my last name" game.".
With Nightrage
- Wearing A Martyr's CrownWearing a Martyr's Crown-Musical appearances:* "A Grim Struggle", "Collision of Fate", "Shed the Blood", and "Wearing a Martyr's Crown" were made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band video game series on Xbox...
(2009) - Vengeance DescendingVengeance Descending (Nightrage album)Vengeance Descending is a double CD reissue by the Greek/Swedish melodic death metal band, Nightrage. It was released by Century Media Records on November 19th, 2010. The Sweet Vengeance disc features the bonus track "Gloomy Daydreams" which is a demo version from either their first or second demo...
(2010) - InsidiousInsidious (Nightrage album)Insidious is the fifth album by the melodic death metal band Nightrage. The album is set to be released September 26th in Europe and a day later in North America through German label, Lifeforce Records...
(2011)