Farmakon is a Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 progressive death metal band formed in 2001. The band is currently made up of guitar

Guitar

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ist/vocalist

Singing

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 Toni Salminen, vocalist Marko Eskola, and bassist

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 Pekka Kauppila. They have released two studio album

Studio album

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s to date, and are writing a third, as of January 2009. The band uses both clean and growling vocals, as well as incorporating jazz and funk elements into their music.

Their debut album, A Warm Glimpse

A Warm Glimpse

A Warm Glimpse is the first studio album released by Finnish progressive death metal band Farmakon. The album was originally released in 2003, under Earache Records...

, was released in 2003, and the opening track, "Loosely of Ameobas" was included on Earache's

Earache Records

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 "Metal: A Headbanger's Companion II" compilation.

Robin, the band's second album, was released February 21, 2007, and in America on April 29, 2008. The album was awarded 10th place in Metal Storm's

Metal Storm (webzine)

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 top death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 album of 2007

2007 in music

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ranking.

They are currently working on material for a new album, tentatively entitled Syan. The band has announced that former drummer Riku Airisto has agreed to handle the drums on the album, due to the departure of Matti Auerkallio.

Former Band Members

• Matti Auerkallio - Drums (2004–2007)
• Lassi Paunonen - Guitars (2001–2007)
• Riku Airisto - Drums (2001–2003)