Soulgrind
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Soulgrind is a black metal
band from Finland
. Its members hail from different black metal musical projects such as Thy Serpent
, and Finntroll
. Its lyrics deal with paganism
, and their latest album "Pakana" is Finnish
for "pagan".
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....
band from Finland
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...
. Its members hail from different black metal musical projects such as Thy Serpent
Thy Serpent
Thy Serpent is a blackened doom metal/symphonic black metal band from Espoo, Finland. It started out as a solo project by Sami Tenetz.- History :...
, and Finntroll
Finntroll
Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on Visor Om Slutet...
. Its lyrics deal with paganism
Paganism
Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
, and their latest album "Pakana" is 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...
for "pagan".
Members
- Azhemin - Vocals, synth, programming (Nomicon, Shape of Despair, Thy Serpent, Wanderer (Fin), Wintermoon (Fin), Raven (Fin), I Flow in Depths)
- Whisper Lilith (Tanya Kemppainen) - Vocals (Gloomy Grim, Lullacry)
- Lord Heikkinen - Guitar, programming (Fierce (Fin), Gloomy Grim, Tenebrae (Fin), Twilight Ophera, Walhalla (Fin))
- Tony Bite (Toni Näykki) - Guitar (Gandalf (Fin), Shaman (Fin), Twilight Ophera)
- Tapio Wilska - Bass (Finntroll, Lyijykomppania, Nattvindens Gråt, Obscene Eulogy, Sethian, Wizzard (Fin))
- Agathon "the Beast" - Drums (Airdash, Barathrum, Corporal Punishment (Fin), Gloomy Grim, Nomicon, Thy Serpent, Walhalla (Fin))
Past members
- Ceasar (Tommi Launonen) - Vocals (Coarse, Gandalf (Fin), Gloomy Grim, Nomicon, Walhalla (Fin))
- Trooper (Roope Latvala) - Guitar (Children of Bodom, Dementia (Fin), Latvala Bros, Sinergy, Stone, Walhalla (Fin), Waltari, Warmen)
- JP Immonen - Bass (At Winter's End, Pentatonik, Lopullinen Ratkaisu)
- Louhi the Beast - Drums
Discography
- La Matanza, El Himno Pagano (Full-length, 1993)
- Santa Sangre (Single, 1993)
- Black Orchid (EP, 1994)
- Ladit A.D. 1999: Bihttpotb (Full-length, 1995)
- Helkavirsiä, Promo 1997 (Demo, 1997)
- Whitsongs (Full-length, 1997)
- Kalma (Full-length, 1999)
- Elixir Mystica (Full-length, 2001)
- Into The Dark Vales Of Death (Full-length, 2002)
- The Origins of the Paganblood (Full-length, 2005)
- Pakana (Full-length, 2007)
- The Tuoni Pathway (Full-length, 2010)