Jari Mäenpää
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| Jari Mäenpää | |
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| Born | December 23, 1977 |
| Origin | Finland |
| Genre(s) | Viking/folk metal[1] Power metal[2] Melodic death metal Melodic black metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician/Singer/Guitarist |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards |
| Years active | 1997−present |
| Label(s) | Spinefarm Low Frequency Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts | ArthemesiA Cadacross Ensiferum Immemorial Wintersun |
| Website | Wintermadness.net |
Jari Mäenpää (born December 23, 1977 in Finland) is the founder of the band Wintersun in which he performs vocals and plays guitar. He also played bass and keyboards on Wintersun's first album before hiring a full-time line-up. Before forming Wintersun, Mäenpää was best known for his time in the viking/folk metal band Ensiferum, which he joined in 1996 after leaving his prior band named Immemorial.[3] Wintersun was initially planned as a parallel project alongside Ensiferum, but in January, 2004 he was forced to leave Ensiferum due to clashes between their touring schedule and the studio recording time he had booked for Wintersun.
In 1997, Mäenpää had to put his musical career on hold to take part in Finland's compulsory military service. In an interview, Mäenpää admitted he disliked the time he spent in the military and suspects it's where he acquired tuberculosis.[4]
Jari was also a member of the band ArthemesiA.
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[edit] Writing style
“ I have a little bit of a mournful, melancholic, majestic or kinda "spacy" way of writing, when it comes to melodies. Although everything is not melancholic, but rather "heroic" like you said, but I don't know if it's the right word to describe it. It's difficult to find adjectives to describe the feeling of my own music - it's just me. When I wrote songs to ENSIFERUM (few songs like "LAI LAI HEI and "Token Of Time"), I first needed to get into that "folk mood", before the music came out of me. WINTERSUN's music just comes out naturally. I don't mean to write certain things. It just happens, I guess." ”
Jari's style of guitar playing utilizes tremolo-picked melodies and phrases and the heavy use of extremely fast sweep-picking solos and breaks as heard on most of the songs. The speed of Wintersun's music is due in part to the use of blast beats and quick, spacey keyboard lines. This gives the guitar a charging, power metal feel for the most part. [5]
[edit] Discography
| Band | Year of release | Title | Label |
| Immemorial | No commercial release | Ensiferum - Immemorial Split Demo | |
| Ensiferum | 1997 | Demo 1 | |
| Ensiferum | 1999 | Demo 2 | |
| Ensiferum | 1999 | Hero in a Dream | |
| ArthemesiA | 2001 | Devs - Iratvs | Native North |
| Ensiferum | 2001 | Ensiferum | Spinefarm |
| Cadacross | 2002 | Corona Borealis | Low Frequency |
| Ensiferum | 2004 | Tale of Revenge (single) | Spinefarm |
| Ensiferum | 2004 | Iron | Spinefarm |
| Wintersun | 2004 | Wintersun | Nuclear Blast |
| Ensiferum | 2005 | 1997-1999 (compilation) | |
| Wintersun | 2009 (expected) | Time | Nuclear Blast |
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