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Pekka Kokko - vocals, guitars
Antti Kokko - guitars
Timo Lehtinen - bass
Marco Sneck - keyboards
Janne Kusmin - drums
12 GaugeCD
Tracklist:
01. Rust Never Sleeps 02. One of Fail 03. Bullets Are Blind 04. Swampwar 05. Better Not to Tell 06. Hook the Monster 07. Godeye 08. 12 Gauge 09. Sacramentum
Total running time:
Release date: 2010-03-03
Catalog number Universal: 273072
Catalog number Spinefarm: Naula 116
Barcode: 060252730721
For the RevolutionCD
Tracklist:
1. For the Revolution 2. Dead Man's Shadow 3. The Holy Symphony of War 4. Wings of Blackening 5. Ready for Salvation 6. Towards the Sky 7. Outremer 8. Coward 9. Like a Slave
Total running time:
Release date: 2008-04-23
Catalog number Universal: 176371-8
Catalog number Spinefarm: NAULA100
Barcode: 00602517637184
Swamplord / They Will Return2CD
Tracklist:
CD1: 01. Evil in You 02. Withering Away 03. Heritance of Berija 04. The Black Roija 05. Dance of the Water 06. Hades 07. Alteration 08. Using the Word 09. The Blind Leader 10. Vezidoroga CD2: 01. Hollow Hear 02. Swamphell 03. Principle Hero 04. Human Fates 05. They Will Return 06. Kill the Idealist 07. The Blind Leader 08. My Nation 09. Skin O´My Teeth
Total running time:
Release date: 2007-04-11
Catalog number Universal: 172450-8
Catalog number Spinefarm: NAULA091
Barcode: 0602517245082
The Black WaltzCD
Tracklist:
01. Defeat 02. Bitter Metallic Side 03. Time Takes Us All 04. To the Gallows 05. Svieri Doroga 06. The Black Waltz 07. With Terminal Intensity 08. Man of the King 09. The Groan of Wind 10. Mindrust 11. One from the Stands
Total running time:
Release date: 2006-02-22
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: NAULA068
Barcode: 0602498709788
SwampsongCD
Tracklist:
01. Heroes To Us 02. Burbot’s Revenge 03. Cloned Insanity 04. The Third, The Magical 05. Bird of Ill Omen 06. Doubtful About It All 07. Tordah 08. Man With Mystery 09. Moon of My Nights
Total running time: 43:51
Release date: 2003-05-23
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: NAULA037
Barcode: 6417871142328
They Will ReturnCD
Tracklist:
01. Hollow Hear 02. Swamphell 03. Principle Hero 04. Human Fates 05. They Will Return 06. Kill the Idealist 07. The Blind Leader 08. My Nation 09. Skin O´My Teeth
Total running time:
Release date: 2001-0-0
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: NAULA023
Barcode: 6417871142328
SwamplordCD
Tracklist:
01. Evil in You 02. Withering Away 03. Heritance of Berija 04. The Black Roija 05. Dance of the Water 06. Hades 07. Alteration 08. Using the Word
Total running time:
Release date: 2000-0-0
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: NAULA012
Barcode: 6417871141222
From the marshlands of northern Finland they will return.
The story of swamp things Kalmah begun as ‘Ancestor’ already in 1991. Five demos later a new name and a contract with Spikefarm Records followed. The debut album “Swamplord” was a remarkable success and soon their sophomore album “They Will Return” took another trident’s stab at the hearts of the hordes of melodic thrash/death/black metal fans, taking the band to the stage of Germany’s Wacken Open Air. In February 2003 Kalmah was at Lappland's Tico Tico studio once more and the 3rd album, the magical, “Swampsong” floated from the marsh in May 2003.
A pause of 2,5 years and a change of keyboard player recharged Kalmah to write the 4th album, a comeback of sorts: ”The Black Waltz”. Having lost nothing of Kalmah's trademark explosiveness and melodic hooks the audience swallowed the hook, line and sinker, welcoming the Swamplords back into the fold. The band toured For The Revolution in Canada and will return there with this 12 Gauge in 2010.
The 6th studio album was recorded at Tico-Tico studios in Finland as usual and mastered at Cutting Room, Sweden. "Everything went fluently as always even thought this time the recordings were done in three different time periods within a half a year. Swamp spirit among the band is high and every body is very satisfied with the result as should. Actually I think it was even better to leave the breath taking gaps here and there so that the new material didn’t numb ears and head. What comes to new material under the guidance of our dear Swamplord it is very Kalmah-like but we haven’t forgot to introduce new tuning here and there" says the main song writer and lead guitarist Antti Kokko.
”12 Gauge” sees another step forward in the evolution of the swamp things with all the melodic trademarks in place, but also with increased technicality. Listeners can prepare for a twin-guitar attack not heard since the heydays of Megadeth and a thrashier, punchier overall approach.
