Wintersun
Formed: 2004
From:
Helsinki,
Finland
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Wintersun News
Below is our complete Wintersun news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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More Bands Confirmed For Tuska Open Air
VENOM, CELTIC FROST and OPETH are among the confirmed bands for the ninth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to take place June 20 – July 2 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. A total of 32 bands will perform on three stages over the course of three days. In addition, a couple of dozen bands will be appearing at the infamous evening clubs during the three-day festival run. The festival billing is shaping up as follows: More...
Fear My Thoughts Added To X-Mass Festival Tour
Fear My Thoughts has been added to this year's X-Mass Festival Tour, which features Hypocrisy, Exodus, Naglfar and Wintersun. Here are the list of tour dates for the festival:
Dec 04 Paris, FR - La Locomotive
Dec 05 Essen, D - Zeche Carl
Dec 06 Berlin, D - K17
Dec 07 Munchen, D - Backstage
Dec 08 Brno, CZ - Fleda
Dec 09 Engelsdorf, D - Hellraiser
Dec 10 Wien, A - Planet Music
Dec 11 Insbruck, A - Hafen
Dec 12 Rome, ITA - Alpheus
Dec 13 Pratteln, CH - Z7
Dec 14 Ludwigsburg, D - Rockfabrik
Dec 15 Hanau, D - Halle 2
Dec 16 Strasbourg, FR - La Laiterie
Dec 17 Tilburg, NL - 013
Dec 18 Antwerpen, BL - Hof Ter Loo
Hypocrisy To Headline X-mass Festivals
Hypocrisy will invade Europe once again as headliners of this year's X-Mass-Festivals. Also featured on the bill are label-mates Exodus and Wintersun, along with Naglfar and Primordial.
X-mass Festibals 2005:
Dec 04 Paris, FR - La Locomotive
Dec 05 Essen, D - Zeche Carl
Dec 06 Berlin, D - K17
Dec 07 Munchen, D - Backstage
Dec 08 Brno, CZ - Fleda
Dec 09 Engelsdorf, D - Hellraiser
Dec 10 Wien, A - Planet Music
Dec 11 Insbruck, A - Hafen
Dec 12 Rome, ITA - Alpheus
Dec 13 Pratteln, CH - Z7
Dec 14 Ludwigsburg, D - Rockfabrik
Dec 15 Hanau, D - Halle 2
Dec 16 Strasbourg, FR - La Laiterie
Dec 17 Tilburg, NL - 013 (w/ Onslaught and 6 more acts TBA - 2 stages)
Dec 18 Antwerpen, BL - Hof Ter Loo (w/ Onslaught and 3 more acts TBA)
For more information, visit www.metallysee.com.
More Tuska Open Air Details Revealed
Tuska Open Air Metal Festival has added more international and Finnish acts to the 2005 roster. The line-up is almost complete with only 1 more artist to be added for Saturday afternoon as well as the winner from the band contest at Rotonde-Festival, France, which is to be held later this spring. This year's Tuska-Festival is more international than ever, with nearly half of the artists coming from abroad. The evening clubs will most likely see some international action as well.
New additions in Finnish professionalism will be represented by Apocalyptica, whose cello metal is witnessed way too rarely on their native soil. Apocalytica just recently supported Rammstein on their European tour and appeared stateside on a few selected dates.
German precision and universal greatness is brought to you by the mighty Gamma Ray. The band last appeared on the bill at Tuska 2000 and have since built their fanbase by selling out club shows on a regular basis.
Other additions include up-and-coming death metallers Amoral, Finnish-singing Stam1na and Viikate, as well as Callisto who are about to embark on a European tour in a few weeks.
The search continues for one more, either domestic or foreign artist.
Ticket sales for Tuska 2005 start on Friday April 1st. Three-day ticketcosts 67 euro, one-day ticket 32 euro. Go to www.lippupalvelu.fi to purchase tickets.
Current Tuska 2005 line-up reads as follows: More...
More Tuska Open Air Confirmations Announced
Dimmu Borgir, Monster Magnet, Sentenced, Destruction, Primal Fear, Bal-Sagoth, Lake of Tears and Wintersun are the latest bands confirmed for the eighth annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, set to be held July 15-17 at Kaisaniemi Park in Helsinki, Finland. The 2005 festival will once again present more than 30 bands from different styles of metal, several of which will be announced at a later date.
Saturday, July 16 will be headlined by the infamous Norwegian black metallers Dimmu Borgir. Their Tuska performance will be one of few selected festival shows the band will do next summer. Dimmu Borgirwere originally scheduled to play at Tuska 2004 but after being offered one of the headlining slots at Ozzfest, they obviously had to cancel their appearance.
In addition to the already confirmed acts, more Finnish and international artists will be added to the roster.
Tickets for Tuska 2005 will go on sale April 1 through Lippupalvelu. The three-day ticket costs 67 euros and one-day tickets cost 32 euros.
Tuska 2005 confirmed bands so far: More...
Wintersun Fan Forum Now Up
Wintersun, featuring former Ensiferum vocalist Jari Mäenpää and Rotten Sound drummer Kai Hahto, have a new fan forum up and running at this location. The band's line-up was recently rounded out by bassist Jukka Koskinen and guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari.
Wintersun Finds Second Guitarist
Wintersun has found a second guitarist, Teemu Mäntysaari, to the band after former guitarist Oliver left the band. He is an extremely skilful and motivated player. The band is still looking for synth players, but mainly Finnish players.
Wintersun is currently working on new material and plans to tour in 2005.
More Details On Finnish Dimebag Tribute
More details on the Dimebag tribute have been announced.
The tribute will take place at Rock 'n' roll Station, VR Makasiinit, Helsinki, Finland on January 15.
21.00 CR (ex-Condition Red)
22.30 The Scourger
23.30 Dimen Nimeen! (Dimebag tribute band)
Dimen Nimeen! tribute band will feature the following artists: More...
Wintersun Seeks Replacement Guitarist
Unfortunately Oliver has decided that he can't continue in Wintersun as a guitarist because his time is filled with other activities/jobs. So Wintersun is looking for a guitarist and a synth player, but they are mainly looking for Finnish members.
Wintersun Launch Official Website
Wintersun, the new Finnish band founded by former Ensiferum vocalist/guitarist, Jari Mäenpää, have launched their official website here.
Wintersun's debut album, "Wintersun," was released on September 13 through Nuclear Blast Records. The music is described as being "powerful and majestic with a lot of energy", and "mainly flows with great melodies influenced by folk and Scandinavian traditional music."
Here is the track listing:
01. Beyond The Dark Sun
02. Winter Madness
03. Sleeping Stars
04. Battle Against Time
05. Death And The Healing
06. Starchild
07. Beautiful Death
08. Sadness And Hate
Ensiferum To Recruit Norther Vocalist
Finnish folk-metal act ENSIFERUM are still without a permanent singer following the departure of vocalist Jari Mäenpää, who left the band upon completion of their current album, Iron, to focus on his solo project, WINTERSUN. Having had a successful tour with NORTHER singer Peter Lindroos as a stand-in, the band has offered him a permanent spot in the line-up.
No word yet as to whether Lindroos has accepted the offer, but he will perform the following dates with Ensiferum:
Aug 14 – Party San Festival (Germany)
Aug 21 – Summer Breeze Festival (Germany)
