WARMEN BAND PAGE
 WARMEN
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CURRENT NAME
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Warmen |
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FORMER NAMES
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ORIGIN
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Finland |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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Spinefarm Records |
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GENRE
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Power metal |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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BAND ADDED
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2005-12-16, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2007-05-14, 12:29 |
The name Janne Warman should be known to metalheads all over
the world by now. His band, Children Of Bodom, has become a household
name for metal fans worldwide and in 2000 the keyboard virtuoso released
his first solo-album, Warmen's Unknown Soldier, which spearheaded the
emergence of technical and progressive metal from Finland. The debut
consisted of eleven tracks of stunningly technical melodic hard rock in
the vein of Stratovarius, Rainbow and Artension led by Janne Warman's
uncannily fluent fingers and astonishing arrangements. No rock celebrity
project would be complete without guest stars: Unknown Soldier featured
spots of acclaimed musicians like Jari Kainulainen (Stratovarius /
bass), Roope Latvala (Waltari & Sinergy / guitars) and female vocalist
Kimberly Goss (Sinergy) in addition to the band's line up of Mirka Rantanen
(Tunnelvision / Drums), Sami Virtanen (Guitars) and of course
mastermind Janne Warman himself. Now, the time has arrived for Warmen to!
once again embark on the road they themselves paved.
With a slightly upgraded five-piece line-up, adding Lauri Porra
(Tunnelvision) as steady bassist and Janne's brother Antti Warman on guitars,
Janne & Co. took full advantage of their own studio, The Warmen
Productions Studio, recording the entire new album there and later on mixing
the eleven new tracks at Finnvox Studios with Mikko Karmila
(Stratovarius, Nightwish, Edguy, Therion, Sonata Arctica). Beyond Abilities is a
superb trip into the realms of modern heavy metal and bombastic melodic
speed-power metal filled with the kind masterful songwriting we've come
to expect from this gifted guru of the keyboards. The material is even
more versatile than on the successful first release, partly probably
because of a bigger presence of vocals: Sinergy's Kimberly Goss (vocals
on "Hidden" and on the amazing cover version of Heart's "Alone", also
released as a CD-Single by Spinefarm Records), Timo Kotipelto of
Stratovarius (vocals on "Spark" and "Singer's Chance") and Pasi Nykänen of!
Throne Of Chaos (vocals on "Dawn"), all deliver stellar vocal
performances, only enhancing the spellbinding effect Warmen have on their
listener. Beyond Abilities is THE album for every heavy metal connoiseur who
like their music challenging and entertaining. This will leave you
gasping for air...
