Brother Firetribe is a Finnish
hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...
band. They take their name from a direct English translation of the name of the former professional tennis player
Veli Paloheimo
Veli Paloheimo (born 13 December 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Finland.
Career
The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 1 October 1990, reaching World number 48. His best performance at a Gra ...
. The name is a reference to an in-joke, where the perfect description for their music is 'tennis heavy metal'.
History
The band was formed in 2002 in Kerava when vocalist Pekka Heino, keyboardist Tomi Nikulainen and bassist Jason Flinck met with guitarist Emppu Vuorinen.
Their first album ''False Metal'' was released by Spinefarm in 2006. The first album was later re-issued as ''Break Out''.
In 2009 Brother Firetribe joined
Pain
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on the "European Cynic Campaign 2009" tour. Pain also toured with
Nightwish
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...
, and Emppu Vuorinen, one of Nightwish's founding members, was the guitarist for Brother Firetribe. The band appeared at Nottingham Trent University's Rockingham Festival 2017.
Founding guitarist Emppu Vuorinen stepped down from the band in February 2020, citing lack of time due to his commitments with Nightwish.
Latest album, ''Feel the Burn'', was released in 2020, the first to feature new guitarist Roope Riihijärvi. Two tracks feature Vuorinen, who was still in the band when work on the album began.
Brother Firetribe has released five studio albums and one live DVD.
Members
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Pekka Ansio Heino
Pekka Ansio Heino (born 6 January 1976) is a Finnish singer. He is currently the lead vocalist in AOR band Brother Firetribe. Prior to this, he played in melodic metal band Leverage and a Finnish rock band called Cashmir, last one with fellow Br ...
– vocals
(2002–present)
*Jason Flinck – bass, backing vocals
(2002–present)
*Tomppa Nikulainen – keyboards
(2002–present)
*Hannes Pirilä – drums, percussion
(2014–present)
*Roope Riihijärvi – guitars
(2020–present)
Former Members:
*Kalle Torniainen – drums, percussion
(2002–2014)
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Emppu Vuorinen
Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neval ...
– guitars
(2002–2020)
Discography
Albums
Singles and EPs
DVDs
References
;Other sources
Track Listing, Single And Release Date For "Heart Full Of Fire" Revealed9 February 2008
External links
Official website*
Band profile on Spinefarm
Finnish hard rock musical groups
Finnish glam metal musical groups
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