Kilpi is a Finnish heavy metal band, singing in

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History

"Kilpi" means ''

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'' in Finnish. It is the

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and band creator's last name,

Petteri Kilpi Petteri is a Finnish masculine given name, meaning Peter. People with this name include: * Petteri Forsell (born 1990), Finnish footballer * Petteri Iivonen (born 1987), Finnish violinist * Petteri Koponen (born 1988), Finnish professional basket ...

. The band's first album, ''

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'', was released on May 28, 2003, some months after their first single, "Nerokasta Ikävää". On September 29, 2004, they released their second album, ''

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''. In 2006 they released the album ''

Kaaoksen Kuningas ''Kaaoksen Kuningas'' is the third album from the Finnish hard rock band Kilpi Kilpi is a Finnish heavy metal band, singing in Finnish. History "Kilpi" means ''shield A shield is a piece of personal armour held in the hand, which m ...

'', and two of its songs, "Toinen Minä" and "Katharsis" were proposed to

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. The band lost out to

Lordi Lordi () is a Finnish hard rock/ heavy metal band, formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker, Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu). In addition to their melodic metal music, Lordi are also known for wearing monster ma ...

, finishing sixth overall in the Finnish televoting with the song "Toinen Minä". The band's first live-album ''Kaaos-Live'' was released in 2007. The band's vocalist, , was a member of the Finnish band Altaria.

Discography

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'' (2003) *''

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'' (2006) *''Kaaos-Live'' (2007) *''IV'' (2008) *''Pirun Merta'' (2009) *''Juggernautti'' (2015)

Singles

* Nerokasta Ikävää (2003) * Villin vaaran kosto (2003) * Pahalle et käännä selkää (2003) * Sielut iskee tulta (2004) * Eilinen (2004) * Varjoista valoihin (2004) * Ihminen (2006) * Laske kuolleet ja rukoile (2006) * Kaaoksen Kuningas (2006) * Katharsis (2007) * Sisäinen Vihollinen (2008) * Tuli, Vesi, Ilma ja Maa (2008) * Kunnes Kuolema Meidät Erottaa (2008) * Viinapiru (2009) * Käännetään maailma (2010) * Lautta (2012) * Rakkaus vapauttaa (2012) * Juggernautti (2015) * Kasikus (2017) * Taiteilija (2018)

External links

Official site in Finnish
(), also contains a description of the band in English
Official MySpace page
Finnish musical groups Finnish heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2003 {{Finland-band-stub