Tomi Joutsen (born 30 April 1975) is a

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, perhaps best known as the

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of the heavy metal band

Amorphis Amorphis is a Finnish heavy metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive metal, an ...

(2005–), although also a member of other metal bands including Corpse Molester Cult (2008-), as their

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and

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, and Hallatar (2017-), as their vocalist. He was formerly the vocalist for the bands Käsi / Funeral Jacket (1995-1999) and Nevergreen / Sinisthra (2002-2008) and the

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for the bands The Candles Burning Blue and Feelings. Joutsen performs both harsh and clean

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vocals, a contrast to the more

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and punk rock-style high-pitched vocals of the previous

singer,

Pasi Koskinen Pasi Koskinen (born January 1972) is a Finnish metal vocalist and musician, currently the vocalist and guitarist of the band Datura Nemesis (2013–), but he is perhaps best known as the vocalist of the band Amorphis (1995–2004). Koskinen wa ...

. Joutsen's voice style is very deep, similar to

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vocals in the vein of

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' from

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and

Peter Steele Petrus Thomas Ratajczyk (January 4, 1962 – April 14, 2010), known professionally as Peter Steele, was an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as the lead vocalist, bassist and composer of the gothic metal band Type O N ...

Type O Negative Type O Negative were an American gothic metal band formed in Brooklyn, New York City in 1989 by Peter Steele (bass, lead vocals), Kenny Hickey (guitar, co-lead vocals), Josh Silver (keyboards, backing vocals), and Sal Abruscato (drums, percussi ...

Discography

Käsi / Funeral Jacket

Käsi

*''Käsi'' - Demo (1995) *''Käsi'' - EP (1997)

Funeral Jacket

*''Rock You Vol 1.'' (1999)

Nevergreen /Sinisthra

Nevergreen

*''Slowly Getting There'' (2002) *''Softly Whispering Mountains to Gravel'' (2002) *''Effortlessly Improving on Perfection'' (2003) *''Empty Banalities Adorned with Dashing Eloquence'' (2004)

Sinisthra

*''Last of the Stories of Long Past Glories'' (2005) *''Sinisthra Promo 2008'' (2008)

Amorphis

*''

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'' (2006) *'' Silent Waters'' (2007) *''

Skyforger (album) ''Skyforger'' is the ninth studio album by Finnish heavy metal music, heavy metal band Amorphis. Like the previous album, the lyrics to ''Skyforger'' are English translations of Finnish poems based on the Kalevala and written by Pekka Kainulainen ...

'' (2009) *''Forging the Land of Thousand Lakes'' (2010) *'' Magic & Mayhem - Tales from the Early Years'' (2010) *''

The Beginning of Times ''The Beginning of Times'' is the tenth studio album by Finnish metal band Amorphis, released on 25 May 2011 in Finland, 27 May in Europe and 7 June in the United States. Like previous Amorphis albums, ''The Beginning of Times'', is a concept alb ...

'' (2011) *''

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'' (2013) *'' Under the Red Cloud'' (2015) *''Tales from Lake Bodom'' (2015) *''An Evening with Friends at Huvila'' (2017) *'' Queen of Time'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2022)

Corpse Molester Cult

*''The Untitled Corpse Molester Cult'' (2008) *''Benedictus Perverticus'' (2015)

Hallatar

*''No Stars Upon The Bridge'' (2017)

Guest Vocalist

*Pretty White Dress - ''Marenne'' - (2007) * Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2) /

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Swallow the Sun Swallow the Sun is a Finnish death-doom band founded in 2000 by Juha Raivio. Their death-doom style emphasizes melody and atmosphere, and occasionally steps into gothic and black metal territory. They have released eight full-length albums, one ...

- (2007) *(Tracks 2, 5, 6, 10 & 11) - ''Carrion'' - Discard (2007) *Spoknebone - Release Date - Waltari (2007) *Star - '' Dirt Metal'' - Thunderstone (2009) *The Plague of a Coming Age & Boiling Heart of the North - ''The Plague of a Coming Age'' - October Falls (2013) *Meidänkaltaisillemme - ''

Elokuutio ''Elokuutio'' is the seventh studio album by Finnish progressive metal band Stam1na. It was produced by Janne Joutsenniemi and mixed by Jens Bogren. The album's title Elokuutio can mean eloquence, but can also be translated as "living cube". Lyri ...

'' -

Stam1na Stam1na (pronounced ) is a Finnish heavy metal musical group native of Lemi, South Karelia. Their music is arguably best described as thrash metal with some progressive metal, death, alternative and punk influences, and is sung in the Finnish l ...

(2016) *Lost in Wars - ''

Bringer of Pain ''Bringer of Pain'' is the fourth full-length album by the heavy metal band Battle Beast, released on February 17, 2017. It is the first album without lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and lead songwriter Anton Kabanen. Track listing Pers ...

'' - Battle Beast (2017) *Needles and Kin - ''

Verkligheten ''Verkligheten'' (English: ''The Reality'') is the eleventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork, released on 11 January 2019 via Nuclear Blast. It is the first album to feature drummer Bastian Thusgaard as the replacement o ...

'' -

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...

(2019)

References

External links

Amorphis homepageSinisthra homepage
1975 births Living people English-language singers from Finland Amorphis members Death metal musicians Finnish heavy metal singers 21st-century Finnish male singers {{Finland-singer-stub