Stam1na (pronounced ) is a Finnish

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band native of

Lemi Lemi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Karelia region. The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in South Karelia in terms of population. It covers an area of of which is water. The ...

South Karelia South Karelia (or ''Southern Karelia'', ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region of Finland. It borders the regions of Kymenlaakso, Southern Savonia, South Savo and North Karelia, as well as Russia (Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast). Hist ...

. Their music is arguably best described as

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with some

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and

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influences, and is sung in the Finnish language. The band mainly uses

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s on all albums except the first one where they used six-strings, and a few songs were composed for

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on the eighth album ''

Taival ''Taival'' (translation: ''Journey'') is the eighth studio album by Finnish band Stam1na, released on 12 October 2018. Just like with the previous album, it was produced by Janne Joutsenniemi and mixed by Jens Bogren. It debuted at number one on ...

''.

Name

The band chose to use a "1" in their name to represent the "I" in the word "stamina" to make them more distinct, primarily making the band easier to find in search engines.

Background

The band originally started as a three-piece in 1996, but it was only after several demo recordings that they got signed late in 2004 by

Sakara Records Sakara Records is an independent Finland, Finnish metal/rock record label. It was found in 2003 by the Finnish metal group Mokoma. Since then the label has added the Finnish bands Stam1na, Rytmihäiriö, Black Bile, Diablo (band), Diablo and YUP ( ...

, a label founded and headed by the fellow South Karelian band

Mokoma Mokoma is a Finnish thrash metal band formed in Lappeenranta, Finland, in 1996. Their music also has grindcore and death metal influences with traditional Finnish melancholy. Mokoma started out as a creation of Marko Annala, who is the band' ...

. The founding trio are Antti Hyyrynen on vocals and guitar, Pekka Olkkonen on lead guitar and Teppo Velin on drums. Bassist Kai-Pekka Kangasmäki was added to the lineup in 2005, and keyboardist Emil Lähteenmäki joined in 2009. Stam1na's self-titled debut album, released in March 2005, reached No. 13 on the Finnish album charts. Their second album, ''

Uudet kymmenen käskyä ''Uudet kymmenen käskyä'' is the second album by Finnish thrash metal band Stam1na. It was released on 10 May 2006 and reached No. 3 on the Finnish albums chart. In March 2007, the album was chosen as the Metal Album of 2006 at the Emma-gaala, ...

'', was released on 10 May 2006 and did even better on the charts, reaching No. 3 on its first week. Claiming critical acclaim by heavy touring and winning several awards in Finland, and making their debut in Germany by touring with

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in the autumn of 2007, they proceeded to release their third album ''

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'' in February 2008, which went straight to No. 1 on the Finnish album chart in the first week. 10 February 2010, Stam1na released their fourth album titled Viimeinen Atlantis, which translates as "The Last Atlantis", which also went straight to first place on the Finnish album chart, topping among others HIM's new release, and was certified gold by

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in its first week of sales. In 2012 Stam1na released their fifth album entitled Nocebo, produced by

Joe Barresi Joe Barresi (nicknamed "Evil Joe") is an American record engineer and producer who has worked with Kyuss, The Melvins, Tool, Chevelle, Apocalyptica, Queens of the Stone Age, Coheed and Cambria, Tomahawk, L7, The Jesus Lizard, Parkway Drive ...

. Nocebo topped the Finnish album chart and was certified gold on the day of its release. Their sixth album, SLK, was released in February 2014. Stam1na made a historical series of performances in summer 2015 by playing the Provinssirock festival on four consecutive days, playing a different album from their discography in its entirety on each day. Their seventh studio album Elokuutio was released on 16 March 2016. Since then, they have been gradually touring outside of Finland, appearing on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise in 2017 and as part of the "Arctic Circle Alliance" with

Skálmöld Skálmöld () is a Viking / folk metal band from Reykjavík, Iceland, formed in August 2009. The band's name is literally translated as ''Age of Swords'' and also means "lawlessness", referring to the Age of the Sturlungs of Icelandic history, w ...

and

Omnium Gatherum Omnium Gatherum is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Karhula, founded in the autumn of 1996. Although the band mainly follows the path of the melodic death metal genre, much of their work shows strong influences from progressive metal, e ...

(2017-2018). Stam1na released their eighth studio album

in 2018.

Band members

Stam1na Rockharz 2019 13.jpg, Antti "Hyrde" Hyyrynen
vocals, guitar (1996–) Stam1na Rockharz 2019 15.jpg, Kai-Pekka "Kaikka" Kangasmäki
bass (2005–) Stam1na Rockharz 2019 14.jpg, Emil "Hippi" Lähteenmäki
keyboards (2009–) Stam1na Rockharz 2019 19.jpg, Pekka "Pexi" Olkkonen
lead guitar (1996–) Stam1na Rockharz 2019 04.jpg, Teppo "Kake" Velin
drums (1996–)

Discography

Albums

Compilation albums

Singles

;Joint singles Mokoma / Rytmihäiriö / Stam1na *2007: Sakara Tour 2006 Nosturi (FIN #7) *2007: Sakara Tour 2006 Työnkulma (FIN #8) *2007: Sakara Tour 2006 Rytmikorjaamo (FIN #9) *2007: Sakara Tour 2006 Tivoli (FIN #11) *2007: Sakara Tour 2006 Teatria (FIN #12) *2007: Sakara Tour 2006 Lutakko (FIN #14) *2007: Sakara Tour 2006 Sibeliustalo (FIN #16)

Music videos

* ''Erilaisen rakkauden todistaja'' (Witness of a Different Kind of Love) (2003) * ''Kadonneet kolme sanaa'' (The Lost Three Words) (2005) * ''Ristiriita'' (Conflict/Cross Argument) (2005) * ''Paha arkkitehti'' (An Evil Architect) (2005) * ''Edessäni'' (In Front of Me) (2006) * ''Likainen parketti'' (Dirty Parquet) (2006) * ''Lääke'' (Medicine) (2008) * ''Muistipalapelit'' (Memorypuzzles) (2008) * ''Pakkolasku'' (Emergency landing/A Must-pay Bill) (2010) * ''Rikkipää'' (Sulfur Head / Brokenhead) (2010) * ''Yhdeksän tien päät'' (The Ends of Nine Roads) (2010) * ''Valtiaan uudet vaateet'' (Ruler's New Demands) (2012) * ''Puolikas ihminen'' (Half a Man) (2012) * ''Panzerfaust'' (Iron Fist) (2014) * ''Kuoliaaksi ruoskitut hevoset'' (Flogging Dead Horses) (2014) * ''Vapaa on sana'' (Free Is a Word) (2014) * ''Kuudet raamit'' (Six Frames) (2016) * ''Elokuutio'' (Eloquence/The Living Cube) (2016) * ''Enkelinmurskain'' (Angelcrusher) (2018) * ''Kannoin sinut läpi hiljaisen huoneen'' (I Carried You Through a Silent Room) (2020) * ''Memento Mori (ateistin kiitos)'' (parentheses: an atheist's commendation) (2021) * ''Metropolio'' (2023) * ''Vereen piirretty viiva'' (A Line Drawn in Blood) (2023) * ''Muistipalatsi'' (Memory Palace) (2023)

DVDs

* ''Sakara Tour 2006'' (2007) * ''K13V'' (2009)

References

External links

Official website
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Sakara Records
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