Teemu Mäntysaari (; born 7 January 1987) is a Finnish guitarist. He is known for playing for the heavy metal bands

Wintersun Wintersun is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Helsinki originally formed as the side project of Jari Mäenpää, then-vocalist and guitarist of folk metal band Ensiferum. In 2003, Mäenpää began pulling together songs that he had bee ...

, Imperanon, Induction, Smackbound, and

Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal—alo ...

Career

In 2004, Mäntysaari joined the

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...

band Wintersun and has toured with them since then. He also played for Imperanon until their breakup in 2007. He has written many unreleased songs with Imperanon. He has also played for Smackbound since 2015. On 5 September 2023, Mäntysaari stepped in as lead guitarist on

's North American tour as regular guitarist

Kiko Loureiro Pedro Henrique "Kiko" Loureiro (; born 16 June 1972) is a Brazilian guitarist. He has been a member of several heavy metal bands, including Angra and Megadeth. Career Loureiro began studying music and playing acoustic guitar at age 11. He stud ...

tended to undisclosed family matters. He was appointed on Loureiro's recommendation. On 21 November 2023, Megadeth band leader

Dave Mustaine David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is an American musician. He is best known as the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and for his time as the lead guitarist of Met ...

released an official statement, announcing that the band is "going to move forward with Teemu Mäntysaari as the guitar player for Megadeth" while Loureiro stays on an indefinite hiatus. This became permanent as Loureiro announced his departure from Megadeth later that month.

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