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Pudasjärvi, Finland (1999 – present)

Kalmah is a band from Pudasjärvi, Finland. They are influenced by a high velocity brand of European Melodic Death Metal similar to that of metal bands like Children Of Bodom and Dark Tranquillity. The quintet formed in the autumn of 1999 following the demise of its first incarnation, Ancestor. In less than a year after its birth, Kalmah was signed by Spikefarm Records, a division of the Finnish label Spinefarm. In the fall of 2000, the band recorded its debut album for the label at Tico-Tico studios, a favourite of fellow countrymen Sentenced and Impaled Nazarene. The result, Swamplord, is an aggressive, twin guitar solo-based album whose atmosphere is often heightened by ethereal keyboards. Century Media Records picked up Swamplord for North American distribution, and the record was released in 2001.
After that, Kalmah released “They Will Return” (2002), “Swampsong” (2003) and “The Black Waltz” (2006). On the “The Black Waltz” the music is quite different of the previous Kalmah records - the vocals are much deeper (a lot of growling vocals on this album) and the music is more influenced by Gothenburg style than the previous albums.
Kalmah released their latest album in April 2nd, 2008 under the title “For The Revolution”.

The band took their name from the Karelian language and could be translated as “to the grave” “to the end” or “to the death”.

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1	Heroes to Us	722
2	For The Revolution full track	690
3	Hades full track	617
4	Holy Symphony of War full track	605
5	Wings of Blackening full track	540
6	Towards the Sky full track	533
7	Swamphell full track	514
8	Ready For Salvation full track	478
9	Outremer full track	460
10	Defeat	451
11	Evil in You full track	450
12	Time Takes Us All	444
13	Like a Slave full track	438
14	They Will Return full track	427
15	Bitter Metallic Side	421

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Wintersun89 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

bullets are blind kicks ass

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versionfiv wrote:
Saturday afternoon

Bullets are Blind (live in moscow) high quality

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Stamesiller wrote:
Saturday afternoon

For The Revolution is classic XD

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versionfiv wrote:
Friday evening

im gonna say it again that moscow setlist looks FUCKING AMAZING. COME TO THE STATES!

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PureAgony wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

This band is awesome

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Shikky wrote:
last week

I drank beer with Kalmah in Moscow after show! That was great! It's the best MDM band I ever heard.

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Cloudy-Now wrote:
8 days ago

god !

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Thuzzu wrote:
16 days ago

JiHaaaa

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found_dead wrote:
last month

fucking love them!!

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Barmin wrote:
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The greatest Melodic death I ever heard.

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dementedX14 wrote:
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Can't wait for the new album!

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ficlh wrote:
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Thats what I call Melodic Death Metal. Raw vocals, great melodies and NO clean singing.

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PureAgony wrote:
last month

NEW ALBUM PZL

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InfernoxDeath wrote:
last month

Recording's done according to their official site. Expected to be released in early-2010. I forsee it being March.

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Javier-Zanetti wrote:
last month

When will it be released?

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InfernoxDeath wrote:
last month

Can't wait for their new album!

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rsredsky wrote:
last month

thats what i called MDM

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Schander wrote:
last month

Except for the fact that With Terminal Intensity kicks the shit out of Heroes To Us.

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FLAMEnGIR wrote:
last month

egnops, What the hell? They are almost exactly the same!

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egnops wrote:
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Listen to the intro of Heroes to Us and then With Terminal Intensity

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Nov 29 Behemoth O2 Academy Islington, London, United Kingdom
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Apr 3 Rocktower MuK, Lübeck, Germany
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Jul 2 Unirock Open Air Fest III Solar Beach, İstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
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6th album in progress

13 May 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/kalmah

We have entered studio to record our 6th full length album. During May we will record 9 new songs and couple of covers. Mixing and mastering will take place at the beginning of Autumn when the da...

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