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Lappeenranta, Finland (1996 – present)

Mokoma is a five piece metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland, formed in 1996. The original lineup was MARKO ANNALA (vocals), Santtu Hämäläinen (bass) and Janne Hyrkäs (drums), Tuomo Saikkonen (guitar) and Kuisma Aalto (guitar). Their music derives from late 80’s, early 90’s Thrash and Death Metal, but Mokoma also mixes a lot of traditional Finnish melancholy in it’s music. Lyrics are in Finnish and the lyricist Marko Annala is currently considered to be one of the best Finnish lyric writers.

Mokoma’s story is one of the most inspiring in the history of Finnish Metal and music business. Past years of the band has celebrated their unbelievable rise from being the underdogs dropped by a major company to being the top dogs with their own label.

In the late 90’s Finland’s metal scene started booming with bands singing in Finnish. Previously English had been the one and only metal language. Then some bands combined metal guitars with Finnish lyrics. Successful acts were followed by copycats, and the main recipe was to churn out sluggish mid-tempo riffs accompanied by lyrics dwelling in ten different types of misery.

During those days Mokoma was signed to EMI, and Kuisma Aalto joined as a guitarist and Roope Laasonen in keyboards. The band released two albums “Valu” (1999) and “Mokoman 120 päivää” (2001). Before these albums the keyboard player Roope Laaksonen quitted Mokoma, and Tuomo Saikkonen joined as a second guitarist. At that time Mokoma’s sound was closer to grunge influenced rock, with some metal elements emerging occasionally.
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  • Lumpor

    Kaikki Mokomat spotifyssä \o/

    30 Apr 12:35pm Reply

  • ikd-sj

    =sydanjuuret= WAHOO! （＾ω＾）

    11 Apr 9:41am Reply

  • M3tthew

    http://www.lastfm.ru/music/eeden

    11 Mar 9:10am Reply

  • Suoruumis

    Mokoma sounds great even though you wouldn't understand finnish. But when you do understand.. it takes the songs to a way different level. Annala's lyrics are amazing, not just empty words.

    4 Mar 4:34pm Reply

  • gorbulas_

    That's great stuff. It's progressively becoming my new favorite band. I'm even considering studying Finnish so that I can sing/understand it! =D

    15 Feb 2:34pm Reply

  • MetalFinder

    Люблю финскую сцену. Банда то что доктор прописал. Правильно делают что поют на родном языке.

    16 Dec 2012 Reply

  • 4icken

    неплохо =)

    14 Dec 2012 Reply

  • EreTux

    Uusi levy menee ehdottomasti Mokoman kärkikolmikkoon Sydänjuurten ja Kuoleman laulukunnaitten ohella!

    7 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Iluzki

    Askel taas oikeaan suuntaan pettymykseksi osoittautuneen Sydänjuurten jälkeen. Vuoden ehkä positiivisin ylläri tähän mennessä, vaikka oisin ehkä pari slovaria tiputtanu pois kokonaisuudesta. :P

    2 Nov 2012 Reply

  • JypeK

    Aika helvetin kova tuo uus lätty muutamaa heikompaa biisiä lukuunottamatta!

    2 Nov 2012 Reply

  • juho_94

    Vapaa on uuden lätyn ehkä kovin biisi IMO (vaikka aika "lälly" onkin) ! Valkoista kohiina, toi levyn odotusarvon minulle ainakin liian ylös, nyt on kuunnellut pari kertaa läpi, ollut aika pettymys. Mutta annettaan vielä sille aikaa, jos aukeaisi paremmin..

    25 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Arzka77

    Aivan saatanan hyvä uus levy! [3]

    24 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Ughel1

    Aivan saatanan hyvä uus levy! [2]

    23 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Sisselz

    Uus levy ei kyllä toimi meikäläisellä ei sitten yhtään. lällynlällynlää

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • FrostBiter666

    Aivan saatanan hyvä uus levy!

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • majeczkaa-

    ZAJEBISTE

    21 Oct 2012 Reply

  • rewwr

    Aivan mahtava uus albumi kyllä on. Varsinkin Uskalla elää. Hyvin tyytyväinen olen :)

    20 Oct 2012 Reply

  • TheJuzme

    Uusi levy toimii ja lujaa.

    20 Oct 2012 Reply

  • rolle-

    Todella, todella positiivisesti yllättävä levy! Kenties Mokoman paras. Illan henki kuulostaa black metallilta. Toimii niin vitusti!

    19 Oct 2012 Reply

  • dragothica

    Uusi albumi on ainakin nyt ensimmäisen kuuntelukerran jälkeen ihan törkeän hyvä. Saa nähdä alkaako myöhemmin muutama biisi tökkimään pahasti (kuten Sydänjuurilla), luultavasti ei!

    19 Oct 2012 Reply
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