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Helsinki, Finland (1986 – present)
Waltari is a musical group from Finland. Waltari is known for its diversity and combination of music styles, frequently combining punk, pop, heavy metal, rock, electronic, funk, progressive rock and rap. It is this diversity, as well as singer/bassist and band co-founder Kärtsy Hatakka’s extremely distinctive voice, that gives Waltari its unique sound.
Most of the band’s music is written by Hatakka. Waltari’s lyrics often deal with personal feelings of anxiety, loneliness and the cruelty of the world, often with heavy irony and sarcasm.
The name Waltari is a reference to the popular Finnish author Mika Waltari, a favourite author of guitarist Jariot Lehtinen.
Waltari was formed in 1986 in Helsinki, Finland, by Kärtsy Hatakka (vocals and bass), Jariot Lehtinen (guitars) and Sale Suomalainen (drums). Sami Yli-Sirniö joined as second guitarist in 1989, a year after the release of their first EP, Mut Hei.
Their first album, Monk Punk was released in 1991. As the title suggests, this album was mostly punk. Their next album Torcha! (1992) and it was with this album that Waltari started blending various musical styles into the sound that would become their own.
After releasing a compilation of early work under the title Pala Leipää (1993), the band went on to release So Fine! (1994), an album similar to Torcha!. Their next album, Big Bang (1995) is to date their biggest success. The album concentrates on mixing techno with heavy metal.
Most of the band’s music is written by Hatakka. Waltari’s lyrics often deal with personal feelings of anxiety, loneliness and the cruelty of the world, often with heavy irony and sarcasm.
The name Waltari is a reference to the popular Finnish author Mika Waltari, a favourite author of guitarist Jariot Lehtinen.
Waltari was formed in 1986 in Helsinki, Finland, by Kärtsy Hatakka (vocals and bass), Jariot Lehtinen (guitars) and Sale Suomalainen (drums). Sami Yli-Sirniö joined as second guitarist in 1989, a year after the release of their first EP, Mut Hei.
Their first album, Monk Punk was released in 1991. As the title suggests, this album was mostly punk. Their next album Torcha! (1992) and it was with this album that Waltari started blending various musical styles into the sound that would become their own.
After releasing a compilation of early work under the title Pala Leipää (1993), the band went on to release So Fine! (1994), an album similar to Torcha!. Their next album, Big Bang (1995) is to date their biggest success. The album concentrates on mixing techno with heavy metal.
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Below Zero
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Blood Sample
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d0l wrote:
space avenue is pretty good.
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BrunoDodo wrote:
OMG the cover of Infinite Dream from Iron Maiden is incredible !
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hippert wrote:
Color TV xD
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Inquisitor83 wrote:
Kärtsyyyy!
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kiurcher wrote:
I need a little bit of Atmosphere!
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IkkBinVarg wrote:
ЗАЧЕТНАЯ МУЗНЯ
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Lemminkainenf wrote:
Awesome astral travel band \o/
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MrChimney wrote:
Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die!
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KeyWiz wrote:
Torcha!
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sewertroll wrote:
There should be Kärtsy's solo and Cold Cold ground in the similiar artists.
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RoozaKaru wrote:
Saw them live at one of my first concerts ever at Green Christmas in 2008. Bought their CD afterwards.
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40belowsummer wrote:
And don't forget the album "So Fine!". The quality of their albums, especially the newer ones go from up to down and back again. But I most of their albums (excluding Blood Sample, which I need to buy soon and their side project with Angelit), because every album has at least a handful of good tracks and I think they deserve fan support for staying true to their definition of rock for more than 25 years. Next album will be a cover album (Kärtsy told me on their concert in Bremen), which will be released at the end of this year. I hope these covers will be as good as vogue (Madonna cover).
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Lemminkainenf wrote:
Noooo where are Waltari-Lapio ????? Vittun great song!!!
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LadyIks wrote:
I adore metal from Finland!
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chamakhlabestia wrote:
very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hoblovatko wrote:
fucking underrated band
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tiemsche wrote:
Most people here listening to Waltari do not seem to know Waltari's old stuff. That is a pity because the earlier albums are so much better. Below Zero sucks.
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MachineAnimal wrote:
Dunno what's my fave Waltari album. Maybe 2nd Decade although it's a compilation :D I think usually their best work is considered to be Big Bang, Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! A Death Metal Symphony In Deep C, Release Date and Blood Sample. Below Zero was their worst album. I hope next one is much better.
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wasia wrote:
But still i really enjoed their perfomance in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, last October.
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wasia wrote:
Last great(and the best so far) Waltari album was Radium Round
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Waltari mukana modernissa kotimaisessa
indie-elokuvassaWaltarin kappale In The Cradle soi tunnuskappaleena
Timo Puustisen ohjaamassa ja paljon odotetussa elokuvassa
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Chlorpromazinum tagged Waltari with progressive metal and finnish. yesterday morning
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TheRedFlower, beckenize, ungolianthe and 4 other people added Waltari to their libraries. Thursday afternoon
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Karpetians tagged Waltari with finland and fusion. 11 days ago
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Hohko tagged Waltari with memories, experimental metal, avant-garde and 7 other tags. 11 days ago
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ruost3 added Waltari to ruost3’s library. last month
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GNLS tagged Waltari with ‘seen live’. last month
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Necrogay, pirateria, DominikFoltyn and 2 other people added Waltari to their libraries. last month
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kristofer19772, tomatensalat75 and Mates21 added Waltari to their libraries. last month
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OTH12 added Waltari to the lineup of Waltari at Le Marché Gare. last month
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