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Interview with vocalist Jari Mäenpää
Interview conducted by Luxi Lahtinen
Date online: July 12, 2017
Live pictures at Tuska 20th Anniversary festival taken by Terhi Lahtinen.
Thanks to Silke Yli-Sirniö (Tough Enough Promotion) for arranging the interview.
Wintersun's second studio album, Time I, was released back in 2012 and fans have been waiting to get their hands on the sequel ever since.Â
The road leading to the completion of Time II hasn't been easy for Jari Mäenpää, the man behind Wintersun. It is a massive undertaking, a delusion of grandeur as some people have put it. The whole project has been put on ice for the time being and Jari wanted to record a different type of Wintersun album, starting from a clean slate, as it were. The Forest Seasons was created with four lengthy new songs thematically forming the four seasons of a forest. A massive crowdfunding campaign was launched, partly to get Wintersun's headquarters (i.e. studio) financed. The campaign turned out to be a huge success despite some suspicious and skeptical opinions.Â
On July 21st the fans' wait will finally be over because that's the worldwide release date for The Forest Seasons. The Metal Crypt met Jari Mäenpää on the v
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Also known as: Arbaal
Born on: 23.12.1977
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Jari Mäenpää
Finnish musician
Musical artist
Jari Mäenpää (born 23 December 1977) is a Finnish singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is the founder of the heavy metal band Wintersun for which he records all instruments except the drums. Before forming Wintersun, Mäenpää was also known for his role in the folk metal band Ensiferum, which he joined in 1996 after leaving his prior band named Immemorial.[1] Wintersun was initially planned as a parallel project alongside Ensiferum, but in January, 2004 he was forced to leave Ensiferum due to clashes between their touring schedule and the studio recording time he had booked for Wintersun.
In 1997, Mäenpää had to put his musical career on hold to take part in Finland's compulsory military service. In an interview, Mäenpää admitted he disliked the time he spent in the military and suspects it's where he acquired tuberculosis.[2]
Jari was also a member of the band Arthemesia, and participated in Kimmo Miettinen's side project Lost Alone.
Writing style
[edit]I have a little bit of a mournful, melancholic, majestic or kind of "spacy" way of writing when it comes to melodies. Although everything is not melancholic, but rather "heroic" like you said, but I don't know if it's the right word