MEMBERS:
The band was founded by Gabriel Wolf
and Tomi Kalliola in 2001.
current line-up:
Gabriel Wolf -
vocals, symphonic music, lyrics, cover design (2001-present)
Nola Darxley -
female vocals (2006-present)
Ville Mustanen - guitar (2008-present)
Janne
Lahtisaari - bass (2008-present)
Aatto Koskinen - drums
(2008-present)
symphonic orchestra and
choirs:
Gabriel Wolf
Nola Darxley
Bueckert Agota
Simonfai
Eszter
Barabas Eva
Ormanecz Violetta
D. Szabo Gyorgy
Sallai
Viktor
Fekete Zoltan
Lucio Davoli
Kertai Egon
former member:
Tomi Kalliola -
guitar, synths, lyrics, drums (2001-2006)
guest members:
Attila Csihar (Mayhem) - vocals on
Death Before Dawn & Darkness Needs Us
Domina Mystico - vocals on Death
Before Dawn
Ville Sorvali (Moonsorrow) - vocals on Darkness Needs Us, lyrics
on Voitettuani Kuoleman
AOD (Dagorlad) - vocals on Darkness Needs Us
Peter
Meynckens (Axamenta) - vocals on Darkness Needs Us
Sture Dingsoyr (Windir) -
vocals on Darkness Needs Us
Marcus Ehlin (Siebenbürgen) - vocals on Darkness
Needs Us
Christopher B. Wildman (Asgaroth) - vocals on Darkness Needs
Us
RMS Hreidmarr (Anorexia Nervosa) - vocals on Darkness Needs Us
Morfeus
(Limbonic Art & Dimension F3H) - remix on Darkness Needs Us
Agathon
(Gloomy Grim & Thy Serpent) - vocals on Voitettuani Kuoleman
BIOGRAPHY:
The band was formed in 2001
by Gabriel Wolf (Hungary) and Tommi Kalliola (Finland). Finnugor's name came
from the nationality of the founders. The word "Finnugor" actually means
"Finnish-Hungarian", or
rather means the "Finnugor language family" which was the base of the
Hungarian and Finnish
languages of nowadays.
Finnugor is one of the most famous black metal
bands in Hungary, due to many reasons. For example because during their 8 years of
existence, they had not less than 26 members and guest members in the band. The reason of this
fact is that Gabriel collaborates with other black metal bands and artists very often. He was
always a man of surprises in this music scene, by always finding the way to refresh the band's
style and members to keep it interesting and unique. Finnugor is well-known of the very varied
and colourful vocals and speaking voices in their music. Gabriel uses about 20 different
singing and speaking techniques, which can remind the listener of Mr.Doctor's crazy
performances in Devil Doll. Not only the many types of voices make
Finnugor outstanding,
but also the interesting way of changing languages from album-to album.
The majority of the
Finnugor lyrics are written in English, but also there are songs in German,
Hungarian, Finnish
and Latin. For example their 4th album (Voitettuani Kuoleman) was only
written in Finnish
and Hungarian and their 6th album (Fame et Morte) was only written in
Latin.
They basically play symphonic black metal music. On their
first album there was still some touch of
gothic/doom rock. The second album was more powerful and contained even more
catchy melodies. 3rd & 4th albums were more
into the folk/viking side of black metal music. The 5th Finnugor
album was a big turn
and surprise for the fans. They turned their style into industrial/hellektro black metal with a
lot of electronic soundings. That was the biggest change in their style, so later they decided to
call that a side project of Finnugor: "Finnugor 2.0". The band was always changing and evolving
to keep their style unique, but they were always faithful to some things which are also
main characteristics of Finnugor's music: their extremely catchy and oftenly monumental melodies
which were always feeding from traditional Hungarian and Finnish folk/symphonic
music.
Their most monumental and melodic album is their latest opus,
called "Fame et Morte". The songs on this album grab the attention of the listener even for the
first time. It can remind them of Dimmu Borgir's monumental songs, or Summoning's unforgettable
viking/symphonic melodies... also we could mention Devil Doll, and not just because of the
varied vocal styles, but the theatrical performance, too. Fame et Morte is really not an average
black metal album. They use really interesting instruments in the music, also the sounding of
the instruments are not usual. For example Janne Lahtisaari doesn't play the bass the typical
distorted black/death metal way: he uses clean bass-runs in the music many times, and also the
monumental organs sometimes turn the musical atmosphere into a demonically possessed unholy
church-music.
Their first record
label was Adipocere Records in France, then Karmageddon Media signed them to
The Netherlands.
Their latest label was (still is) Finsterniis Records in Hungary. Nowadays they
are looking for a NEW
LABEL!
