Mokoma is tagged as: thrash metal, finnish, metal, finnish metal, death metal 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.... Read More About Mokoma Biography...  Send Mokoma ringtones to your cell
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