Jan Jämsen
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Katla is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 singer, most notable for co-founding and singing in folk metal
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...

 band Finntroll
Finntroll
Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on Visor Om Slutet...

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Finntroll

In 1997, Katla and Somnium
Teemu Raimoranta
Teemu Raimoranta was a Finnish metal musician. He was the founding guitarist of Finnish folk metal band Finntroll along with vocalist Jan "Katla" Jämsen. He was active in Finntroll as a guitarist until his death in 2003...

 (the future guitarist
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 of Finntroll) got drunk on a party and founded a band. Later they recruited four more members to form the first Finntroll line-up, in 1998, they recorded the demo Rivfader and in 1999 their debut album
Midnattens Widunder
Midnattens widunder is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. It was released in Finland in 1999 by Spinefarm.-Concept:The lyrical content of the album follows the story of the legenday Rivfader , "king-shaman" of the trollish race, and his war against Christian encroachment of the...

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In 2001 they recorded their second album, Jaktens Tid
Jaktens Tid
Jaktens tid is a folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. It was released in 2001 by Spinefarm Records.-Track listing:There is a bonus song on the final outro track: after approximately half a minute of silence, a drunken-sounding polka-type song begins...

, which would become their most successful (in selling). Before they went in to record their third album
Visor om Slutet
Visor om slutet is an all-acoustic folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. It was released in 2003 by Spinefarm. It was the first album to feature Tapio Wilska on vocals....

, guitarist and co-founder Somnium died
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....

 by falling from a bridge
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...

, but they continued and recorded Visor om Slutet
Visor om Slutet
Visor om slutet is an all-acoustic folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. It was released in 2003 by Spinefarm. It was the first album to feature Tapio Wilska on vocals....

, Finntrolls most unique album to date because it is Humppa
Humppa
Humppa is a type of music from Finland. It is related to jazz and very fast foxtrot, played two beats to a bar . Typical speed is about 220 to 260 beats per minute. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. All dances involve bounce that follows the strong bass of the...

 only, with acoustic guitars instead of electric guitars.

Tumor

On Visor om Slutet
Visor om Slutet
Visor om slutet is an all-acoustic folk metal album by the Finnish band Finntroll. It was released in 2003 by Spinefarm. It was the first album to feature Tapio Wilska on vocals....

, he shared vocal duties with Tapio Wilska
Tapio Wilska
Tapio Wilska is the main vocalist of the heavy metal band Sethian. He is also the ex-lead vocalist for the band Finntroll...

 and after the album he quit singing entirely, this was because he received a tumor in his vocal folds and could never sing again.

Returning

After Visor Om Slutet his involvement with Finntroll seemed to have ended. However after Tapio Wilska was fired from the band in 2006, it was announced Jan would be writing the lyrics for the Ur Jordens Djup
Ur Jordens Djup
-Personnel:* Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns – vocals* Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa – guitar, backing vocals* Mikael "Routa" Karlbom – guitar* Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo – bass, backing vocals...

 album, continuing the band's mythology and the story of the Rivfader. He has since written lyrics for the newest album, Nifelvind
Nifelvind
-External links:**...

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As lyricist

  • Ur Jordens Djup
    Ur Jordens Djup
    -Personnel:* Mathias "Vreth" Lillmåns – vocals* Samuli "Skrymer" Ponsimaa – guitar, backing vocals* Mikael "Routa" Karlbom – guitar* Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo – bass, backing vocals...

  • Nifelvind
    Nifelvind
    -External links:**...

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