Kai Hahto 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...

 musician and drummer

Drummer

A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...

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Career

Hahto starting playing drums using a handmade Kumu drumkit.

Hahto was a member of the grindcore band Rotten Sound

Rotten Sound

Rotten Sound is a grindcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen and drummer Sami Latva...

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Hahto then recorded with the band Wintersun

Wintersun

Wintersun is an extreme metal band from Helsinki, Finland.Wintersun was originally created by guitarist Jari Mäenpää as a side project to folk metal band Ensiferum, for whom he was lead singer and guitarist. In 2003, Mäenpää began culling together songs that he'd been working on since 1995. These...

 as a session drummer before joining them as a band member.

Hahto has an endorsement relationship with Meinl cymbals, Pearl drums and hardware, Balbex drumsticks, Roland V-Drums and Finfonic earphones.

Discography

Band	Year of release	Title	Label
Rotten Sound Rotten Sound Rotten Sound is a grindcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen and drummer Sami Latva...	1995	Sick Bastard	Genet Records
Rotten Sound	1995	Psychotic Veterinarian	S.O.A. Records
Rotten Sound	1996	Loosin' Face	Anomie Records
Rotten Sound	1997	Spitted Alive	I.D.S. Records
Rotten Sound	1997	Under Pressure	Repulse Records
Rotten Sound	1998	Drain	Repulse Records
Rotten Sound	2000	Still Psycho	Necropolis Records Necropolis Records Necropolis Records was a record label founded in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal to start. The label's roster included artists such as Archgoat, The Black, Incantation, Satanic Slaughter, Witchery, Rotten Sound, Babylon Whores, Dissection, Dawn,, Vondur, Impaled and...
Max on the Rox Max On The Rox Max on the Rox is a rock/blues band from Vaasa, Finland. Their record company is Kråklund Records. The band is notable for being the rock/blues band where Kai Hahto, the well-known heavy metal musician is a drummer.- Discography :* Voodoo...	2000	Voodoo Voodoo (Max on the Rox album) Voodoo is the debut album by Max on the Rox, released in 2000 and recorded by Nappi Aaltonen at Welmu Studios.-Track listing:All music and words by Max Bäckman...	Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound	2001	8 Hours of Lobotomy	M.C.R. Records
Rotten Sound	2002	Murderworks	Necropolis Records
Max on the Rox	2002	Rox II Rox II Rox II is the second album by Max on the Rox, released in 2002 and recorded live during 5.10.01 - 17.11.01 by Sami Koivisto. Although it is a live recording, it fully consists of new material and two covers.-Track listing:...	Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound	2003	Seeds of Hate	Cudgel Agency
Rotten Sound	2003	From Crust 'Til Grind	Century Media Records Century Media Records Century Media Records is an Independent record label with offices in the United States, Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, and the United Kingdom.- Background :...
Wintersun Wintersun Wintersun is an extreme metal band from Helsinki, Finland.Wintersun was originally created by guitarist Jari Mäenpää as a side project to folk metal band Ensiferum, for whom he was lead singer and guitarist. In 2003, Mäenpää began culling together songs that he'd been working on since 1995. These...	2004	Wintersun Wintersun (album) Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic calls Wintersun a blend of "the hyper-fast precision of Yngwie Malmsteen-like guitar playing with the melodic sensibilities of post-Helloween power metal and a homegrown passion for folk-styled songwriting descended straight from trailblazing compatriots Amorphis,"...	Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...
Max on the Rox	2004	Rhythmic Songs from a Mysterious Red House Rhythmic Songs from a Mysterious Red House Rhythmic Songs from a Mysterious Red House is the third album by Max on the Rox, released in 2004 and recorded, mixed and mastered by head engineer Pasi Keho-Valkama and Peter "Lido" Salonen at Villa Gerby in Vaasa, Finland.-Track listing:...	Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound	2005	Exit	Spinefarm Records Spinefarm Records Spinefarm Records is a Finland-based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent...
Swallow the Sun Swallow the Sun Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic death / doom metal band.- Biography :Swallow the Sun was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, joined soon by Pasi Pasanen came along . They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being "Through Her Silvery Body" which would end up on their first demo,Out of...	2009	New Moon New Moon (Swallow the Sun album) New Moon is the fourth studio album by Finnish band Swallow the Sun. The album was released on November 4, 2009 in Finland, November 9, 2009 in Europe, and November 10, 2009 in the United States. Recording of the album commenced on June 15 at Fascination Street Studios with Jens Bogren as executive...	Spinefarm Records
Wintersun	TBA	Time Time (Wintersun album) Time is the second full-length album by the Finnish metal band Wintersun. It was originally scheduled for release in November 2006, but was delayed until August 2007 and then until 2008, and delayed still after that to a currently undefined period of time. Its recording commenced on May 2, 2006 at...	Nuclear Blast

External links

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