Patrik Mennander
Encyclopedia
Patrik Mennander is a Finnish
singer who has been in the bands Ruoska
, Battlelore
and Natsipaska
.
in 1976. He was in the Finnish army
(the year he entered is unknown) until 1997. A year later, in 1998, he then created the comic/hard rock
band Natsipaska
with Anssi Auvinen, Mika Kamppi and Sami Karppinen
. The band released three albums before retiring in 2000. Then, in 2002, with a guitarist, Kai Ahvenranta, Ruoska
was started. Although Ruoska is still an on-going band, Patrik Mennander has not been there every single step of the way, since he left for the symphonic metal
band Battlelore
from end 2003 to near-end 2004, between the releases of Ruoska's second and third albums. Since then, Mennander has stayed with Ruoska, and is more famous than ever before.
Mennander is also a tattoo artist at "His Master's Tattoo" in Mikkeli
, Finland.
Battlelore
Natsipaska
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 who has been in the bands Ruoska
Ruoska
Ruoska is a Finnish metal band from the Juva municipality. Singer Patrik Mennander combines low, growling vocals with conventional singing. Ruoska's music and vocals are often compared to those of the German Industrial Metal band Rammstein. The lyrics are exclusively in Finnish.Before becoming...
, Battlelore
Battlelore
Battlelore is a metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland. All of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.-Style:Battlelore mixes female vocals with harsh male growling in "beauty and the beast" duet, backed by heavy guitar riffing and occasional keyboard interludes. The band's...
and Natsipaska
Natsipaska
Natsipaska is a Finnish comic rock project. The band featured the same members who later founded an industrial metal band Ruoska. "Natsipaska" is a Finnish word and means "Nazishit". Their best known song is "Hevimies".-Discography:* Suunnitelma 9...
.
Short biography
Mennander was born in FinlandFinland
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...
in 1976. He was in the Finnish army
Finnish Army
The Finnish Army is the land forces branch of the Finnish Defence Forces.Today's Army is divided into six branches: the infantry , field artillery, anti-aircraft artillery, engineers, signals, and materiel troops.-History of the Finnish Army:Between 1809 and 1917 Finland was an autonomous part of...
(the year he entered is unknown) until 1997. A year later, in 1998, he then created the comic/hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Natsipaska
Natsipaska
Natsipaska is a Finnish comic rock project. The band featured the same members who later founded an industrial metal band Ruoska. "Natsipaska" is a Finnish word and means "Nazishit". Their best known song is "Hevimies".-Discography:* Suunnitelma 9...
with Anssi Auvinen, Mika Kamppi and Sami Karppinen
Sami Karppinen
Sami Kristian Karppinen is a former drummer of Swedish heavy metal band Therion , sound engineer and producer in Modern Art Studio, and session drummer.- References :...
. The band released three albums before retiring in 2000. Then, in 2002, with a guitarist, Kai Ahvenranta, Ruoska
Ruoska
Ruoska is a Finnish metal band from the Juva municipality. Singer Patrik Mennander combines low, growling vocals with conventional singing. Ruoska's music and vocals are often compared to those of the German Industrial Metal band Rammstein. The lyrics are exclusively in Finnish.Before becoming...
was started. Although Ruoska is still an on-going band, Patrik Mennander has not been there every single step of the way, since he left for the symphonic metal
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
band Battlelore
Battlelore
Battlelore is a metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland. All of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.-Style:Battlelore mixes female vocals with harsh male growling in "beauty and the beast" duet, backed by heavy guitar riffing and occasional keyboard interludes. The band's...
from end 2003 to near-end 2004, between the releases of Ruoska's second and third albums. Since then, Mennander has stayed with Ruoska, and is more famous than ever before.
Mennander is also a tattoo artist at "His Master's Tattoo" in Mikkeli
Mikkeli
Mikkeli is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in what used to be the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...
, Finland.
Discography
RuoskaRuoska
Ruoska is a Finnish metal band from the Juva municipality. Singer Patrik Mennander combines low, growling vocals with conventional singing. Ruoska's music and vocals are often compared to those of the German Industrial Metal band Rammstein. The lyrics are exclusively in Finnish.Before becoming...
- KuoriKuoriKuori is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's first album, and was released in 2002.-Track listing:#Kuori #Koti #Kiroan #Ruma rakkaus #Perkeleet...
(2002) - RiisuRiisuRiisu is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's second album, and was released on September 9 2003. There were no music videos for this album.-Track listing:#Elon tiellä - 3:18#Puhe - 3:57#Darmstadt - 3:32...
(2003) - RadiumRadium (album)Radium is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's third album, and was released on March 22, 2005. Two remixes of the song "Kosketa" were included on the Tuonen viemää and Helvettiin jäätynyt singles...
(2005) - AmortemAmortemAmortem is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's fourth album, and was released on June 14 2006. The meaning of this title is unclear, especially because all of Ruoska's lyrics are in Finnish and "Amortem" does not have any meaning in Finnish, but it is probably a combination of both latin words...
(2006) - RabiesRabies (Ruoska album)Rabies is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's fifth album, and it was released on April 9 2008.-Track listing:#Saarnaaja - 4:56#Lihaa vasten lihaa - 3:29#Helvettiin jäätynyt - 3:59...
(2008)
Battlelore
Battlelore
Battlelore is a metal band from Lappeenranta, Finland. All of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.-Style:Battlelore mixes female vocals with harsh male growling in "beauty and the beast" duet, backed by heavy guitar riffing and occasional keyboard interludes. The band's...
- ...Where the Shadows Lie (2002)
- Sword's SongSword's SongSword's Song is the second album released by the metal band Battlelore. As with all of the band's other albums, the lyrics are based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. The album essentially was similar to their debut but in the opinions of most reviewers and fans showed an improvement in both the...
(2003)
Natsipaska
Natsipaska
Natsipaska is a Finnish comic rock project. The band featured the same members who later founded an industrial metal band Ruoska. "Natsipaska" is a Finnish word and means "Nazishit". Their best known song is "Hevimies".-Discography:* Suunnitelma 9...
- Suunnitelma 9 (1998)
- Savo-texas sexmachine (1999)
- Asfalttisoturit (2000)