Teemu Raimoranta
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Teemu Raimoranta (May 19, 1977 - March 16, 2003) was a Finnish metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 musician. He was the founding guitarist of Finnish folk metal 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...

 along with vocalist Jan "Katla" Jämsen
Jan Jämsen
Katla is a Finnish singer, most notable for co-founding and singing in folk metal band Finntroll.-Finntroll:In 1997, Katla and Somnium got drunk on a party and founded a band...

. He was active in Finntroll as a guitarist until his death in 2003. He also played in Thy Serpent
Thy Serpent
Thy Serpent is a blackened doom metal/symphonic black metal band from Espoo, Finland. It started out as a solo project by Sami Tenetz.- History :...

, Barathrum
Barathrum
Barathrum is a Finnish black doom band. They originate from Kuopio but have since re-located to Helsinki. The first letters of their full-length albums spell "HEIL SOVA" , which completes their original eight-album plan. However, there have been rumours about a new record ever since the Anno Aspera...

, and Impaled Nazarene
Impaled Nazarene
Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish black metal band that incorporates elements of grindcore in their sound and punk rock in their aesthetics. The band is currently signed to Osmose Productions of France....

.

Raimoranta died on March 16, 2003 after falling from the Kaisaniemi bridge in Helsinki
Helsinki
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 while intoxicated. His death occurred shortly after his involvement in Finntroll's completion of Visor Om Slutet, which was dedicated to his memory.

Finntroll

  • Rivfader Demo (1998)
  • Midnattens Widunder
    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...

    (1999)
  • 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...

    (2001)
  • 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....

    (2003)
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