Antony Hämäläinen

Antony Hämäläinen (born August 28, 1980, in Hämeenlinna, Finland), is a Finnish musician and composer living in the United States.

Antony Hämäläinen
Hämäläinen performing live with Nightrage, Magasin 4 Brussels, Belgium
Background information
Birth nameAntony Hämäläinen
Born (1980-08-28) August 28, 1980
OriginFinland
GenresDeath metal, black metal, melodic death metal, deathgrind, thrash metal
Occupation(s)Musician
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, bass, drums
LabelsListenable Records, Lifeforce, Century Media, Prosthetic Records
Associated actsArmageddon
Nightrage
Amaranthe
WebsiteAntony Hämäläinen on Instagram, Antony Hämäläinen on Facebook

Biography

In the early 1990s, he started playing bass, drums, and singing for multiple bands based both in the US and Finland.

September 2007, Hämäläinen joined the Gothenburg based melodic death metal band Nightrage.

In 2015, Armageddon, a Swedish melodic death metal band led by former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott, announced him as their permanent vocalist.[1][2]

He occasionally provides guest vocals for bands ranging in all genres of extreme metal both live, and in studio.

Style

In reference to his work on the Nightrage album Wearing A Martyr's Crown, Sputnikmusic wrote "Hämäläinen, from Finland, who has a lot of vocal similarities to Tomas Lindberg, which brings back a resemblance to their original sound from their first two albums". Added to his clean vocals "he can still maintain a melodic edge, but he only does it every now and again within the album; he only does it for the purpose of giving some of the songs a musical edge so the listener doesn’t fall asleep thinking that the only new addition of style is just a higher use of acoustic guitars." [3]

Live session

Recording Appearances
  • Rusted Eyes Awake (2008) by Landmine Marathon - guest vocals on "Bled To Oblivion"
  • The Essence of Decay (2009) by Rising Pain - guest vocals on "Feel Less Alive" and "Am I Awake"
  • Self Destruct Syndrome (2011) by Neverborne - guest vocals on "Mechanical Ruin"
  • Apathy's Throne EP (2011) by Nervosia - all vocals
  • Of Unsound Minds (2012) by AfterBlood (feat. Tom Angelripper) - guest vocals on "The More I Lie"
  • The Darkest Of Angels (2016) by Dead By Wednesday - all vocals on "Defining Fire"
  • The Outsider (2016) by The Outsider - all vocals on "The Race That Failed"[4]
  • Lakewind Whispers EP (2017) by Nordjärvi - all vocals
  • No Longer The Sun Rise (single) (2018) by Earthward (feat. Adrian Erlandsson) - all vocals
  • Daughter Chaos EP (2019) by Daughter Chaos - all vocals
  • Autumnus EP (2021) by Ancient Settlers - all vocals

Compilation

Discography

With Nightrage

With Meridian Dawn
  • The Mixtape EP (2014)
  • The Fever Syndrome (2020)
  • Pagan Poetry (single) (2020)
  • The Moonlit Path (single) (2020)

With Armageddon

With Crystal Tears
  • Ghostdance (single) (2019)
  • Nosi Balasi (Filipino version) (2019)

References
  1. "Christopher Amott's Armageddon Taps Ex-Nightrage Singer Antony Hämäläinen For U.S. Tour". Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  2. "Daughter Chaos's New Single "Intergalactic:" Metal or Intergalactic String Quartet?". Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  3. "Nightrage-Insidious Album Review". Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  4. "The Outsider". Retrieved 2016-07-14.
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