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Kalmah is a band from Pudasjärvi, Finland. They are influenced by a high velocity brand of European Melodic Death Metal similar to that of metal bands like At The Gates and Dark Tranquillity. The quintet formed in the autumn of 1999 following the demise of its first incarnation, Ancestor. In less than a year after its birth, Kalmah was signed by Spikefarm Records, a division of the Finnish label Spinefarm. In the fall of 2000, the band recorded its debut album for the label at Tico-Tico studios, a favourite of fellow countrymen Sentenced and Impaled Nazarene. The result, Swamplord, is an aggressive, twin guitar solo-based album whose atmosphere is often heightened by ethereal keyboards. Century Media Records picked up Swamplord for North American distribution, and the record was released in 2001.
After that, Kalmah released “They will return” (2002), “Swampsong” (2003) and “The black waltz” (2006). On the “The black waltz” the music is quite different of the previous Kalmah records - the vocals are much deeper (a lot of growling vocals on this album) and the music is more influenced by Gothenburg style than the previous albums.
Kalmah is about to release their new album due April 2nd, 2008 under the title “For The Revolution”.

The band took their name from the Karelian language and could be translated as “to the grave” “to the end” or “to the death”.

Current Lineup

1	Heroes to Us	736
2	For The Revolution	698
3	Hades full track	598
4	Defeat	583
5	The Groan of Wind	567
6	Holy Symphony of War	552
7	Wings of Blackening	512
8	Swamphell full track	510
9	Time Takes Us All	504
10	Evil in You full track	496
11	Towards the Sky	480
12	The Black Waltz	479
13	Ready For Salvation	476
14	Outremer	471
15	They Will Return full track	470

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Kinetic- wrote:
9 hours ago

My roommate played Kill the Idealist one day.. even though I am quite new to Kalmah, it was unmistakable! :D Such an awesome song, with perfect leads throughout!

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Wooshmeister wrote:
Wednesday evening

Even among Metal fans, people like and dislike certain vocal styles. I for example can't STAND Children of Bodom, always hated the vocals too much. I've always preferred the deeper vocals, which may be why I also prefer The Black Waltz / For the Revolution over their earlier works. Just because someone doesn't like the vocals of a Metal band doesn't mean they only like Pop music. Metalheads... *sigh*

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Wintermaze wrote:
Wednesday evening

migle probably just don't know that tastes diverse from one person to another one.

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Fyrmyr wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

nope, there are few metal bands whos vocals just dont fit me, I cant listen to it,next time check my charts before you speak :P.than use spitney bearz if you want to insult me or what else you wanted to do

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migle wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

you cant stand the vocals because you'd rather listen to something like britney spears

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Fyrmyr wrote:
Tuesday morning

I always kinda liked this band but I cant stand the vocals xD

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aasgard wrote:
Sunday evening

amazing band amazing sound!

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Wintermaze wrote:
Sunday evening

if you want to check out some new kick-ass metal, don't check them out.

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Inocula wrote:
Sunday afternoon

if you want to check out some new kick-ass metal, check us out http://www.last.fm/music/Inocula WE HAVE BEARDS!

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AA-d00d wrote:
Sunday afternoon

no but i've learned to accept my condition

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virus_found wrote:
Saturday evening

troll sounds quite proud, doesn't it?

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AA-d00d wrote:
Saturday afternoon

i have a disturbed personality, can't help it....

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L1ama wrote:
last month

AA you are a horrible troll, give it up already.

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ObituaryOfDeath wrote:
last month

AA-d00d wtf is wrong with you?

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mattfca wrote:
last month

no, you fail

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AA-d00d wrote:
last month

one of the faggest bands there is

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ObituaryOfDeath wrote:
last month

For the Revolution is such a strong album. Dead Man's Shadow alone is breathtaking

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Smurfkiller921 wrote:
last month

Which is why I consider them Extreme Power metal.

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joema11 wrote:
last month

I've always thought these guys were more power metal than MDM, not Gothenburg at any rate.

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wierdan wrote:
last month

i only wonder why do Heroes To Us and With Terminal Intensity have the same intro :P

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