Kilpi является финской металл/хард-рок командой, которая поет на финском языке. Диапазон звука достаточно уникален благодаря мощному вокалу и финскому языку. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Kilpi is a Finnish heavy metal/hard rock band, singing in Finnish.
Kilpi means shield in Finnish, however it actually is the guitarist and creator of the band's last name, Petteri Kilpi. The band's first album, Sähkönsinistä Sinfoniaa (Trans. Electric Blue Symphonies), was released on May 28, 2003, some months after their first single, Nerokasta Ikävää (Trans. Ingenious Yearning).
On September 29, 2004, they released their second album, II Taso (Trans. II(2nd) Level).
The last one is available since 2006, under the name of Kaaoksen Kuningas (Trans. King of Chaos), and two of its songs were proposed to Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
4th album (entitled "IV") saw the light of the day 2nd April 2008.
The fifth album (Pirun Merta) was released 7th October 2009. Also beginning of 2009 keyboardist Juha Kukkola decided to leave the band. The band thanked him in the new record booklet for the years he spend with them.
Current members
Tapio "Taage" Laiho, lead singer
Petteri "Pete" Kilpi, guitarist and creator of the band, was born in 1970
Aleksi "Alba" Summe, guitarist
Janne "Jane" Laaksonen, bassist
Jussi "Juzzy" Kattelus, drummer Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.