Kai Hahto

Kai Hahto
Kai with Wintersun at the 2013 Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
Kai with Wintersun at the 2013 Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
Background information
Also known asThe Grinder, Dr. K.H., Caer Hallam Generis, K
Born (1973-12-31) 31 December 1973 (age 50)
Vaasa, Finland
GenresMelodic death metal, folk metal, power metal, grindcore
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s)Drums, percussion
Years active1993–present
Websitewww.kaihahto.com

Kai Hahto (born 31 December 1973) is a Finnish musician, best known as the drummer of Wintersun and Nightwish.

Career

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In 2002, Hahto went to New York to study jazz drumming.[1]

Hahto was a member of the grindcore band Rotten Sound.[2]

In 2004 Hahto became one of the founders of the band Wintersun[2] and left Rotten Sound later in 2005. In 2009-2012 Kai Hahto played about 300 shows with doom-death-metal band Swallow the Sun as a tour drummer.

Hahto has an endorsement relationship with Sihi cymbals, Pearl drums and hardware, Balbex drumsticks, Roland V-Drums and Finfonic earphones. [citation needed]

On 6 August 2014, it was announced that Hahto would play drums on the Nightwish studio album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, replacing Jukka Nevalainen who went on hiatus from the band due to insomnia,[3] and Hahto performed on all live shows since that date. On 15 July 2019, Hahto became Nightwish's permanent drummer following Nevalainen's decision not to return to the band.[4]

In December 2020, it was announced that Hahto would be the drummer for the new lineup in Finnish black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed, who had become active again.[5][6]

Discography

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Band Year of release Title Label
Cartilage 1992 Split album w/ Altar Drowned Productions
Vomiturition 1995 A Leftover Invasion Records
Wings 1995 Diatribe Woodcut Records
Rotten Sound 1995 Sick Bastard Genet Records
Rotten Sound 1995 Psychotic Veterinarian S.O.A. Records
Rotten Sound 1996 Loosin' Face Anomie Records
Enochian Crescent 1997 Telocvovim Woodcut Records
Rotten Sound 1997 Spitted Alive I.D.S. Records
Rotten Sound 1997 Under Pressure Repulse Records
Rotten Sound 1998 Drain Repulse Records
Rotten Sound 2000 Still Psycho Necropolis Records
Max on the Rox 2000 Voodoo Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound 2001 8 Hours of Lobotomy M.C.R. Records
Rotten Sound 2002 Murderworks Necropolis Records
Max on the Rox 2002 Rox II Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound 2003 Seeds of Hate Cudgel Agency
Rotten Sound 2003 From Crust 'Til Grind Century Media Records
Wintersun 2004 Wintersun Nuclear Blast
Max on the Rox 2004 Rhythmic Songs from a Mysterious Red House Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound 2005 Exit Spinefarm Records
Swallow the Sun 2009 New Moon Spinefarm Records
Swallow the Sun 2012 Emerald Forest and the Blackbird Spinefarm Records
Wintersun 2012 Time I Nuclear Blast
Nightwish 2015 Endless Forms Most Beautiful Nuclear Blast
Trees of Eternity 2016 Hour of the Nightingale Svart Records
Nightwish 2020 Human. :II: Nature. Nuclear Blast
Auri 2021 II – Those We Don't Speak Of Nuclear Blast
Darkwoods My Betrothed Angel of Carnage Unleashed Napalm Records
Nightwish 2024 Yesterwynde Nuclear Blast
Wintersun 2024 Time II Nuclear Blast

References

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  1. ^ Kapanen, Marika (26 March 2024). "Haastattelussa Kai Hahto - "Jos joku ajattelee, että osaat soittaa jazzia, niin automaattisesti osaat soittaa metallia - ei todellakaan pidä paikkaansa!"". Metalliluola (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Wintersun". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Nightwish Drummer Jukka Nevalainen Forced To Take Break From Band Due To Health Issues". Blabbermouth.net. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  4. ^ "NIGHTWISH's JUKKA NEVALAINEN Officially Exits Band; KAI HAHTO Named Permanent Drummer". Blabbermouth. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  5. ^ Isoaho, Timo (25 December 2020). "Metallipioneeri Darkwoods My Betrothed palaa pitkältä levytystauolta - Tuomas Holopainen on nyt mukana vakiojäsenenä". Soundi (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Darkwoods My Betrothedin paluu on todellisuutta - kokoonpanossa mukana myös Nightwish-maestro Tuomas Holopainen". Inferno.fi (in Finnish). 26 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

Sources

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  • Isoaho, Timo (2018). Nightwish – We Were Here (English ed.). Latvia: Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-3-1.
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