In the year 2004 Jussi Jantunen (guitar,vocals) and Joonas Puttonen (guitar) went to see a Testament show in provinssirock, after the gig a thrash metal band called Äkä was born. The duo needed someone to abuse the battery so Jantunen asked an old band mate Juho Savikurki to join the band. Tapio Rantanen also joined the band to play bass. Soon it was time for the band's first rehearsal. First the band played only cover songs but after a while a sudden urge to make own material rose.
Rantanen left the band in 2005, the same year Äkä recorded its first demo called "Feed the hunger".The following two years were not so productive because 3/4 of the band spent lots of time in the service of Finnish defence forces. However we found ourselves a bass player called Iiro Gustafsson. In the year 2007 Äkä started to record its second demo called "Cease life" demo was released in January 2008. Äkä did couple of live shows and composed new songs.
In the year 2009 Äkä started to record its third demo cd called "Scenes of desolation" and it will be released this summer.
-Jussi / Äkä 3.6.2009
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Through different eyes @ Kalliohovi Rauma 14.11.08
Butcher's hill @ Kalliohovi Rauma 14.11.08
Awaiting @ Kalliohovi Rauma 14.11.08
6.5.-08
Cease Life @ Imperiumi.net
(in finnish)
