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News: 29.01.07 - Vote for Rautavaara Inc. at Femmagaala! For the non-Finnish speakers, "Nimi" is your name, "Sähköpostiosoite" is your email address, and "Perustelusi tai muuten vaan palautetta Femmagaalasta" is the reason for voting.
26.09.06 - The free digi-single "Välissä kahden tulen" is now available to download from www.rautavaarainc.com . The tracklist is:
    Välissä kahden tulen Tulevaa Välissä kahden tulen Video
Also, check out some images from the video shoot in the gallery section (Kuva).
Rautavaara Inc. was formed during the summer of 2005 and consists of
    Jarmo Kylmänen - Vocals Arto Remes - Guitar Ari Kotkaranta - Guitar Speedy Lahtinen - Bass Tuomo Laikari - Drums
During February of 2006 the band entered the studio to record five tracks with Jarmo's younger brother Juha Kylmänen (lead singer with Reflexion and For My Pain ). A few months later this became their self-titled debut EP and was released on 10.05.06. This was followed in September 2006 by the filming of their debut music video "Välissä kahden tulen" and the release of their digi-single of the same title.
Rautavaara Inc. - Välissä kahden tulen

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Order the debut EP from Rautavaara Inc. from Levykauppa Äx for only 4.90 Euros.
Alternatively the debut EP can now be downloaded in MP3 format from Recordoffice.net for only 3 Euros.
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Music:

Member Since: 6/4/2006
Band Website: rautavaarainc.com
Band Members:
Name: Jarmo Kylmänen
Instrument: Vocals
Horoscope: Sagittarius
Other bands: Scyron and I composed songs and sang backing vocals with the following bands: For my Pain, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Reflexion, Grabulator.
Interests other than music: Football
Favourite food: Poached salmon
Favourite film: Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther
Favourite band: Iron Maiden, Queenryche, Symphony X, Helloween
Favourite album: Helloween: Keeper of the Seven Keys
Favourite gig: Tiktak
Motto: If you're ready to take, I'm ready to give too

Name: Arto Remes
Instrument: Guitar and backing vocals
Horoscope: Libra
Other bands: No other bands. The occasional song writing for certain purposes.
Interests other than music: Photography, reading and generally learning new things.
Favourite food: Lasagne, meatballs and mashed potatoes
Favourite film: I like psychological thrillers and good dramas.
Favourite band: Classic or anything in a progressive metal style
Favourite album: Favourite albums that can lift me up: Whitesnake: 1987, Dream Theater: Scenes from a Memory
Favourite gig: For its atmosphere, the gig Iron Maiden threw in 2000 in Helsinki (Dickinson's comeback), for the music, the Dream Theater gig in Helsinki (also in 2000, I think), for the show KISS at Hartwall Arena.
Motto: If it works dont touch it.

Name: Ari Kotkaranta
Instrument: Guitar
Horoscope: Gemini
Other bands: Acoutic R&R project
Interests other than music: American cars and motorbikes
Favourite food: Pizza dripping with grease
Favourite film: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
Favourite band: Iron Maiden, Symphony X, Children of Bodom
Favourite album: Symphony X: Divine Wings of Tragedy
Favourite gig: Iron Maiden, Helsinki 2005
Motto: What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger... or just hurts like hell.

Name: Speedy Lahtinen
Instrument: Bass
Horoscope: Pisces
Other bands: Grabulator and Gang Bang
Interests other than music: Butterfly and stamp collecting
Favourite food: Rössypotut and rye-pudding
Favourite film: Zombie ja kummitusjuna
Favourite band: Van Halen, Dream Theater, Symphony X
Favourite album: I don't have one favourite. Incl. Hurriganes: Roadrunner, Deep Purple: Machine Head, Van Halen: Fair Warning, Symphony X: V and Dream Theater: Scenes From Memory etc...
Favourite gig: Hurriganes gig in the 1970s, Van Halen and Dream Theater
Motto: Something more

Name: Tuomo Laikari
Instrument: Drums and backing vocals
Horoscope: Scorpio
Other bands: Jamming work
Interests other than music: All kinds of business
Favourite food: Lasagna
Favourite film: LOTR
Favourite band: Muse, Pantera, System Of A Down, Diablo, Mr. Bungle, Ozric Tentacles
Favourite album: Mr. Bungle: California
Favourite gig: Yet to see
Motto: Maybe it is necessary.
Influences: Children of Bodom, Diablo, Dream Theatre, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Mr. Bungle, Muse, Ozric Tentacles, Pantera, Queensryche, Symphony X, System of a Down, Van Halen, White Snake
Sounds Like: Helloween, Iron Maiden, Queensryche, Symphony X
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Year Guest Appearance with EToS

31/12/06 - Teatria, OuluDue to an ankle injury Eternal Tears of Sorrow's drummer Petri Sankala was replaced by Rautavaara Inc's Tuomo Laikari for the band's first live show since their reformation. Al...
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:09:00 PST

Rockpolis Promo-CD

Rautavaara Inc. are to be featured on a promo CD entitled "Black Gold", distributed by Rockpolis with their song "Välissä kahden tulen". Out of 97 bands, 36 were chosen to feature on the two disc CD -...
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 03:59:00 PST

EP Reviews (Suomi)

Imperiumi.net ReviewMesta.net ReviewFindance.com Review...
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 11:30:00 PST

Interview

Q. What does Rautavaara Inc. mean? Tuomo: Direct translations would be either Iron Danger ;) or Iron Hill. Rautavaara is a family-name and is very familiar in Finland due to Tapio Rautavaara who is o...
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:21:00 PST

Interview with the band - you ask the questions (deadline 14.07.06)

Is there something about the band you want to know? Well now is your opportunity to ask because the guys have agreed to give an interview answering the questions you want answers to.For the sake of ha...
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:32:00 PST

New tracks being recorded

As promised the guys recently spent a weekend at Mastervox Studios recording 2 new songs. Some mixing is still being done but in the mean time check out the video and photographs from the studio sess...
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 04:05:00 PST

EP Review (English)

You can read a review of the EP in English here at finnnishmetal.net
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:09:00 PST

Finnish Radio Interview

Arto and Tuomo recently gave an interview with Finnish radio station Radio Rockpoliksen. To listen to the interview (in Finnish) click here....
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:04:00 PST

Band Biography

Rautavaara Inc. formed during the summer of 2005, their initial goal being merely to enter "Firmarock", a unique event whereby various professional firms create their own bands and compete in a music ...
Posted by Rautavaara Inc. on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:39:00 PST