From the icy northlands of Finland comes Whispered, a melodic death/power metal band that combines traditional Japanese strings with hard hiting, fast paced metal. Drawing influence both musically and lyrically from Japanese culture and formed in 2004, their major-label debut Thousand Swords was released on February 9th, 2010.Jouni Valjakka - Guitar, VocalsPyrypekka 'Peppe' Ruponen - GuitarMika Karjalainen - KeyboardsValtteri Arvaja - BassToni Pöllänen - DrumsSimilar bands include Children of Bodom, ...read more
From the icy northlands of Finland comes Whispered, a melodic death/power metal band that combines traditional Japanese strings with hard hiting, fast paced metal. Drawing influence both musically and lyrically from Japanese culture and formed in 2004, their major-label debut Thousand Swords was released on February 9th, 2010.Jouni Valjakka - Guitar, VocalsPyrypekka 'Peppe' Ruponen - GuitarMika Karjalainen - KeyboardsValtteri Arvaja - BassToni Pöllänen - DrumsSimilar bands include Children of Bodom, Skyfire, Northerand Wintersun, although none of these bands really uses an Asian influence in their music. « hide
