Antony Hämäläinen

Antony Hämäläinen
Hämäläinen performing live with Nightrage, Magasin 4 Brussels, Belgium
Background information
Birth name	Antony Hämäläinen
Born	(1980-08-28) August 28, 1980
Origin	Finland
Genres	Death metal, black metal, melodic death metal, deathgrind, thrash metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, bass, drums
Labels	Listenable Records, Lifeforce, Century Media, Prosthetic Records
Website	Antony Hämäläinen on Instagram, Antony Hämäläinen on Facebook

Antony Hämäläinen (born August 28, 1980, in Hämeenlinna, Finland), is a Finnish musician and composer living in the United States.

Biography

In the early 1990s, he started playing bass, drums, and singing for multiple bands based both in the US and Finland.

In September 2007, Hämäläinen joined the Gothenburg based melodic death metal band Nightrage.

In 2015, Armageddon, a Swedish melodic death metal band led by former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott, announced him as their permanent vocalist.

He occasionally provides guest vocals for bands ranging in all genres of extreme metal both live, and in studio.

Style

In reference to his work on the Nightrage album Wearing A Martyr's Crown, Sputnikmusic wrote "Hämäläinen, from Finland, who has a lot of vocal similarities to Tomas Lindberg, which brings back a resemblance to their original sound from their first two albums". Added to his clean vocals "he can still maintain a melodic edge, but he only does it every now and again within the album; he only does it for the purpose of giving some of the songs a musical edge so the listener doesn’t fall asleep thinking that the only new addition of style is just a higher use of acoustic guitars."

Live session

• Amaranthe - vocals, live (September 14, 2012 at ProgPower USA XIII, Atlanta, Georgia, United States)

Recording Appearances

• Rusted Eyes Awake (2008) by Landmine Marathon - guest vocals on "Bled To Oblivion"
• The Essence of Decay (2009) by Rising Pain - guest vocals on "Feel Less Alive" and "Am I Awake"
• Self Destruct Syndrome (2011) by Neverborne - guest vocals on "Mechanical Ruin"
• Apathy's Throne EP (2011) by Nervosia - all vocals
• Of Unsound Minds (2012) by AfterBlood (feat. Tom Angelripper) - guest vocals on "The More I Lie"
• The Darkest Of Angels (2016) by Dead By Wednesday - all vocals on "Defining Fire"
• The Outsider (2016) by The Outsider - all vocals on "The Race That Failed"
• Lakewind Whispers EP (2017) by Nordjärvi - all vocals
• No Longer The Sun Rise (single) (2018) by Earthward (feat. Adrian Erlandsson) - all vocals
• Sense Of Noise (2021) by Sense Of Noise - guest vocals on "Rage Of Existence"

Compilation

• Holier Than Thou by Nightrage for Metal Hammer Magazine, Greece (on "And Coverz for All - A Greek Tribute to Metallica") - vocals

Discography

With Nightrage

• Wearing A Martyr's Crown (2009)
• Vengeance Descending (2010)
• Macabre Apparitions EP (2011)
• Insidious (2011)

With Meridian Dawn

• The Mixtape EP (2014)
• The Fever Syndrome (2020)
• Dissolving Bonds (2021)
• The Pagan Poetry EP (2021)

With Armageddon

• Armageddon It! LIVE in Japan (2015)
• Crossing the Rubicon (Revisited) (2016)

With Ancient Settlers

• Autumnus EP (2021)
• Our Last Eclipse (2022)

With Crystal Tears

• Ghostdance (2019)
• Nosi Balasi (Filipino version) (2019)
• Crawl Into Your Grave (2022)

External links

• Antony Hämäläinen Official Facebook