Kai Hahto (born 31 December 1973) is a Finnish musician, best known as the drummer of Wintersun and Nightwish.
Kai Hahto | |
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 Kai with Wintersun at the 2013 Tuska Open Air Metal Festival | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | The Grinder, Dr. K.H., Caer Hallam Generis, K |
| Born | 31 December 1973 Vaasa, Finland |
| Genres | Melodic death metal, folk metal, power metal, grindcore |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Website | www |
Career
editIn 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Wintersun". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
- ^ "Nightwish Drummer Jukka Nevalainen Forced To Take Break From Band Due To Health Issues". Blabbermouth.net. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- ^ "NIGHTWISH's JUKKA NEVALAINEN Officially Exits Band; KAI HAHTO Named Permanent Drummer". Blabbermouth. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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
edit- Isoaho, Timo (2018). Nightwish – We Were Here (English ed.). Latvia: Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-3-1.
External links
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