Matias Kupiainen

Matias Kupiainen
Matias Kupiainen performing at the Ilosaarirock 2009 festival.
Background information
Birth name	Matias Kupiainen
Born	May 11, 1983 (1983-05-11) (age 28) Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Power metal, neo-classical metal, progressive metal, jazz fusion, grindcore
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	2006 – present
Labels	Ear Music, Victor
Associated acts	Stratovarius, Fist in Fetus
Website	[1], [2]

Matias Kupiainen (born May 11, 1983 in Helsinki) is a Finnish guitarist and producer.

Kupiainen was chosen as the new guitarist for the Finnish power metal band Stratovarius after Timo Tolkki's departure from the band in 2008. He started playing with the band in 2009, on their album Polaris^[1] for which he composed three songs.^[2]

Besides Stratovarius, Kupiainen has got the band project Fist in Fetus, founded in 2006 and described as mainly grindcore, which released a self-produced EP in 2007.^[3] He guested on the 2007 album Guitar Heroes, on the song "12 Donkeys", that was also released as a single, and appeared on the record release concert at Tavastia Club.^[4] At the 2007 Tuska festival, he appeared as the one-man house band of the TV station YLE Extra.

Kupiainen has also played as a session musician, among others, on albums of Olavi Uusivirta and Milana Misic, and worked as a producer, recording engineer, and mixer, as well.^[5][6] He has studied at Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and the Pop & Jazz Conservatory in Oulunkylä.^[7] He played a PRS Artist Series I guitar (now he is an endorser of Ruokangas Guitars he plays his custom Hellcat made of Spanish cedar and arctic birch, and uses mainly ENGL, Hughes and Kettner, Mesa/Boogie and TC Electronic gear.^[8]

Kupiainen was a part-owner of a recording studio named Minor Music in Helsinki, Finland, until it was merged with 5 By 5 Audio.

Discography

Stratovarius

• 2009 Polaris
• 2010 Polaris Live
• 2011 Elysium

References

1. ^ "Stratovarius returns in 2009". Stratovarius. 2009-10-23. http://www.stratovarius.com/index2.php?section=cmsnews&topic=8847. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
2. ^ "Polaris writers, and online ordering". Stratovarius. 2009-03-31. http://www.stratovarius.com/index.php?section=cmsnews&topic=9083. Retrieved 2009-04-01. 
3. ^ "Fist in Fetus" (in (Finnish)). Imperiumi.net. 2007-09-20. http://www.imperiumi.net/dem_2.php?id=1762. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
4. ^ "Guitar Heroes" (in (Finnish)). Imperiumi.net. http://www.imperiumi.net/int_2.php?id=967. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
5. ^ "Artisti" (in (Finnish)). Meteli.net. http://meteli.net/matiaskupiainen/vaikuttanut. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
6. ^ "Henkilökunta" (in (Finnish)). Minor Music. http://www.minormusic.fi/henkilokunta.html. Retrieved 2008-12-11. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ "Opettajat" (in (Finnish)). Rockway. http://www.rockway.fi/opettajat/. Retrieved 2008-12-11. 
8. ^ "Matias Kupiainen". MySpace. http://www.myspace.com/matiaskupiainen. Retrieved 2009-03-07. 

External links

• Matias Kupiainen on Myspace
• MatiasKupiainen.com

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Name	Kupiainen, Matias
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Date of birth	1983-05-11
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