Heikki Saari

Heikki Saari(Alias "kermis" or "kmn") is the current drummer for the Finnish bands Norther, Tuoni (live only), and Force Majeure.

Personal Information

*Date of Birth: 8th of September, 1984
*From: Hyvinkää, Finland
*Instrument: Drums
*Influences: Scarve, Opeth, Soilwork, Ensiferum, Disarmonia Mundi, Dream Theater, Meshuggah, Annihilator, Deathchain, Hate Eternal, Rotten Sound, Rytmihäiriö, Sevendust, and Wintersun.
*Started Playing: exact date unknown, possibly around 1987

Equipment

Pearl Masters Custom MMX
*Two 20" Bass Drums
*18" Bass Drum (not in the kit at the moment)
*6" 8" 10" 12" 13" 14" and 15” Rack Toms
*16" and 18" Floor Toms

Snare drum:
*14" Pearl FreeFloater
*14" Pearl Masters Custom MMX
*14" Pearl Signature Series - Marvin "Smitty" Smith
*13"x5" DW Collector's Series All Maple

Cymbals:

*Hihat:
*13" Zildjian K/Z Special Hats
*13” Zildjian Z-custom Dyno Beat
*14" Zildjian K/Z Special Hats

*Crash:
*17" Zildjian K-custom Fast Crash
*17" Zildjian A-custom Fast Crash
*18" Zildjian A-custom Fast Crash
*18" Zildjian K-custom Dark Crash

*China:
*12" Zildjian Oriental China Trash
*18" Zildjian Oriental China Trash
*18" Zildjian Oriental China Trash
*18" Zildjian A China Boy High
*18" Zildjian A China Boy Low
*18" Zildjian Z-custom China Boy
*20" Zildjian Z-custom China Boy
*20" Zildjian Oriental China Trash
*20" Zildjian A-custom China

*Splash/Special FX:
*9" Zildjian Oriental Trash Splash
*9½" Zildjian ZilBel Large
*11" Zildjian Oriental Trash Splash

*Ride:
*21" Zildjian Z-custom Mega Bell Ride

Hardware
*2x Pearl DR-501
*2x Pearl DR-501E
*1x Pearl RJ-50 RackJoint
*18x PCX-100 Clamps
*6x PCL-100 Pipe Clamps
*2x UX-80 Universal Clamps
*6x Pearl CH-1000 Cymbal Holders
*6x Pearl CH-80 Cymbal Holders
*Pearl S-2000 Snare Stand

Pedals:
*Pearl Eliminator P-2002B x2
*Pearl Eliminator RH-2000 Remote Hi-Hat x2

Misc:
*Balbex Premium Hickory Germany 5A drumsticks
*dBTechnologies WM-series VHF-Wireless solution
*FinFonic individual in-ear monitor system:
*- Fonic ER-15 hearing protectors
*- Fonic Standard Stereo FF1 headphones
*Alesis DM-Pro drum module
*DDrum Pro TK Bassdrum triggers
*Korg BTL-1 BeatLab Digital Metronome
*Foxtex VM08 Digital MiniMixer

The kit goes through changes all the time, so this is just the setup he is using at the moment.

"Equipment information c/o [http://www.endlesswar.net/index.php?p=Saari EndlessWar] , [http://www.norther.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=38499#38499 the Official Norther Forum] and [http://www.rumpalit.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7 Rumpalit.net Finnish drummers messageboard"

Discography

With Norther

*"Frozen Angel" (single for the movie Vares 2: Jäätynyt Enkeli)
*"No Way Back" EP
*"N

"NOTE"

Heikki did not record the drums for Norther´s"Till Death Unites Us" or Force Majeure´s "Frozen Chambers".

With Virtuocity

*"Northern Twilight Symphony"

"NOTE"

Heikki played on this album under the pseudonym "Joey Edith."

With Atheme One

Atheme One has recorded a four song promotional EP and two songs, titled 'Dreamchaser' and 'World of Insanity', are available for download on their official website. Currently band is not working anymore under this title, but under name of Amberian Dawn with a different drummer. Heikki left the band in the end of 2006 because of time issues.

External links

* [http://www.norther.net Official Norther website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/norther Official Norther MySpace -profile]
* [http://www.endlesswar.net EndlessWar, an extensive fansite]
* [http://www.amberiandawn.com/ Official Amberian Dawn website]
* [http://www.geocities.com/tk_norther/norther NORTHER - the Finnish Breeze fansite]
* [http://www.norther.ru/ Russian Norther Fansite]
* [http://heikkisaari.pp.fi/ Official hellhole of Heikki Saari]

Credits

All of the information in this article was compiled from information on the [http://www.norther.net Official Norther website] , the [http://www.norther.net/phpBB2/ Official Norther Forum] , and the [http://www.endlesswar.net/index.php?p=Saari EndlessWar member information page.] Photo found at [http://www.spinefarm.fi/press/spinefarm/norther/index.html Spinefarm Records press area.]