- Patrik Mennander
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Patrik Mennander
Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1976|1|8Juva ,Finland
Instrument =Vocals
Genre =Industrial metal Symphonic metal Hard rock
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Years_active = 1998–present
Label(s) =EMI
Kråklund Records
Napalm Records
Associated_acts =Ruoska
Battlelore Natsipaska
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URL =Patrik Mennander (born
January 8 ,1976 ) is a Finnish singer who's been in the bandsRuoska ,Battlelore andNatsipaska . [ [http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik_Mennander Patrik Mennander – Wikipedia ] ]hort biography
Mennander was born in
Finland in 1976. He was in theFinnish army (the year he entered is unknown) until 1997. A year later, in 1998, he then created the comic/hard rock bandNatsipaska withAnssi Auvinen ,Mika Kamppi andSami Karppinen . The band released three albums before retiring in 2000. Then, in 2002, with a guitarist,Kai Ahvenranta ,Ruoska was started. Although Ruoska is still an on-going band, Patrik Mennander has not been there every single step of the way, since he left for thesymphonic metal bandBattlelore from end 2003 to near-end 2004, between the releases of Ruoska's second and third albums. Since then, Mennander has stayed with Ruoska, and is more famous than ever before.Also, on a side note, Mennander is a tattoo artist at "His Master's Tattoo" in
Mikkeli , Finland.Discography
Ruoska
*"Kuori " (2002)
*"Riisu " (2003)
*"Radium" (2005)
*"Amortem " (2006)
*"Rabies" (2008)Battlelore
*"Sword's Song " (2003)Natsipaska
*"Suunnitelma 9" (1998)
*"Savo-texas sexmachine" (1999)
*"Asfalttisoturit" (2000) [ [http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natsipaska Natsipaska – Wikipedia ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.ruoska.net/ Ruoska official website]
* [http://www.battlelore.net/ Battlelore official website]
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