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Sotajumala (Finnish for ''"Wargod"'') is a Finnish death metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 1998. The band has released two full-length albums, two mcds, one single and one split EP (with Torture Killer). They have played a lot of shows in their home country, including Tuska, Jalometalli, Nummirock, Lutakko Liekeissä and Pellavarock festivals. In Finland the band has also toured with Nile, Misery Index and Grave as well as supported Obituary, Napalm Death and Vader at one-off shows. ==History== Sotajumala was started by Tomi Otsala and Kosti Orbinski in 1998. In 2000 Arttu Romo, Pete Lapio, Jyrki Häkkinen and Harri Lastu joined the band, thus completing its first full line-up. In September 2001 the band recorded their first release entitled ''Sotajumala'' which eventually led to Woodcut Records signing the band. Guitarist Pete Lapio left the band shortly thereafter. Singer Harri Lastu also left the band in the late summer of 2002, due to personal issues and was soon replaced by '105' (Teijo Hakkola). During fall 2002 the band entered Watercastle Studio to record four new songs which Woodcut released in early 2003 as ''Panssarikolonna''. Drummer Arttu Romo and guitarist Jyrki Häkkinen left the band shortly after the release and session drummer Timo Häkkinen was hired to play on the debut full-length album, which was to be recorded in the fall. Ex-guitarist Pete Lapio joined the band again during the summer. ''Death Metal Finland'', the band's debut full-length was recorded in September 2003 at Sam's Workshop in Jyväskylä. After its release in March 2004 the band played a short Scandinavian tour with Rotten Sound and Defleshed with another session drummer, Sami Järvinen. In June 2003 the band played Nummirock festival with bands such as Morbid Angel and Rotten Sound. More line-up changes occurred in August when Timo Häkkinen joined the band full-time and singer Teijo Hakkola was fired. Mynni Luukkainen joined as session singer and the band was able to continue playing shows. In spring 2005 Sotajumala played in Estonia and also did a three show mini-tour in Finland with Grave. Two new songs were recorded in July 2005 to be released as a split with Torture Killer that October. After these sessions Mynni Luukkainen joined the band as a full-time member. The split CD entered the Finnish single charts at position 10.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finnish single sales charts for week 42/2005 )〕 In August the band played at Jalometalli Metal Music Festival in Oulu. Sotajumala entered studio once more in late summer 2007 to record their sophomore full-length, Teloitus which was released in October 2007. Teloitus entered the Finnish album charts at position 17.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Finnish album sales charts for week 44/2007 )〕 This was the band's last album for Woodcut Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sotajumala and Woodcut Records part ways )〕 To support Teloitus Sotajumala played many shows in Finland, including a four show mini-tour with Nile and Deathchain (December 2007), Finnish Metal Expo (February 2008), Tuska Open Air Metal Festival (June 2008), Pellavarock and Jalometalli Metal Music Festival (August 2008) as well as numerous shows with local bands. They also supported Obituary in August at Nosturi. As of December 2008 the band was writing material for a new full-length and announced that they will try not to play any shows before the album is completed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What’s in store for us next year? )〕 In Sotajumala's case this usually doesn't work as evident by their performance at Jalometalli Winterfest in February supporting Napalm Death already in February 2009. Their third full-length album ''Kuolemanpalvelus'' was released on 26 May 2010.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sotajumala」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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