Vorna

Vorna is a pagan metal band from Tampere, Finland. The band’s music has various influences from black metal to folk and rock. Lyrics are written in Finnish and often deal with themes like nature, myths and struggles of mind. Their debut album "Ajastaika" was released in 2013. Vorna's second full length album ”Ei valo minua seuraa” (transl. ”No Light Follows Me”) will be released on 4th December 2015. Official website and social media links: http://www.vorna.fi https://www.facebook.com/VornaOfficial https://twitter.com/vornaband https://www.youtube.com/user/VornaOfficial Line-up: Vesa Salovaara - Vocals Arttu Järvisalo - Lead Guitar Henri Lammintausta - Rhythm Guitar Niilo Könönen - Bass Saku Myyryläinen - Keyboards Mikael Vanninen - Drums BIOGRAPHY: Vorna was founded in the autumn 2008 when Arttu and Henri, childhood friends who had already been jamming together for a little while, met Vesa for the first time on that one, fateful night... They all shared the same, strong love for melodic black metal music and on the very next morning they were already playing some tunes together. In the following few weeks the band was named after a character from the Finnish folklore; Vorna. At first Vesa was also playing bass while doing vocals but quite soon he made a decision he would rather concentrate on vocals only. Vesa asked Niilo, a childhood friend and a fellow student from the same high school in Kangasala, if he would be interested in joining the band as a bass player. Only a couple of hours later Niilo was playing with the rest of the guys and trio had now become a quartet. In the beginning of the year 2009 Saku joined Vorna as a keyboard player. At that point the music had already got some folkish influences and keyboards were a perfect addition to create an even more melodic atmosphere. Although it was pretty certain right from the start that keyboards would be needed. Months passed and when winter turned to spring and summer, Mikael found his way to the band as a drummer. Now Vorna had a full line-up for the first time and the rehearsing and songwriting could truly begin. Before the end of 2009 Vorna played their first gig and recorded their first demo. The next two years were a relatively silent time. Two new demos were recorded in 2010 and 2011 and new songs were composed but members' military services in Finnish Defense Forces kind of made a partial break unavoidable. In 2012 started the talk about recording a full length album which would compile Vorna's musical history so far. It was also clear that it was time for "a studio quality" release as the earlier demos were all homemade and as such didn't represent the best sides of the material too well. After lots of work with the song arrangements and pre-production demos, the recordings of the album finally began in october 2012 in D-Studio, Klaukkala. In early 2014 Vorna took a major leap forward as they started co-operating with Northern Solitude Entertainment which took over the responsibilities of management and booking. This naturally meant that the band was for the first time truly activating to do live shows and tour. Vorna was the very first band to join the NSE roster but was soon accompanied by fellow Finnish bands such as Thyrien, Lovijatar and Unshine. The first remarkable accomplishment of this new partnership was “Kuolevan Maan Kulkijat”(“Wanderers of the Dying Land") -tour in Finland with Thyrien in the autumn 2014. In 2015, after the band’s most successful year yet, Vorna started to focus on their second full-length studio album which is planned to be released later this year. What else may lie ahead in 2015? Be sure to stay tuned! Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.