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Following his departure in 2002 from Finnish Viking metal outfit
Ensiferum, former
Arthemesia vocalist and multi-instrumentalist
Jari Mäenpäa started a new project called
Wintersun, with drummer
Kai Hahto (late of grindcore band
Rotten Sound). Fusing the folk-littered influence of countrymen like
Amorphis and
Finntroll with the technicality, speed, and high melodic content present in neo-classical power metal,
Wintersun's eponymous debut album was released in 2004 by
Nuclear Blast. After eight years of virtual hibernation,
Wintersun reawakened and released their sophomore album,
Time I, in 2012, also on
Nuclear Blast. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia