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Janne Tolsa (born 7 March 1970) is a Finnish heavy metal musician. Known for his keyboard work in
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from the late 1980s, Tolsa also took part in the
melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...
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Eternal Tears of Sorrow Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) was a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi. Biography The band was formed in 1994 by Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and Olli-Pekka Törrö, after various project ...
, which he joined in 2005 until their disbandment in 2025, as well as the
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Turmion Kätilöt Turmion Kätilöt (literally "Midwives of Ruin", "Midwives of Bane" or "Midwives of Perdition") is a Finnish industrial metal band founded in 2003 by MC Raaka Pee and DJ Vastapallo, who until the latter's departure, were the only studio lineup ...
(under the alias RunQ). Tolsa is also known to work as a composer for television. Janne Tolsa plays keyboards in Marenne Band and is one of the composers in the band's debut album The Past Prelude. His main keyboards are a Komplete Kontrol Mk2, Korg Sp-200 (studio), Arturia Kelylab MkII, (Live with macbook pro), KORG CX-3 (studio), he also uses Korg and Ensoniq keyboards (Studio) In addition, he is the owner of the
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-based studio, Note on Studio, where
Turmion Kätilöt Turmion Kätilöt (literally "Midwives of Ruin", "Midwives of Bane" or "Midwives of Perdition") is a Finnish industrial metal band founded in 2003 by MC Raaka Pee and DJ Vastapallo, who until the latter's departure, were the only studio lineup ...
,
Tarot Tarot (, first known as ''trionfi (cards), trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a set of playing cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling or divination. From at least the mid-15th century, the tarot was used to play t ...
and
Eternal Tears of Sorrow Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) was a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi. Biography The band was formed in 1994 by Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and Olli-Pekka Törrö, after various project ...
have partly or completely recorded many of their albums.


Biography

Janne Tolsa began to play the piano in 1977, when he was seven years old. After studying music for three years in Helsinki, his family moved to Vuolijoki, where he continued to study piano through private lessons. His first band experience was with his older brother in 1983. A few years later, during the Follow Me into Madness Tour,
Tarot Tarot (, first known as ''trionfi (cards), trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a set of playing cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling or divination. From at least the mid-15th century, the tarot was used to play t ...
played a few shows near Tolsa's hometown. At the time, they were playing as a trio, having recently fired Mako H. from the band. Tolsa attended every show and continuously found his way backstage after shows to convince the members of the band (
Marko Hietala Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, ...
, Zachary Hietala, and Pecu Cinnari) that he could play keys for them. He was often drunk and the band turned him away, not believing him. Eventually, Tarot played a show with a keyboard backstage, which Tolsa used to play Rose on the Grave ( Follow Me into Madness). Impressed, the band exchanged phone numbers with Tolsa, and invited him to one of their rehearsals. On 26 June 1988, he played his first show as a member of Tarot in Kalajoki. He then joined Tarot for the writing and recording of their third studio album, To Live Forever, which was released in 1993. In addition to playing the keys for Tarot, Tolsa frequently writes and co-writes music for Tarot albums. In 2003, Tolsa joined
Turmion Kätilöt Turmion Kätilöt (literally "Midwives of Ruin", "Midwives of Bane" or "Midwives of Perdition") is a Finnish industrial metal band founded in 2003 by MC Raaka Pee and DJ Vastapallo, who until the latter's departure, were the only studio lineup ...
as part of the band's original lineup under the alias "RunQ." In 2004, Tolsa was invited to join the reformation of
Eternal Tears of Sorrow Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) was a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi. Biography The band was formed in 1994 by Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and Olli-Pekka Törrö, after various project ...
, a melodic death metal band from Finland that had disbanded in 2003. He accepted, and performed with the band until its second disbandment in 2025. In 2007, Tolsa joined the Marenne band with Zachary Hietala as part of the band's original lineup. He also helped to mixed their debut album, The Past Prelude. As part of his "day job," Tolsa is the owner of Note on studio in Kuopio, Finland. That composing, records and produce commercial music, sound effects, background music. Also has been used by Tolsa's bands (among many others) to record parts of their albums. Janne Tolsa also has mixed, mastered and produced countless other bands. In 2017 Janne Tolsa made a solo project, Epik Pike. Epik Pike paints a brand new atmosphere for domestic pop-scene. Janne Tolsa, known as one of the composers and the man behind the synthesizers on bands like Turmion Kätilöt and Tarot, has now released a bunch of pop songs from his drawer. Lyrics for Tolsa's songs we written by his good friend and songwriter Pekka Tegelman, known from the 70's popular band Finnforest. The whole project came together as two interpreters from Kuopio were found: young and talented Pinja Pitkänen and guitar hero Joonas Pulkkinen from the band Black Light Discipline.


Discography


Tarot

* To Live Forever (1993) * To Live Again (1994) *
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(1995) * For the Glory of Nothing (1998) * Shining Black Best of (2003) * Suffer Our Pleasures (2003) * Crows Fly Black (2006) * Undead Indeed Live DVD/CD (2008) * Gravity of Light (2010) * The Spell of Iron MMXI (2011)


Eternal Tears of Sorrow

*
Before the Bleeding Sun ''Before the Bleeding Sun'' is the fifth studio album released by the Finnish melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. The album counts guest performances from Marco Hietala (Tarot and Nightwish), Jarmo Kylmänen (who joined the band ...
(2006) * Children of the Dark Waters (2009) * Saivon Lapsi (2013)


Marenne

* The Past Prelude (2009)


Turmion Kätilöt

* Niuva 20 (EP) (2005) * U.S.C.H! (2008) * Perstechnique (2011) * Technodiktator (2013) * Kiitos 2004-2014 Live DVD (2014) * Diskovibrator (2015) *
Dance Panique ''Dance Panique'' is the seventh studio album by Finnish industrial metal Industrial metal is the fusion of Heavy metal music, heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating Heavy metal guitar, metal guitar riffs, sampling (m ...
(2017) * Universal Satan (2018) * Vihreät Niityt (Single) (2019) * Global Warning (2020) * Hengitä (Single) (2021) * Omen X (2023) *
Reset Reset may refer to: Film and television * Reset (2015 film), ''Reset'' (2015 film), a 2015 French documentary film * Reset (2017 film), ''Reset'' (2017 film), a 2017 Chinese film * Reset (2024 film), ''Reset'' (2024 film), a 2024 Sri Lankan sh ...
(2024)


Lazy Bonez

* Vol.1 (2013) * Alive (2015) * Kiss of the night (2019) * Eye of the Sky (2023)


Virtuocity

* Secret Visions (2002)


Verjnuarmu

* Muanpiällinen helevetti (2006)


Jalven Veljet

* Aamut Joella (2007)


Epik Pike

* The Big Picture (EP) (2018) * Tomorrow Wonderland (Single) (2020) * Vibes of Secret (Single) (2023) * Dangerous (Single) (2024)


Botsbwana

* ACHTUNG! (Single) (2023) * Logi (Single) (2024) * Det Här Är Natten (Single) (2024)


Janne Tolsa & Arunaja

* Tempest (Single) (2025)


References


External links


Note On Studio

Tarot

Turmion Kätilöt

Eternal Tears of Sorrow
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