Markus Eurén (born 19 April 1978) is a

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, currently playing in the Finnish

pagan metal Pagan metal is a genre of heavy metal music which fuses extreme metal with " the pre-Christian traditions of a specific culture or region" through thematic concept, rustic melodies, unusual instruments or archaic languages, Wiederhorn 2009, p. 6 ...

band

Moonsorrow Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from th ...

. He is also featured in their

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side project, Lakupaavi. Markus plays using Korg Triton Extreme and N364 keyboards. His idols are singer

Matti Kärki Matti Kärki, (born 13 December 1972) is a Sweden, Swedish singer who is best known for his work with Dismember (band), Dismember. Before he joined Dismember in 1991, he was the singer in the Swedish band Carnage (band), Carnage (1989-1990). The ...

and 19th-century military leader C.G.E. Mannerheim, and favorite bands and albums include

Vreid Vreid is a Norwegian black metal band formed in 2004 after the breakup of Windir following the death of lead singer and founder Valfar. The remaining members along with new guitarist Ese formed Vreid. The band's name is an archaic Norwegian word ...

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Demoniac Demoniac were a New Zealand Heavy metal music, heavy metal band, formed in Wellington, New Zealand, Wellington in 1993 by singer and bass player Lindsay Dawson, guitarist Sam Totman and drummer Steve Francis. They later moved to London, UK. ...

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The Fire and the Wind ''The Fire And The Wind'' is the final album of the New Zealand heavy metal music, heavy metal band Demoniac, the only one to be recorded following their relocation to London. The black metal sound of the previous two albums was almost completely ...

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Satyricon The ''Satyricon'', ''Satyricon'' ''liber'' (''The Book of Satyrlike Adventures''), or ''Satyrica'', is a Latin work of fiction believed to have been written by Gaius Petronius in the late 1st century AD, though the manuscript tradition identifi ...

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The Shadowthrone ''The Shadowthrone'' is the second studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Satyricon. It was released on September 12, 1994, by Moonfog Productions. A newly remastered version was released on May 28, 2021, with different artwork. Style Th ...

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Death Metal Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive ...

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Finnish heavy metal keyboardists Living people 1978 births {{keyboardist-stub