Patrik Mennander (born 8 January 1976) is a Finnish singer who has been in the bands

Ruoska Ruoska ( Finnish for "whip") is a Finnish metal band from the Juva municipality. History Ruoska was formed in 2002 with some of the same members from the comedy rock band Natsipaska. They released their debut album '' Kuori'' the same year. ...

Battlelore Battlelore are a Finnish heavy metal band from Lappeenranta, founded in 1999 by guitarist Jyri Vahvanen and bassist Miika Kokkola. The name derives from the union of the words 'battle' and 'folklore'. Many of Battlelore's lyrics concern J. R. ...

and

Natsipaska Ruoska (Finnish language, Finnish for "whip") is a Finnish Heavy metal music, metal band from the Juva municipality. History Ruoska was formed in 2002 with some of the same members from the comedy rock band Natsipaska. They released their de ...

Short biography

Mennander was born in

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in 1976. He was in the

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(the year he entered is unknown) until 1997. A year later, in 1998, he then created the comic/

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

band

with Anssi Auvinen, Mika Kamppi and

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. The band released three albums before retiring in 2000. Then, in 2002, with a guitarist, Kai Ahvenranta,

was started. Although Ruoska is still an ongoing band, Patrik Mennander has not been there every single step of the way, since he left for the

symphonic metal Symphonic metal is a cross-genre style designation for the symphonic subsets of heavy metal music subgenres. It is used to denote any metal band that makes use of symphonic or orchestral elements. The style features the heavy drums and guitars ...

band

from end 2003 to near-end 2004, between the releases of Ruoska's second and third albums. Since then, Mennander has stayed with Ruoska, and is best known as singer of Ruoska. Mennander is also a tattoo artist at "His Master's Tattoo" in

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, Finland.

Discography

Reduced to Ash *'' Club Demonique'' (1999)

*''

Kuori Kuori is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's first album, and was released in 2002. Track listing #Kuori (2:51) ('Shell') #Koti (3:52) ('Home') #Kiroan (3:55) ('I Curse') #Ruma rakkaus (4:26) ('Ugly Love') #Perkeleet (3:45) ('Devils') #Epilogi ...

'' (2002) *''

Riisu Riisu is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's second album; it was released on 9 September 2003. There were no music videos for this album. Track listing #Elon tiellä ('On Life's Road') – 3:18 #Puhe ('Speech') – 3:57 #Darmstadt&n ...

'' (2003) *''

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'' (2005) *''

Amortem Amortem is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's fourth album; it was released on 14 June 2006. Track listing #"Intro" – 1.55 #"Amortem" – 5.02 #" Pure minua" – 4.09 ('Bite Me') #"Taivas palaa" – 4.21 ('The Sky is Burning') #"Järvet j ...

'' (2006) *''

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'' (2008)

*'' ...Where the Shadows Lie'' (2002) *'' Sword's Song'' (2003)

*''Suunnitelma 9'' (1998) *''Savo-texas sexmachine'' (1999) *''Asfalttisoturit'' (2000)

References

External links

Ruoska official websiteBattlelore official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mennander, Patrik 1976 births Living people People from Juva Finnish heavy metal singers 21st-century Finnish male singers