Jani Liimatainen facts for kids
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Jani Liimatainen
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Liimatainen performing with Insomnium at John Smith Rock Festival 2019
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| Born | 9 September 1980 Kemi, Finland |
| Genres | Power metal, melodic death metal, symphonic metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards |
Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born September 9, 1980) is a talented Finnish guitarist. He became well-known as the guitarist for the power metal band Sonata Arctica from 1996 to 2007. Since then, he has played in and started other bands like Cain's Offering and The Dark Element. Jani Liimatainen is known for his careful and fast guitar solos and riffs.
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Early Life and Music Beginnings
Jani Liimatainen started playing the guitar when he was about 12 years old. Later, he formed a band called Tricky Beans with other young people from Kemi, Finland. This band later changed its name to Sonata Arctica in 1999.
Jani Liimatainen's Music Career
Time with Sonata Arctica
Jani Liimatainen was one of the people who started Sonata Arctica. He played on many of the band's studio albums. These include Ecliptica, Silence, Winterheart's Guild, Reckoning Night, and Unia. He also played on four EPs and two live albums between 1999 and 2007. Jani wrote the song "My Selene" for the band's fourth album, Reckoning Night. He left Sonata Arctica in May 2007.
While playing with Sonata Arctica, Jani was also a member of the band Altaria from 2001 to 2004. You can hear him on their albums Invitation and Divinity. He wrote the songs "Unchain the Rain" and "Falling Again" for the Divinity album. Jani also played keyboards on both of these albums.
Cain's Offering and Timo Kotipelto
Today, Jani Liimatainen plays guitar in a band he started called Cain's Offering. Their first album, Gather the Faithful, came out in 2009. Their second album, Stormcrow, was released in May 2015. Jani is the main songwriter and producer for Cain's Offering.
Jani also performs with Stratovarius and Cain's Offering singer Timo Kotipelto. They are known as the Kotipelto & Liimatainen duo. This duo released an acoustic cover album called Blackoustic in October 2012. The album also features a new song by Jani called "Where My Rainbow Ends".
Other Music Projects
Jani Liimatainen has a band called Sydänpuu with drummer Risto Koskinen. In this band, Jani sings and plays guitar, bass, and keyboards. Sydänpuu started in 2004 and has released two singles and some demo songs. Their single "Malja" came out in 2013.
Jani also worked as a live guitarist for Antti Railio and played guitar on Antti's album Vieras maa. From 2015, Jani sometimes joined Insomnium on their tours as a guitarist and singer. He became an official member of Insomnium in July 2019 and played with them until February 2024.
In 2016, Jani Liimatainen began working with Anette Olzon, who used to be the singer for Nightwish. Their project, called The Dark Element, released its first album in November 2017.
Jani Liimatainen was also part of a band named Dream Asylum.
His first solo album, My Father's Son, was released on May 6, 2022.
Songs Written for Other Bands
Jani Liimatainen has written songs for other bands too. He composed the song "River Runs Dry" for the band Sturm und Drang.
He also wrote most of the songs on Arion's first album, Last of Us.
The Stratovarius album Nemesis includes two songs that Jani helped to write: "If the Story Is Over" and "Out of the Fog".
Guest Appearances
In October 2007, Jani Liimatainen played guitar in the band that backed Paul Di'Anno during his tour in Finland.
He has also appeared as a guest musician on other albums. He played on Celesty's Reign of Elements album for the song "Revenge". He also played on Human Temple's Insomnia album in the song "Animal".
Other Facts
From 2013 to 2014, Jani Liimatainen studied songwriting at the Lappia conservatory.
Jani writes a blog called Jani Hates You All. The name of his blog is a nod to a character named Hank Moody from the TV show Californication.
See also
In Spanish: Jani Liimatainen para niños
