Maj Karma
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Maj Karma is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 rock
Rock music
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 / metal
Heavy metal music
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 band formed in 1992.

Current line-up

  • Herra Ylppö - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

     and lyrics
    Lyrics
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  • Häiriö Piirinen - guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

  • Kimmo Kurittu - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (2005-)
  • Janne Savolainen - drums
    Drum kit
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Ex-members

  • V.V.V. - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (1992-2004)
  • Junnu ja kummitusjuna - bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

     (1992)
  • Kanttori Väyrynen a.k.a. Paska Väyrynen - light
    Light
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    s (1996-2002)

Albums

  • Kaukana puhelimista (1996)
  • Kaakao (1998)
  • Ääri (2000)
  • Rautaneito (2001)
  • Metallisydän
    Metallisydän
    Metallisydän is a 2003 album by the Finnish rock group Maj Karman Kauniit Kuvat.-Track listing:# "Iso mies pohjoisesta" - 2:51# "Metallisydän" - 3:18# "Ritarisydän" - 3:13# "Liskokuninkaan poika" - 2:54# "Rocktähti muistelee" - 2:45...

     (2003)
  • Sodankylä (2004)
  • Ukkonen (2006)
  • Salama (2009)

EPs

  • Iskelmä (1997)
  • Musta paraati (2004, a cover
    Cover version
    In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

     EP in tribute to the Finnish gothic rock
    Gothic rock
    Gothic rock is a musical subgenre of post-punk and alternative rock that formed during the late 1970s. Gothic rock bands grew from the strong ties they had to the English punk rock and emerging post-punk scenes...

     band Musta paraati)
  • Attentaatti (2007)

Singles

  • Ovisilmä (1998)
  • Buster Keaton (1998)
  • Homma (1999)
  • Rinta (2000)
  • Valaiden laulu (2000)
  • Rocktähti (2001)
  • Romanssi (2001)
  • Arpi (2003)
  • Katutyttöjen laulu (2003)
  • Kyynel (2004)
  • Sodankylä (2005)
  • Sarvia ja hampaita (2005)
  • Rukous (2006)
  • Luovuttanut enkeli (2006)
  • Ukkonen (2006)
  • Kokki, varas, vaimo ja rakastaja (2006)
  • Salama (2009)

External links

  • Official site
  • Karmarock (an annual rock festival
    Rock festival
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    founded by the band)
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