Biography

WARMEN started as a solo project of Janne "Warman" Wirman and when the keyboardist wasn't traveling the world with Children Of Bodom, he was regularly recording albums with his brother Antti Wirman (guitar), Jyri Helko (bass) and Mirka Rantanen (drums, Kotipelto, ex-Hevisaurus). After the much too early end of Children of Bodom and the tragic death of Alexi Laiho, Janne together with his brother Antti found their way back to music through WARMEN. The direction of the material is classically inspired power metal, but similar to Children Of Bodom, the focus of WARMEN is on the interplay of guitar and keyboard perfected by the Wirman brothers. In addition to ten original songs, cover versions of Madonna and Alice Cooper provide surprises and for the vocals on FIRST OF THE FIVE ELEMENTS the quartet was able to win Pasi Rantanen (Thunderstone), Jonna Kosonen and the too early deceased Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom) as guest musicians. The new album by the Finnish powerhouse WARMEN "HERE FOR NONE" will be released worldwide by REAPER ENTERTAINMENT on August 18th 2023. The band will also present this legacy live at selected events, such as the release show at the Summer Breeze Open Air. Until t.hen, the brutally varied, yet extremely coherent HERE FOR NONE is the new reference work in terms of melodic heaviness from Finland! WARMEN are: Janne Wirman - Keyboards Petri Lindroos - Vocals Antti Wirman - Guitars Jyri Helko - Bass Seppo Tarvainen - Drums