Antony Hämäläinen

Finnish singer (born 1980)

Musical artist

Antony Hämäläinen (born August 28, 1980) is a Finnish extreme metal vocalist living in the United States.

Biography

In the early 1990s, Hämäläinen started playing bass, drums, and sang for multiple bands based both in the US and Finland.

In September 2007, he joined the Gothenburg based melodic death metal band Nightrage.

In March 2015, Armageddon, a Swedish melodic death metal band led by former Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott, announced him as their permanent vocalist.^[1][2]

He occasionally provides guest vocals for bands ranging in all genres of extreme metal both live and in studio.

Style

In reference to Hämäläinen's work on the Nightrage album Wearing A Martyr's Crown, Sputnikmusic wrote that Hämäläinen "has a lot of vocal similarities to Tomas Lindberg, which brings back a resemblance to their original sound from their first two albums". Added to his clean vocals "he can still maintain a melodic edge, but he only does it every now and again within the album; he only does it for the purpose of giving some of the songs a musical edge so the listener doesn't fall asleep thinking that the only new addition of style is just a higher use of acoustic guitars".^[3]

Discography

With Nightrage

• Wearing A Martyr's Crown (2009)
• Macabre Apparitions EP (2011)
• Insidious (2011)

With Meridian Dawn

• The Mixtape EP (2014)
• The Fever Syndrome (2020)
• Dissolving Bonds EP (2021)
• The Pagan Poetry EP (2021)

With Armageddon

• Armageddon It! LIVE in Japan (2015)
• Crossing the Rubicon (Revisited) (2016)

With Crystal Tears

• Ghostdance (2019)
• Nosi Balasi (Filipino version) (2019)
• Crawl Into Your Grave (2022)
• You Could Be Mine (2023)

With Til The End

• Higher And Beyond (2024)
• Dark Kings EP (2025)

Live session

• Amaranthe – vocals, live (September 14, 2012, at ProgPower USA XIII, Atlanta, Georgia)

Guest appearances

• Rusted Eyes Awake (2008) by Landmine Marathon – guest vocals on "Bled to Oblivion"
• The Essence of Decay (2009) by Rising Pain – guest vocals on "Feel Less Alive" and "Am I Awake"
• Self Destruct Syndrome (2011) by Neverborne – guest vocals on "Mechanical Ruin"
• Apathy's Throne EP (2011) by Nervosia – all vocals
• Of Unsound Minds (2012) by AfterBlood (feat. Tom Angelripper) – guest vocals on "The More I Lie"
• The Darkest of Angels (2015) by Dead by Wednesday – all vocals on "Defining Fire"
• The Outsider (2016) by The Outsider – all vocals on "The Race That Failed"^[4]
• Lakewind Whispers EP (2017) by Nordjärvi – all vocals
• No Longer the Sun Rise (2018) by Earthward (feat. Adrian Erlandsson) – all vocals
• Daughter Chaos EP (2018) by Daughter Chaos – all vocals
• Autumnus EP (2021) by Ancient Settlers – all vocals
• Sense of Noise (2021) by Sense Of Noise – guest vocals on "Rage of Existence"
• Our Last Eclipse (2022) by Ancient Settlers – all vocals
• Autumnus Live Sessions (2022) by Ancient Settlers – all vocals
• Brand New Disease (2023) by Slaves For Scores – all vocals

Compilation appearances

• Holier Than Thou by Nightrage for Metal Hammer Magazine, Greece (on "And Coverz for All – A Greek Tribute to Metallica") – vocals

References

1. "Christopher Amott's Armageddon Taps Ex-Nightrage Singer Antony Hämäläinen For U.S. Tour". Retrieved November 22, 2014.
2. "Daughter Chaos's New Single "Intergalactic:" Metal or Intergalactic String Quartet?". February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
3. "Nightrage-Insidious Album Review". Retrieved October 8, 2011.
4. "The Outsider". Retrieved July 14, 2016.