Biography
THE STORY SO FAR…
Everybody seems to know The Lord Of Rings saga. The Middle Earth is familiar to millions, as well. But we are happy to inform you, that more and more people are also familiar with The Land Of The Crystal Mountain. They might even know that there is a place called Stone Woods or Stone Forest, whatever you like. In this forest there lives a druid, namely Druid Of The Stone Forest – Kivimetsän Druidi in Finnish.
The good and the evil are fighting their everlasting fight over the power and the means of power and might. One brother deceives another, nobody honours one’s neighbour’s property and anger blinds and blackens one’s mind. But do you remember where and when this all began?
2007
At the end of January Kivimetsän Druidi heads once again to studio (NoiseCamp Studio in Turku) to record a new three song promo ep. This time they have promised to sing a couple of songs in English. The record is named ‘The New Chapter’ and the songs are 1. The Tyrant, 2. Burden and 3. Kristallivuoren Maa (re-recorded).
2006
The second private pressing ep ‘Mustan Valtikan Aika’ comes out in January. It gains even more interest from all over the Europe than ‘Taival’. The reviewers give this ep praise and top points. There are four varied and powerful songs on this ep: 1. Pohjoinen Mahti (The Northern Might), 2. Koston Miekka (The Sword of Revenge), 3. Pedon Loitsu (The Spell of the Beast) and 4. Mustan Valtikan Aika (The Era of the Black Scepter).
2005
“Taival” ep gains great reviews. It is praised not only in metal and rock web sites, but also in metal and rock magazines. Indierockpunkmetalzine Sue and metal mag Hamara publish interviews, too. But this is only the beginning. Very soon foreign web sites began to ask for the demo to be reviewed. ‘Taival’ is praised also in foreign web sites in spite of the fact that Kivimetsän Druidi sings in Finnish!
2004
Antti Rinkinen (guitar), Lukas Pearsall (keyboard), Jani Rämä (drums) and Jouni Riihelä (bass) join Kivimetsän Druidi and with this line-up the band begin intensive reheasals at the Ratamontie garage in order to get their first live gig.
2003
While jamming at their home garage they write their first folk metal song. Joni writes the lyrics and the song is named “Viimeinen Peikkokuningas” (The Last of the Troll Kings). They wonder how to call their two-man project and finally decide to call it Kivimetsän Druidi (The Druid of the Stone Forest), because the lyrics are based on the fantasy novel, that Joni is writing. The novel tells a story ftom The Land of the Crystal Mountain and Stone Forest.
2002
Two brothers from a small Finnish town called Kouvola, Antti (keyboard) and Joni Koskinen (guitar, growling vocals) decide that they have had enough of playing cover songs and end up writing their own songs. The most influential album that innovates their song writing and they both love and cherish is Moonsorrow’s ‘Voimasta ja kunniasta’ (Of Strength and Honour).
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