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Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born 9 September 1980 in Kemi, Finland) is a Finnish musician, songwriter and backing vocalist . He is the former guitarist and one of the founding members of the power metal band Sonata Arctica. He has also performed with Cain's Offering, Altaria and Stratovarius vocalist Timo Kotipelto (his band mate in Cain's Offering).
Most of his technique is self-taught, even though he had a few guitar lessons early in his life. He is endorsed by Ibanez, plays a Destroyer DT 200 Custom, the Ibanez JPM4 P4 (which is John Petrucci's signature model), and Ibanez "Streetwise" USA Custom guitars & Ibanez Rg 2020X. He cites Freak Kitchen, Dream Theater, and Pain of Salvation as his biggest musical influences.
He currently resides in Kotka.
Jani was one of the founders of Sonata Arctica in 1995. Besides playing, he has also contributed to the band's songwriting with "My Selene" on 2004's Reckoning Night and "Prelude for Reckoning", their introduction tape in "For the Sake of Revenge". He has also co-written three songs for the band's first album, Ecliptica, "8th Commandment", "Replica" and "Picturing the Past".
Jani Liimatainen empieza a tocar a los 0:52 segundos mas o menos...
Aqui el segundo DVD, donde hace un par de demonstrarions, toca los solos del Reckoning Night, no tan buenos como los de discos anteriores pero que se le va a hacer, y ownea a su amigo Syu, de Galneryus, jajaja.
Cain's Offering @ Tokyo 2016.2.24 first live show of Japan tour ARIGATO!! I Will Build You a Rome
Clip taken from Sonata Arctica's DVD For the Sake of Revenge. I do not own any copyright.
Timo Kotipelto & Jani Liimatainen Perfect Strangers Live Acoustic "PERFECT STRANGERS", musical composition administered by: BMG_Rights_Management CASH ACUM_CS LATGA_CS AKM KODA_CS SUISA CS TONO_CS AKKA_CS TEOSTO_CS PRS CS EMI Music Publishing SABAM_CS UMPI Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use." No copyright infringement intended
Duo Kotipelto & Liimatainen played acoustic gig in Paimion Putka 12.12.2009
Gather the Faithful is the debut album of Finnish power metal band Cain's Offering, an all-star project started by former Sonata Arctica guitarist Jani Liimatainen. It was recorded in 2009 in different studios in Finland and was released on July 22, 2009 in Japan via Avalon. On the band's website the band stated that they're "right now concentrating on the following European/US release, which most likely will be end of August" and that they're "in negotiations with a well-known label, and will soon be able to announce the deal and tentative release date." The album was mixed by Jimmy Westerlund in Los Angeles, Hollywood and mastered by Eddy Schreyer at Oasis Mastering, Los Angeles, Burbank. On June 25 the band announced that their debut album will be released on August 28 in Europe and on ...
"Cain's Offering" es una banda de power metal finlandesa fundada en 2009 en Helsinki por Timo Kotipelto y Jani Liimatainen. La banda había tomado influencia de agrupaciones como Stratovarius y Sonata Arctica. All songs written by Jani Liimatainen "Stormcrow" - 00:00 "The Best Of Times" - 06:14 "A Night To Forget" - 10:51 "I Will Build You A Rome" - 15:15 "Too Tired To Run" - 19:59 "Constellation Of Tears" - 26:12 "Antemortem" - 31:46 "My Heart Beats For No One" - 37:02 "I Am Legion" - 41:40 "Rising Sun" - 47:39 "On The Shore" - 53:20
Silence is the second full-length album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, released in 2001 through Spinefarm Records. It is the only album to feature keyboardist Mikko Härkin, and the first album to feature original member Marko Paasikoski, who formed the band as guitarist in 1995 but left two years later prior to any release; however he returned in 2000 as bass guitarist. Lead vocalist Tony Kakko claims Silence to have a more distinctive sound than their previous album, describing the album as more 'mature' and more of Sonata Arctica's own sound than Ecliptica. The album also has an even more emotional setting than their previous album. Also, Timo Kotipelto (lead singer of power metal band Stratovarius) sang guest vocals on the album. Tracklist: 1. ...of Silence 00:00 2. Web...
Band: Sonata Arctica Label: (In this release) Spinefarm Records (Today) Nuclear Blast Records Release Date: March 2003 Genre: Melodic/Symphonic Power Metal Country: Finland CD: Winterheart's Guild Tracklist: 1. Abandoned, Pleased, Brainwashed, Exploited 2. Gravenimage 3. The Cage 4. Silver Tongue 5. The Misery 6. Victoria's Secret 7. Champagne Bath 8. Broken 9. *The Rest of the Sun Belongs To Me* (Bonus Track - Japanese & Korean version) 10. The Ruins of My Life 11. Draw Me Produced by Sonata Arctica. Recorded at Tico Tico Studio between September-November 2002. Mixed and mastered at Finnvox Studios between November-December 2002. Line-up: Tony Kakko (Vocals,Keyboards) - Tommy Portino (Drums) - Marko Paasikoski (Bass) - Jani Liimatainen (Guitars) All Rights Reserved to Sonata...
Kotipelto Liimatainen Live Milano 09/04/2016 Blacoustic Tour Legend Club by Lumia 950XL Stereo HD h264 I'm sorry, but the concert had already begun when I arrived! - my selene (sonata arctica) - perfect strangers (deep purple) - 2 minutes to midnight (iron maiden) - forever (stratovarius) - coming home (stratovarius) - holy diver (ronnie dio) - the trooper (iron maiden) - speed of light (strato) - unbreakable (strato) - paradise (strato) - hunting high and low (strato) - forever reprise (with Timo special POWER message!..Thank you TIMO, It went straight to the heart!)
Kotipelto & Liimatainen October 18, 2012 Klubi, Tampere, Finland This will probably be my only non-SA upload, unless another recording surfaces of K&L;. This recording was only done in mono, but the quality and clarity is superb. There's not much to say here; if you like acoustic sets and you like metal, this should be to your liking. Enjoy! Subscribe for live Sonata Arctica performances and bootlegs If you enjoyed the listen, please support the industry, otherwise Jorg will play the bongos at these shows. Timo Kotipelto - vocals Jani Liimatainen - guitars, backing vocals I Surrender (Rainbow) - 0:22 Sleep Well (Kotipelto) - 4:42 Livin' On A Prayer (Bon Jovi) - 9:13 Out In The Fields (Gary Moore) - 13:17 Speed Of Light (Stratovarius) - 17:26 Black Diamond (Stratovarius) - 21:45 Perfect...
Hyvät naiset ja herrat, tämä yhtye on tilastojenkin perusteella täyttä kultaa. Suomen kovin powermetalli orkesteri, Sonata Arctica. Jäsenet: Tony Kakko, laulu Pasi Kauppinen, basso Henrik Klingenberg, koskettimet Tommy Portimo, rummut Elias Viljanen, kitara Entiset jäsenet: Mikko Härkin, koskettimet Janne Kivilahti, basso Jani Liimatainen, kitara Marko Paasikoski, basso Pentti Peura, basso
Ecliptica is the first full-length album by the power metal band Sonata Arctica. It was released in 1999 through Spinefarm Records in Europe and through Century Media in the United States. It's the only album featuring bassist Janne Kivilahti. Regarding the track "Blank File", which covers the topic of privacy on the Internet, vocalist Tony Kakko once stated: " I had a vision of how things would be in the future [laughs]. Now that we're in the future, it's not as horrendously bad, although people are being really bad about their privacy. If you upload your family pictures online somewhere, even if you think you've erased them from the server, they're still there. "Blank File" is all about that. [...] I didn't consider computers per se at the time. [...] The starting point was all of the ph...