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Jani Liimatainen
Kemi, Finland
Jani Liimatainen is credited on 72 releases across 47 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1996–2022 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
72
Pressings credited
47
Albums
4
Decades active
43
In collections
Biography
Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born 9 September 1980) is a Finnish guitarist. He came to prominence as the guitarist for the power metal band Sonata Arctica between 1996 and 2007, and has since played in and founded bands such as Altaria, Cain's Offering, The Dark Element and Insomnium. Liimatainen's playing style is well known for his meticulous and fast soloing and riffs.
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Credited work
72 releases · 47 albums · active 1996–2022
- Performance · 114
- Other credits · 11
- Production · 6
Studios: Sonic Pump Studios · Finnvox · Shibuya O-East · Shibuya Ax
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Heart Like A Grave
2019
Reckoning Night
2004
Winterheart's Guild
2003
Argent Moon
2021
Unia
2007
The Awakening
2023
Ecliptica
1999
Origin
2021
Nemesis
2013
Elysium
2011
Silence
2001
Songs The Night Sings
2019
Eternal
2015
Gather The Faithful
2009
For The Sake Of Revenge
2006
Divinity
2004
The Keepers Of Jericho (A Tribute To Helloween)
2000
Frequent collaborators
- Sonata Arctica
- Altaria
- The Dark Element
- Kotipelto & Liimatainen
- Cain's Offering
- Stratovarius
- Insomnium
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