Pasi Rantanen

Pasi Rantanen
Born	30 October 1969 Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Power metal, progressive metal, neo-classical metal, symphonic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1985-present
Associated acts	Thunderstone, Revolution Renaissance, Strike

Pasi Rantanen (born 30 October 1969 Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish singer. Best known for his power metal band Thunderstone, of which he was a member from the band's creation in 2000^[1] until 2007.

Rantanen also served as a background singer on, amongst other things, Stratovarius, Kotipelto and Ari Koivunen albums. In addition, the album Raskasta Joulua featured his talents on a version of "White Christmas". Rantanen also appeared at the Eurovision 2006 performance by Lordi as a background singer wearing a mask of Gene Simmons from Kiss. He is currently performing in a band called Joe Doakes, a Finnish cover band and STRIKE, a melodic rock band that he co-founded in 1985.

Discography

Stratovarius

• Infinite 2000
• Intermission 2001
• Stratovarius 2005

Thunderstone

• Thunderstone 2002
• The Burning 2004
• Tools of Destruction 2005
• Evolution 4.0 2007
• Apocalypse Again 2016

Various Artists

• Heavy Christmas 2004

Kotipelto

• Serenity 2007

Monster Vision Freak Show

• Welcome to Hellsinki 2007

Ari Koivunen

• Fuel for the Fire 2007

Revolution Renaissance

• New Era 2008

Warmen

• Japanese Hospitality 2009
• First of the Five Elements 2014

Strike

• We're Back 2013

King Company

• One For The Road 2016

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Thunderstone". Allmusic. Retrieved 29 June 2010.