Kai Hahto

Kai Hahto
Kai Hahto
	Kai with Wintersun at the 2013 Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
Background information
Also known as	The Grinder, Dr. K.H., Caer Hallam Generis, K
Born	31 December 1973 (age 50); Vaasa, Finland
Genres	Melodic death metal, folk metal, power metal, grindcore
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums, percussion
Years active	1993–present
Website	www.kaihahto.com

Kai Hahto (born 31 December 1973) is a Finnish musician, best known as the drummer of Wintersun and Nightwish.

Career

In 2002, Hahto went to New York to study jazz drumming.^[1]

Hahto was a member of the grindcore band Rotten Sound.^[2]

In 2004 Hahto became one of the founders of the band Wintersun^[2] and left Rotten Sound later in 2005. In 2009-2012 Kai Hahto played about 300 shows with doom-death-metal band Swallow the Sun as a tour drummer.

Hahto has an endorsement relationship with Sihi cymbals, Pearl drums and hardware, Balbex drumsticks, Roland V-Drums and Finfonic earphones. ^{[citation needed]}

On 6 August 2014, it was announced that Hahto would play drums on the Nightwish studio album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, replacing Jukka Nevalainen who went on hiatus from the band due to insomnia,^[3] and Hahto performed on all live shows since that date. On 15 July 2019, Hahto became Nightwish's permanent drummer following Nevalainen's decision not to return to the band.^[4]

In December 2020, it was announced that Hahto would be the drummer for the new lineup in Finnish black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed, who had become active again.^[5]^[6]

Discography

Band	Year of release	Title	Label
Cartilage	1992	Split album w/ Altar	Drowned Productions
Vomiturition	1995	A Leftover	Invasion Records
Wings	1995	Diatribe	Woodcut Records
Rotten Sound	1995	Sick Bastard	Genet Records
Rotten Sound	1995	Psychotic Veterinarian	S.O.A. Records
Rotten Sound	1996	Loosin' Face	Anomie Records
Enochian Crescent	1997	Telocvovim	Woodcut Records
Rotten Sound	1997	Spitted Alive	I.D.S. Records
Rotten Sound	1997	Under Pressure	Repulse Records
Rotten Sound	1998	Drain	Repulse Records
Rotten Sound	2000	Still Psycho	Necropolis Records
Max on the Rox	2000	Voodoo	Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound	2001	8 Hours of Lobotomy	M.C.R. Records
Rotten Sound	2002	Murderworks	Necropolis Records
Max on the Rox	2002	Rox II	Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound	2003	Seeds of Hate	Cudgel Agency
Rotten Sound	2003	From Crust 'Til Grind	Century Media Records
Wintersun	2004	Wintersun	Nuclear Blast
Max on the Rox	2004	Rhythmic Songs from a Mysterious Red House	Kråklund Records
Rotten Sound	2005	Exit	Spinefarm Records
Swallow the Sun	2009	New Moon	Spinefarm Records
Swallow the Sun	2012	Emerald Forest and the Blackbird	Spinefarm Records
Wintersun	2012	Time I	Nuclear Blast
Nightwish	2015	Endless Forms Most Beautiful	Nuclear Blast
Trees of Eternity	2016	Hour of the Nightingale	Svart Records
Nightwish	2020	Human. :II: Nature.	Nuclear Blast
Auri	2021	II – Those We Don't Speak Of	Nuclear Blast
Darkwoods My Betrothed	2021	Angel of Carnage Unleashed	Napalm Records
Nightwish	2024	Yesterwynde	Nuclear Blast
Wintersun	2024	Time II	Nuclear Blast

References

^ Kapanen, Marika (26 March 2024). "Haastattelussa Kai Hahto - "Jos joku ajattelee, että osaat soittaa jazzia, niin automaattisesti osaat soittaa metallia - ei todellakaan pidä paikkaansa!"". Metalliluola (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Wintersun". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
^ "Nightwish Drummer Jukka Nevalainen Forced To Take Break From Band Due To Health Issues". Blabbermouth.net. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
^ "NIGHTWISH's JUKKA NEVALAINEN Officially Exits Band; KAI HAHTO Named Permanent Drummer". Blabbermouth. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
^ Isoaho, Timo (25 December 2020). "Metallipioneeri Darkwoods My Betrothed palaa pitkältä levytystauolta - Tuomas Holopainen on nyt mukana vakiojäsenenä". Soundi (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ "Darkwoods My Betrothedin paluu on todellisuutta - kokoonpanossa mukana myös Nightwish-maestro Tuomas Holopainen". Inferno.fi (in Finnish). 26 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

Sources

Isoaho, Timo (2018). Nightwish – We Were Here (English ed.). Latvia: Deggael Communications. ISBN 978-952-99749-3-1.

External links

[1] Kapanen, Marika (26 March 2024). "Haastattelussa Kai Hahto - "Jos joku ajattelee, että osaat soittaa jazzia, niin automaattisesti osaat soittaa metallia - ei todellakaan pidä paikkaansa!"". Metalliluola (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 April 2024.

[AM-2] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Wintersun". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

[jukkaleft-3] "Nightwish Drummer Jukka Nevalainen Forced To Take Break From Band Due To Health Issues". Blabbermouth.net. 6 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.

[kainightwish-4] "NIGHTWISH's JUKKA NEVALAINEN Officially Exits Band; KAI HAHTO Named Permanent Drummer". Blabbermouth. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.

[5] Isoaho, Timo (25 December 2020). "Metallipioneeri Darkwoods My Betrothed palaa pitkältä levytystauolta - Tuomas Holopainen on nyt mukana vakiojäsenenä". Soundi (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[6] "Darkwoods My Betrothedin paluu on todellisuutta - kokoonpanossa mukana myös Nightwish-maestro Tuomas Holopainen". Inferno.fi (in Finnish). 26 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.

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v t e Nightwish
Tuomas Holopainen Emppu Vuorinen Troy Donockley Floor Jansen Kai Hahto Jukka Koskinen Sami Vänskä Tarja Turunen Anette Olzon Jukka Nevalainen Marko Hietala
Studio albums	Angels Fall First Oceanborn Wishmaster Century Child Once Dark Passion Play Imaginaerum Endless Forms Most Beautiful Human. :II: Nature. Yesterwynde
Live albums	From Wishes to Eternity End of an Era Made in Hong Kong (And in Various Other Places) Showtime, Storytime Vehicle of Spirit Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
EPs	Over the Hills and Far Away
Compilations	Tales from the Elvenpath Highest Hopes Walking in the Air: The Greatest Ballads Decades
Box sets	Lokikirja
Singles	"The Carpenter" "Sacrament of Wilderness" "Sleeping Sun (Four Ballads of the Eclipse)" "Deep Silent Complete" "Ever Dream" "Bless the Child" "Nemo" "Wish I Had an Angel" "Kuolema tekee taiteilijan" "The Siren" "Sleeping Sun (2005)" "Eva" "Amaranth" "Erämaan viimeinen" "Bye Bye Beautiful" "The Islander" "Storytime" "The Crow, the Owl and the Dove" "Élan" "Endless Forms Most Beautiful" "Noise" "Perfume of the Timeless" "The Day of..."
Songs	"The Phantom of the Opera" "Planet Hell" "While Your Lips Are Still Red" "Last Ride of the Day"
Videos	From Wishes to Eternity End of Innocence End of an Era Showtime, Storytime Vehicle of Spirit Decades: Live in Buenos Aires
Tours	Once Upon a Tour Dark Passion Play World Tour Imaginaerum World Tour Endless Forms Most Beautiful World Tour Decades: World Tour Human. :II: Nature. World Tour
Related articles	Auri Awards and nominations Darkwoods My Betrothed Discography Members Once Upon a Nightwish Imaginaerum (film) Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge Mustan sydämen rovio Northward
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v t e Rotten Sound
Keijo Niinimaa Mika Aalto Sami Latva Kristian Toivainen Masa Kovero Ville Väisänen Pekka Ranta Kai Hahto Juha Ylikoski Mika Häkki Toni Pihlaja
Studio albums	Drain Under Pressure Murderworks Exit Cursed Cycles Abuse to Suffer
EPs	Consume to Contaminate Rotten Sound EP Napalm Species at War Suffer to Abuse

v t e Wintersun
Jari Mäenpää Kai Hahto Teemu Mäntysaari Jukka Koskinen Oliver Fokin Timo Häkkinen Asim Searah Rolf Pilve
Albums	Wintersun Time I The Forest Seasons Time II

v t e Swallow the Sun
Juha Raivio Juho Räihä Mikko Kotamäki Matti Honkonen Juuso Raatikainen Jaani Peuhu Markus Jämsen Aleksi Munter Pasi Pasanen Kai Hahto
Studio albums	The Morning Never Came Ghosts of Loss Hope New Moon Emerald Forest and the Blackbird Songs from the North I, II & III When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light Moonflowers
EPs	Plague of Butterflies
Singles	"Forgive Her..." "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)" "The Justice of Suffering"