Jani Liimatainen
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Jani performing with Sonata Arctica in 2006.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen |
| Also known as | Allan Anderssén (Sydänpuu) |
| Born |
9 September 1980 Kemi, Finland |
| Origin | Finland |
| Genres |
Power metal Melodic death metal Rock and Roll |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels |
Spinefarm Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts |
Cain's Offering Altaria Sydänpuu Neverday Graveyard Shift Dream Asylum Sonata Arctica Stratovarius |
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".
In May 2007, as a result of his failure to do his mandatory civil/military service he spent one month in a Finnish prison until he decided to perform these duties, because of this he and the other members of Sonata Arctica reached an agreement that they would go their separate ways. He left the band on good terms and was then replaced by Elias Viljanen.
Jani also played with Altaria, recording two full-length albums, before leaving them to concentrate on his work with Sonata Arctica. In addition, he has (or possibly had) a melodic death metal side-project called Graveyard Shift with former Sonata Arctica band-mate Henrik Klingenberg. He also played in a band called Sydänpuu (Hearttree), that plays rock music in Finnish.In Sydänpuu, he sings and plays guitars, bass, and keyboards alongside drummer Risto Koskinen under the Alias of AAllan Anderssén.
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