Jari Mäenpää
Jari Mäenpää is a Finnish singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. He is the founder of heavy metal Wintersun for which he records all instruments except the drums. Before forming Wintersun, Mäenpää was also known for his role in the folk metal band Ensiferum, which he joined in 1996 after leaving his prior band named Immemorial. Wintersun was initially planned as a parallel project alongside Ensiferum, but in January, 2004 he was forced to leave Ensiferum due to clashes between their touring schedule and the studio recording time he had booked for Wintersun.
23 December 1977
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Born in the same month (December 1977): Ajit Agarkar • Ali Tandoğan • Brad Delson • Chad Durbin • Chris Tate (footballer) • Claudia Gesell • Emmanuel Macron • Irina Voronina • Israel Vázquez • Mark Streit • Seun Ogunkoya • Siyabonga Nomvethe • Swedish House Mafia • Sylvain Distin • Yoel Hernández (hurdler)