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Jani Liimatainen

Jani Liimatainen

Real/full name:
Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen
Age:
43 (born Sep 9th, 1980)
Place of birth:
Finland (Kemi, Lappi)
Gender:
Male

Trivia

Jani was one of the founders of Sonata Arctica in 1996.

Performs acoustic rock covers with Timo Kotipelto as Kotipelto and Liimatainen.
They released an album, titled "Blackoustic", in 2012.

Cain's Offering

Guitars, Keyboards (additional), Programming, Vocals (backing) (2009-present)

2009 Gather the Faithful Lyrics, Vocals (backing, choirs), Keyboards (additional), Songwriting, Programming, Guitars
2015 Stormcrow Guitars, Keyboards (additional), Programming, Vocals (backing), Songwriting, Lyrics

Jani Liimatainen

Guitars, Keyboards

2022 My Father's Son Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals (lead) (track 9)

Kotipelto & Liimatainen

Guitars, Vocals (backing) (2009-present)

Sydänpuu

Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards (2004-present)

The Dark Element

Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (backing) (2016-present)

2017 The Dark Element Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (backing)
2019 Songs the Night Sings (Single) Guitars, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (backing)
2019 Songs the Night Sings Vocals (backing), Guitars, Keyboards, Programming

Altaria

Guitars (2000-2005)

2001 Sleeping Visions (Demo) Guitars
2002 Feed the Fire (Demo) Guitars
2003 Invitation Guitars, Keyboards
2004 Divinity Guitars, Keyboards
2007 Divine Invitation (Compilation) Guitars (tracks 1-10, 13-19), Keyboards (tracks 1-10, 16-19)

Dream Asylum

Guitars

Graveyard Shift

As V.Tonic:
Guitars, Bass, Programming

2005 Demo 2005 (Demo) Guitars, Bass, Programming

Insomnium

Guitars, Vocals (clean) (2019-2024)

2019 Heart like a Grave Guitars, Vocals (clean), Songwriting (tracks 3, 7, 8)
2021 The Conjurer (Single) Guitars, Vocals (clean)
2021 The Reticent (Single) Guitars, Vocals (clean)
2021 The Antagonist (Single) Guitars, Vocals (clean)
2021 Argent Moon (EP) Guitars, Vocals (clean), Songwriting (track 3)
2022 Lilian (Single) Guitars
2022 White Christ (Single) Guitars
2023 Anno 1696 Vocals (clean), Songwriting (tracks 5, 7), Guitars
2023 Songs of the Dusk (EP) Guitars, Vocals (clean)

Sonata Arctica

Guitars, Vocals (backing) (1999-2007)

1999 UnOpened (Single) Guitars
1999 Ecliptica Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 3, 4, 9)
2000 Successor (EP) Guitars
2001 Wolf & Raven (Single) Guitars
2001 Silence Guitars
2001 Live at Provinssirock Festival (Single) Guitars
2001 Orientation (EP) Guitars
2001 Last Drop Falls (Single) Guitars
2002 Songs of Silence - Live in Tokyo (Live album) Guitars
2003 Victoria's Secret (Single) Guitars
2003 Winterheart's Guild Guitars
2003 Broken (Single) Guitars
2003 Takatalvi (EP) Guitars
2004 Don't Say a Word (Single) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2004 Don't Say a Word (EP) Guitars
2004 Reckoning Night Lyrics (track 7), Guitars, Songwriting (track 7)
2004 My Selene (Single) Guitars
2004 Shamandalie (Single) Guitars
2005 The End of This Chapter (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2006 For the Sake of Revenge (Video) Songwriting (track 1), Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2006 The Collection 1999-2006 (Compilation) Guitars, Vocals (backing)
2006 Replica 2006 (Single) Guitars
2007 Unia Guitars (acoustic solo) (track 13)
2007 Paid in Full (Single) Guitars (as "Jani L")
2007 Unia Guitars (acoustic solo) (track 13)
2007 Unia Guitars (acoustic solo) (track 13)
2007 Unia Guitars (acoustic) (track 10), Guitars
2010 The Gun / Still Loving You (Single) Guitars
2011 Unia Guitars (acoustic solo) (track 13)
2013 Reckoning Night / Unia (Compilation) Guitars
2018 The Harvests (2007-2017) (Compilation) Guitars (tracks 2, 7, 15, CD1; track 1, CD2)
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Tricky Means

Guitars (1996-1999)

1996 Friends till the End (Demo) Guitars
1996 Agre Pamppers (Demo) Guitars (as "Jani")
1997 Peace Maker (Demo) Guitars (as "Jani")
1999 Fullmoon (Demo) Guitars

Insomnium

Guitars, Vocals (clean) (2015, 2017-2019)

Omnium Gatherum

Guitars (2019-2020)

Paul Di'Anno

Guitars (2007-2008, 2009)

Stratovarius

Bass (2023)

Celesty

2002 Reign of Elements Guitars (lead) (track 3)
2009 Vendetta Vocals (backing)

Karmic Link

2008 No Light but Rather Darkness Visible Guitars (lead) (track 6)
2010 Esoterica Guitars (lead)

Omnium Gatherum

2021 Origin Vocals (backing) (tracks 4, 5)

Soulspell

2017 The Second Big Bang Guitars (lead) (tracks 2, 7, 12)

Stratovarius

2011 Elysium Vocals (choirs)
2013 Nemesis Vocals (backing), Guitars (acoustic) (track 10) (as "Jani "Liimis" Liimatainen")
2022 Survive Vocals (choirs)

Altaria

2004 Divinity Recording (guitars, bass, vocals, keyboards), Producer

Arion

2013 New Dawn (EP) Lyrics (tracks 1, 2)
2018 Life Is Not Beautiful Lyrics (additional)

Cain's Offering

2009 Gather the Faithful Producer, Recording (vocals)
2015 Stormcrow Recording (vocals), Producer

Insomnium

2021 Argent Moon (EP) Recording (guitars)
2023 Anno 1696 Recording (guitars)

Kamelot

2023 The Awakening Lyrics (track 2)

Place Vendome

2017 Close to the Sun Songwriting (track 2)

Sonata Arctica

2007 Unia Recording (guitar solos)

Stratovarius

2013 Nemesis Lyrics (tracks 6, 10), Songwriting (tracks 6, 10)
2015 Eternal Songwriting (tracks 2, 6, 8), Engineering (vocals), Lyrics (tracks 1-6, 8, 10)
2018 Enigma: Intermission II (Compilation) Lyrics (track 14), Songwriting (tracks 1, 14)
2022 Survive (Single) Lyrics
2022 World on Fire (Single) Lyrics
2022 Firefly (Single) Lyrics
2022 Frozen in Time (Single) Lyrics
2022 Survive Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 4-11), Recording (vocals [backing])
2022 Survive Lyrics (Disc 2; B4)

The Dark Element

2017 The Dark Element Producer
2019 Songs the Night Sings (Single) Producer
2019 Songs the Night Sings Recording, Producer
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