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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name = Kilpi| image = Kilpilive.JPG| caption = Kilpi live at Tampere , Finland | image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Turku , Finland | genre = Heavy metal music|Heavy Metal | years_active = 2003& ndash;present| label =| associated_acts =| website = http://www.kilpi.com| current_members = Tapio "Taage" Laiho Petteri "Pete" Kilpi Aleksi "Alba" Summe Janne Laaksonen Juha "Kukkis" Kukkola Jussi "Juzzy" Kattelus| past_members = Janne Karttila| notable_instruments = Kilpi is a Finland|Finnish heavy metal music|heavy metal band, singing in Finnish language|Finnish .
The band
Kilpi means shield in Finnish. However, it actually is the guitarist and band creator's last name, Petteri Kilpi . The band's first album, Sähkönsinistä Sinfoniaa , was released on May 28, 2003, some months after their first single, Nerokasta Ikävää .
On September 29, 2004, they released their second album, II Taso .
In 2006 they released the album Kaaoksen Kuningas , and two of its songs, "Toinen Minä" and "Katharsis" were proposed to Eurovision Song Contest 2006 . The band lost out to Lordi , finishing sixth overall in the Finnish televoting with the song "Toinen Minä". The band's first live-album Kaaos-Live was released in 2007.
The band's vocalist, Taage Laiho , is formerly of the Finnish band, Altaria (band)|Altaria .
Discography
Sähkönsinistä Sinfoniaa (2003)
II Taso (2004)
Kaaoksen Kuningas (2006)
Kaaos-Live (2007)
IV (2008)
Pirun Merta (2009)
External links
http://www.kilpi.com Official site in Finnish, also contains a description of the band in English
http://www.myspace.com/kilpiband Official MySpace page
Category:Finnish musical groups Category:Finnish heavy metal musical groups
