--- title: "Circle" type: "MusicGroup" url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/circle" genre: "Heavy Metal" country: "Finland" formed: 1991 --- # Circle **Circle** is a heavy metal band, from Finland, active 1991 to present. Circle is a Finnish experimental rock band formed in Pori in 1991. Their eclectic, ever-changing style has been associated with genres such as krautrock, heavy metal, progressive rock, and ambient. On some albums they have defined themselves as New Wave of Finnish Heavy Metal (NWOFHM). Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_(Finnish_band) ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Name | Circle | | Genre | Heavy Metal | | Parent genre | Heavy Metal | | Origin | Pori, Finland | | Formed | 1991 | | Releases in catalog | 39 | ## Genres [Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) ## Line-up | Musician | Instruments | Years | Status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Jussi Lehtisalo](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jussi-lehtisalo) | | | Current | | [Tomi Leppänen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tomi-leppanen) | Membranophone | | Current | | [Janne Westerlund](https://themetalnet.com/musician/janne-westerlund) | | | Current | | [Janne Peltomäki](https://themetalnet.com/musician/janne-peltomaki) | | | Current | | [Jyrki Laiho](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jyrki-laiho) | | | Current | | [Teemu Elo](https://themetalnet.com/musician/teemu-elo) | | | Current | | [Teemu Niemelä](https://themetalnet.com/musician/teemu-niemela) | | | Current | | [Tuomas Laurila](https://themetalnet.com/musician/tuomas-laurila) | Tape, Effects | 2003 to present | Current | | [Janne Tuomi](https://themetalnet.com/musician/janne-tuomi) | | | Former | ## Discography | Year | Release | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | 1992 | [Point](https://themetalnet.com/album/27986070-c7f1-4d6f-9774-50d5aad980cb) | EP | | 1993 | [Crawatt](https://themetalnet.com/album/03e4de98-067c-456d-8585-e5d414831654) | EP | | 1993 | [Three Elves / Circle / Troublegum / False by West](https://themetalnet.com/album/bda96ac3-e529-4e63-ad4b-0f9cea6a554e) | EP | | 1994 | [Meronia](https://themetalnet.com/album/0393b3c0-c3b1-3f73-8218-a72ebdeb19cb) | Album | | 1996 | [Hissi](https://themetalnet.com/album/51d11608-56e8-33a4-9b91-2f889cde9403) | Album | | 1996 | [Zopalki](https://themetalnet.com/album/60cfa2b5-0dba-3a1a-9be6-ca4d1787c30a) | Album | | 1997 | [Fraten](https://themetalnet.com/album/bc661213-7ad8-3014-8f28-d685391bf194) | Album | | 1998 | [Pori](https://themetalnet.com/album/34c8cd54-f025-3a18-b411-4e088064ef78) | Album | | 1999 | [Andexelt](https://themetalnet.com/album/e0c67970-4014-3253-a9ea-f49c5ee773c1) | Album | | 2000 | [Prospekt](https://themetalnet.com/album/c43ff16a-bdc3-3f31-83eb-56a1482dbfd3) | Album | | 2001 | [Taantumus](https://themetalnet.com/album/98a47f1d-70f0-3abf-861d-9842f6161528) | Album | | 2002 | [Alotus](https://themetalnet.com/album/6b82007f-1cbe-3312-84bb-fff53f00f343) | Album | | 2002 | [Sunrise](https://themetalnet.com/album/8146b8d3-134d-326a-a734-eb48d91563f5) | Album | | 2003 | [Guillotine](https://themetalnet.com/album/0d8571be-7196-30e8-a134-e7b5d11790c8) | Album | | 2004 | [Forest](https://themetalnet.com/album/1fc8c884-dd5b-32d4-9c81-30a3b4d4568e) | Album | | 2005 | [Tulikoira](https://themetalnet.com/album/a63afb8a-7907-3798-abbc-9b08e888777f) | Album | | 2006 | [Earthworm](https://themetalnet.com/album/ef54a563-4e4f-3f46-ba9d-5e3d1ae24afe) | EP | | 2006 | [Miljard](https://themetalnet.com/album/3052e85d-3cf8-38fa-9779-eac3a90617a3) | Album | | 2006 | [Tyrant](https://themetalnet.com/album/2381f594-5264-3af6-b2a3-cfee609ab4a9) | Album | | 2007 | [Katapult](https://themetalnet.com/album/65f82ee4-98c8-3c4a-83f1-7b210a1d02df) | Album | | 2007 | [Panic](https://themetalnet.com/album/556eece7-ce05-3742-baee-1e0ec430cf33) | Album | | 2007 | [Tower](https://themetalnet.com/album/36a5d832-5ac5-38fa-93d2-fc9e05696e1e) | Album | | 2008 | [Hollywood](https://themetalnet.com/album/c7873369-2cc8-3305-98dd-079868f8c696) | Album | | 2010 | [Rautatie](https://themetalnet.com/album/f3c567f1-e061-4c57-b9e2-1b03ff869216) | Album | | 2011 | [Giardino](https://themetalnet.com/album/9525b1de-ed2b-4780-84e0-0194d394274d) | Album | | 2011 | [Infektio](https://themetalnet.com/album/55ecb33f-3219-40c7-80e3-dfd8c44eb26c) | Album | | 2011 | [Mylläri](https://themetalnet.com/album/62b591f7-95e0-4223-a5b4-b635c1dcd87f) | EP | | 2011 | [Noiduttu](https://themetalnet.com/album/a151b794-4faf-4be0-b30a-639b3f742fb9) | Album | | 2011 | [Rakkaus tulessa](https://themetalnet.com/album/dbed7dbd-69af-4d5e-bc14-28794b982a75) | Album | | 2012 | [Manner](https://themetalnet.com/album/fc25875a-c232-4262-a6b7-54ecac1ba3c7) | Album | | 2013 | [Enharmonic Intervals (for Paschen Organ)](https://themetalnet.com/album/5624c807-9d60-42dd-b8c2-f4d0b6bb7be3) | Album | | 2013 | [Incarnation](https://themetalnet.com/album/5b9a96b7-1b4a-4cea-837c-3b3a0cc2033e) | Album | | 2014 | [Leviatan](https://themetalnet.com/album/faa8135e-8cc8-4e5d-9b41-0657291cbca0) | Album | | 2015 | [Pharaoh Overlord](https://themetalnet.com/album/ca95fbf6-4aaa-4ca4-9c28-a552fd7e81a8) | Album | | 2017 | [Terminal](https://themetalnet.com/album/43426f4e-a615-4d74-9bf3-dea1174e08eb) | Album | | 2021 | [Henki](https://themetalnet.com/album/81690a33-8f54-444b-b1ac-b52a8fdf9a53) | Album | | 2021 | [Hymiö](https://themetalnet.com/album/0974670a-14bf-4d7f-a09a-bac45fc50aa4) | Album | | 2023 | [Hymiö 2](https://themetalnet.com/album/f99f8ba0-8ff4-4d48-9261-1538c8631936) | Album | | 2024 | [Muurahaiset](https://themetalnet.com/album/659ad791-c698-4abc-bc42-bbdfc5f6f32b) | Album | ## Related bands - [Pharaoh Overlord](https://themetalnet.com/band/pharaoh-overlord) (listened together) - [Kyuss](https://themetalnet.com/band/kyuss) (listened together) - [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together) - [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together) - [Yakuza](https://themetalnet.com/band/yakuza) (listened together) - [Unearthly Trance](https://themetalnet.com/band/unearthly-trance) (listened together) - [Pentagram](https://themetalnet.com/band/pentagram) (listened together) - [Om](https://themetalnet.com/band/om) (listened together) - [Nine Inch Nails](https://themetalnet.com/band/nine-inch-nails) (listened together) - [Killing Joke](https://themetalnet.com/band/killing-joke) (listened together) - [Electric Wizard](https://themetalnet.com/band/electric-wizard) (listened together) - [The Obsessed](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-obsessed) (listened together) ## Official and external links - bandcamp: https://circlesl.bandcamp.com/ - spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0VFRNaQs3xWnI8zSB66MDR - deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/80939 --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/circle](https://themetalnet.com/band/circle). 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