---
title: "Wintersun"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/wintersun"
genre: "Melodic Death Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 2003
---

# Wintersun

**Wintersun** is a melodic death metal band, from Finland, active 2003 to present.

Wintersun is a Finnish symphonic/melodic death metal band from Helsinki originally formed as the side project of Jari Mäenpää, then-vocalist and guitarist of folk metal band Ensiferum.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wintersun

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Wintersun |
| Genre | Melodic Death Metal |
| Parent genre | Death Metal |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Formed | 2003 |
| Releases in catalog | 8 |

## Genres

[Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Kai Hahto](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kai-hahto) | Drums (drum set) | 2004 to present | Current |
| [Jukka Koskinen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jukka-koskinen) | Electric bass guitar | 2005 to present | Current |
| [Teemu Mäntysaari](https://themetalnet.com/musician/teemu-mantysaari) | Guitar family | 2004 to present | Current |
| [Jari Mäenpää](https://themetalnet.com/musician/jari-maenpaa) | Electric bass guitar, Keyboard, Lead vocals, Electric guitar | 2003 to present | Current |
| [Oliver Fokin](https://themetalnet.com/musician/oliver-fokin) | Guitar family | 2004 to 2004 | Former |
| [Asim Searah](https://themetalnet.com/musician/asim-searah) | Guitar | 2017 to 2022 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | [Wintersun](https://themetalnet.com/album/7e8c9b16-b135-3eaf-9e33-7ca1aa694a8a) | Album |
| 2012 | [Time I](https://themetalnet.com/album/7658745e-582a-4517-abca-b8e82fa30e35) | Album |
| 2017 | [The Forest Seasons](https://themetalnet.com/album/12472ccb-1f2c-465d-8b92-f5856335fd0d) | Album |
| 2017 | [TIME I 1.5 Instrumental](https://themetalnet.com/album/2910b2ef-c45d-489a-9246-4bccfc88b9ab) | Album |
| 2024 | [TIME I 2.0 (instrumental)](https://themetalnet.com/album/42266f4e-0cd8-4648-a7af-eb6641ac6f49) | Album |
| 2024 | [Time II](https://themetalnet.com/album/45181199-ad37-406c-a923-d5af488736e6) | Album |
| 2024 | [TIME II (instrumental)](https://themetalnet.com/album/d2f16a7c-0e38-4b97-8542-a0e6989b723e) | Album |
|  | [Live at Metalcamp](https://themetalnet.com/album/44e70a24-32e6-4947-a44a-c6d96bbdaa4c) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Ensiferum](https://themetalnet.com/band/ensiferum) (listened together)
- [Amon Amarth](https://themetalnet.com/band/amon-amarth) (listened together)
- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)
- [Eluveitie](https://themetalnet.com/band/eluveitie) (listened together)
- [Dark Tranquillity](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-tranquillity) (listened together)
- [Korpiklaani](https://themetalnet.com/band/korpiklaani) (listened together)
- [Insomnium](https://themetalnet.com/band/insomnium) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together)
- [Equilibrium](https://themetalnet.com/band/equilibrium) (listened together)
- [Finntroll](https://themetalnet.com/band/finntroll) (listened together)
- [Turisas](https://themetalnet.com/band/turisas) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wintersun
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/WintersunBand
- x: https://twitter.com/Wintersun
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wintersunofficial/
- bandcamp: https://wintersun.bandcamp.com/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Wintersun/22813
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/fi/artist/20101717
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ui6SwChan7c1KYBQCqGKV
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/16726

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/wintersun](https://themetalnet.com/band/wintersun). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt