Biography
Paganus can refer to one of two bands:
1)Paganus is a doom metal band from Finland. They play a type of heavy doom metal with raw vocals. The band was formed in 2000 and is currently active. The band is signed to the label Totalrust Music.
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Discography:
2006 - Live at Valorock 16.9.2005 (Demo)
2007 - Paganus Promo (Demo)
2008 - Pagauns (Totalrust)
Current line-up:
Manu Liira - Guitars
Teemu Muhli - Bass
Tomi Pekkola - Drums
Mikko Nenonen - Programming, Effects
Markus Lanki - Vocals
Former members:
Ari Jokinen - Drums (2000-2003)
Juho Harjula - Drums (2003-2004)
2) Paganus is a heathen folk rock band from Sweden, who "give a voice to forests, bark, grass, river and bog". Formed in 2004 by Johannes Söderqvist, they recorded a 5-track EP "Memento Mori" in the summer of 2005, which a reviewer dubbed 'forest-rock', a genre title which has been associated with their music ever since. They see this as a shorter way to say 'Really heavy folk rock with influences of both Scandinavian and Celtic folk music, with a touch of prog, stoner and psychedelica'.
Their 2007 full-length "Skogsrock" was released on their own label Earth n Wood and was distributed by the giants of Scandinavian prog Record Heaven.
Current line-up:
Johannes "Hampe" Söderqvist - Lead vocals, guitar, mandolin
Maria Larsson - Mandolin, violin, backing vocals
Fredrik "Balle" Karlsson - Bass
Fredrik "Molle" Molin - Lead guitar
Jolene Fredricson - Drums, percussion
Former members:
Erik Gothlin (for album "Skogsrock")
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.