Kai Hahto
{{short description|Finnish musician and drummer (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kai Hahto
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image = Tuska 20130628 - Wintersun - 32.jpg
| image_size = 270
| caption = Kai with Wintersun at the 2013 Tuska Open Air Metal Festival
| alias = The Grinder, Dr. K.H., Caer Hallam Generis, K
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|12|31}}
| birth_place = Vaasa, Finland
| genre = Melodic death metal, folk metal, power metal, grindcore
| occupation = Musician
| instrument = Drums, percussion
| years_active = 1993–present
| label =
}}
Kai Hahto (born 31 December 1973) is a Finnish musician, best known as the drummer of Wintersun and Nightwish.
Career
In 2002, Hahto went to New York to study jazz drumming.{{cite web |last1=Kapanen |first1=Marika |title=Haastattelussa Kai Hahto - "Jos joku ajattelee, että osaat soittaa jazzia, niin automaattisesti osaat soittaa metallia - ei todellakaan pidä paikkaansa!" |url=https://metalliluola.fi/haastattelussa-kai-hahto-jos-joku-ajattelee-etta-osaat-soittaa-jazzia-niin-automaattisesti-osaat-soittaa-metallia-ei-todellakaan-pida-paikkaansa/ |website=Metalliluola |access-date=2 April 2024 |language=fi |date=26 March 2024}}
Hahto was a member of the grindcore band Rotten Sound.{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p677148/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Wintersun|last=Rivadavia|first=Eduardo|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=22 May 2010}}
In 2004 Hahto became one of the founders of the band Wintersun and left Rotten Sound later in 2005. In 2009-2012 Kai Hahto played about 300 shows with doom-death-metal band Swallow the Sun as a tour drummer.
Hahto has an endorsement relationship with Sihi cymbals, Pearl drums and hardware, Balbex drumsticks, Roland V-Drums and Finfonic earphones. {{Citation needed|date=October 2010}}
On 6 August 2014, it was announced that Hahto would play drums on the Nightwish studio album, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, replacing Jukka Nevalainen who went on hiatus from the band due to insomnia,{{cite web|title=Nightwish Drummer Jukka Nevalainen Forced To Take Break From Band Due To Health Issues|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwish-drummer-jukka-nevalainen-forced-to-take-break-from-band-due-to-health-issues/|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=6 August 2014|date=6 August 2014}} and Hahto performed on all live shows since that date. On 15 July 2019, Hahto became Nightwish's permanent drummer following Nevalainen's decision not to return to the band.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/nightwishs-jukka-nevalainen-officially-exits-band-kai-hahto-named-permanent-drummer/|title=NIGHTWISH's JUKKA NEVALAINEN Officially Exits Band; KAI HAHTO Named Permanent Drummer|publisher=Blabbermouth|date=15 July 2019|access-date=15 July 2019}}
In December 2020, it was announced that Hahto would be the drummer for the new lineup in Finnish black metal band Darkwoods My Betrothed, who had become active again.{{cite web |last1=Isoaho |first1=Timo |title=Metallipioneeri Darkwoods My Betrothed palaa pitkältä levytystauolta - Tuomas Holopainen on nyt mukana vakiojäsenenä |url=https://www.soundi.fi/uutiset/metallipioneeri-darkwoods-my-betrodhed-palaa-pitkalta-levytystauolta-tuomas-holopainen-on-nyt-mukana-vakiojasenena/ |website=Soundi |access-date=28 December 2020 |date=25 December 2020 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Darkwoods My Betrothedin paluu on todellisuutta - kokoonpanossa mukana myös Nightwish-maestro Tuomas Holopainen |url=https://www.inferno.fi/uutiset/darkwoods-my-betrothedin-paluu-on-todellisuutta-kokoonpanossa-mukana-myos-nightwish-maestro-tuomas-holopainen/ |website=Inferno.fi |access-date=31 December 2020 |date=26 December 2020 |language=fi}}
Discography
| class="wikitable"
!Band !Year of release !Title !Label |
| Cartilage
|1992 |Split album w/ Altar |Drowned Productions |
| Vomiturition
|1995 |A Leftover |Invasion Records |
| Wings
|1995 |Diatribe |Woodcut Records |
| Rotten Sound
|1995 |Sick Bastard |Genet Records |
| Rotten Sound
|1995 |Psychotic Veterinarian |S.O.A. Records |
| Rotten Sound
|1996 |Loosin' Face |Anomie Records |
| Enochian Crescent
|1997 |Telocvovim |Woodcut Records |
| Rotten Sound
|1997 |Spitted Alive |I.D.S. Records |
| Rotten Sound
|1997 |Under Pressure |Repulse Records |
| Rotten Sound
|1998 |Drain |Repulse Records |
| Rotten Sound
|2000 |Still Psycho |
| Max on the Rox
|2000 |Voodoo |Kråklund Records |
| Rotten Sound
|2001 |8 Hours of Lobotomy |M.C.R. Records |
| Rotten Sound
|2002 |Necropolis Records |
| Max on the Rox
|2002 |Rox II |Kråklund Records |
| Rotten Sound
|2003 |Seeds of Hate |Cudgel Agency |
| Rotten Sound
|2003 |From Crust 'Til Grind |
| Wintersun
|2004 |
| Max on the Rox
|2004 |Rhythmic Songs from a Mysterious Red House |Kråklund Records |
| Rotten Sound
|2005 |Exit |
| Swallow the Sun
|2009 |Spinefarm Records |
| Swallow the Sun
|2012 |Emerald Forest and the Blackbird |Spinefarm Records |
| Wintersun
|2012 |
| Nightwish
|2015 |Nuclear Blast |
| Trees of Eternity
|2016 |Hour of the Nightingale |Svart Records |
| Nightwish
|2020 |Nuclear Blast |
| Auri
|rowspan="2"|2021 |II – Those We Don't Speak Of |Nuclear Blast |
| Darkwoods My Betrothed
|Angel of Carnage Unleashed |Napalm Records |
| Wintersun
|2024 |Time II |Nuclear Blast |
| Nightwish
|2024 |Nuclear Blast |
References
{{Reflist}}
= Sources =
- {{cite book
|last1=Isoaho
|first1=Timo
|title=Nightwish – We Were Here
|date=2018
|publisher=Deggael Communications
|location=Latvia
|isbn=978-952-99749-3-1
|edition=English}}
External links
{{commons category}}
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060516062816/http://www.kaihahto.com/ Official website]}}
- [http://www.wintersun.fi Official Wintersun website]
{{Nightwish}}
{{Rotten Sound}}
{{Wintersun}}
{{Swallow the Sun}}
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Category:Finnish heavy metal drummers