After disbanding his many projects in 2012, Finnish singer/guitarist Tuomas Saukkonen decided to dedicate himself full-time to a new project called Wolfheart.
At first it was a solo project, and then it turned into a full-fledged group.
The creative path of the group Wolfheart
In 2012, Tuomas Saukkonen shocked everyone when he announced that he had closed his musical projects in order to start over. Saukkonen has recorded and released tracks for the Wolfheart project, playing all the instruments and doing the vocals himself.
In an interview with the Finnish music publication Kaaos Zine, when asked about the reasons for this change, Tuomas replied:
“At some point, I realized that I was just keeping the bands alive, and not bringing something new to them. I lost my passion for music which is the main reason why I had a lot of side projects like Black Sun Aeon, Routa Sielu, Dawn Of Solace. These were the bands where I had the ability to be artistically free and create what I wanted. Now that I've completed all the projects and created one new one, I've started building everything from scratch, which I'm very happy about. I have rediscovered my love for music.”
Tuomas Saukkonen decided to combine the musical elements of his previous bands and start re-creating music after 14 years in the music industry.
A year later, the group consisted of three members, such as: Lauri Silvonen (bassist), Junas Kauppinen (drummer) and Mike Lammassaari (project founder, guitarist).
Discography
Winterborn was named the best debut album of 2013 in the annual Record Store Ax customer poll. In 2014 and 2015 the band performed on stage with Finnish band Shade Empire and folk metal band Finntroll.
Also during this time, Wolfheart played international stages on their first European tour with Swallow the Sun and Sonata Arctica.
The culmination of 2015 was the second album Shadow World, which contributed to the collaboration with Spinefarm Records (Universal).
In early 2016, the band began pre-production of their third album at the legendary Petrax studios.
In January 2017, Wolfheart toured Europe with Insomnium and Barren Earth, where they played 19 dates.
March 2017 began with the release of the Tyhjyys album, which received dozens of reviews around the world.
“Determination and perseverance were key to the making of this album, overcoming hurdle after hurdle during the recording process. The cold and beauty of winter became the inspiration where the music originated. This is definitely a triumph in Wolfheart's career and one of the biggest battles won in our career. The result exceeded all our expectations, we are in the first places in the lists of many charts. This is one of our biggest wins."
The band talked about this album
In March 2017, the tour continued in Spain and two concerts with Dark Tranquility in Finland and an autumn tour in Europe with Ensiferum and Skyclad.
In 2018 Wolfheart announced their upcoming concerts at the legendary Metal Cruise festival (USA) and the Ragnarok festival in Germany.
In the first album Winterborn, which was released in 2013 as a standalone release, Tuomas Saukkonen played all the instruments himself and also performed the vocals himself.
Guest musician Miku Lammassaari from Eternal Tears of Sorrow and Mors Subita can be heard playing the guitar solo.
Contract with Spinefarm Records
On February 3, 2015, the band signed with Spinefarm Records and re-released their 2013 debut album Winterborn with two additional bonus tracks, Insulation and Into the Wild.
In 2014 and 2015 Tokyo hosted national performances with Shade Empire and Finntroll, the first European tour with Swallow the Sun and a performance with Sonata Arctica.
The band also took part in Scandinavian and other European festivals such as Summer Breeze 2014.
The Wolfheart team is famous for its thoughtful melodic music. Thanks to the fourth album, the group gained even more popularity.
Since February 2013, the name Wolfheart has become synonymous with atmospheric, yet brutal winter metal.
Group success
The work of the Wolfheart group has won respect on radio stations in Asia, Europe and the USA. They received support from European record labels such as Ravenheart Music.
Thanks to this, they were able to spread their music in the UK, Europe and Brazil.
The first video clip of Ravenland was released and was broadcast on MTV programs for almost two years, in addition to being shown on other open television channels such as: TV Multishow, Record, Play TV, TV Cultura and others.
Many people think that Tuomas Saukkonen is an underestimated genius. One of the most talented songwriters has written and released 14 albums and three EPs in 11 years with multiple bands, while simultaneously serving as a producer on many of these releases.
In 2013, he "pulled the trigger" for all of his current bands by announcing a new project that became his only musical project, Wolfheart.
