History

Eclosed from the scaup duck's egg....

Sammontakojat began by Jonttu Virta and Kide Leppäpohja as part of the Pori Youth Workshop band. The theme was progressive rock, which influenced Kalevala, Finnish national romanticism and early Finnish history. Lassi Nuolivaara and composer / lyricist Tuomas Keskimäki were composing the songs. The line-ups in the years of the year changed a lot, with the band concentrating on being a place for young people to develop their own musical skills, socialize, and catch up with normal routines. The band workshop offered young artists the opportunity to access the musician's everyday life in the form of performances, studio work, playing exercises, as well as composing and arranging songs.

The Wind Of Change

In early 2015, the wind of change took place. The band outsourced themselves, stepped out of Workshop and turned into their own entity. The founder members were Jonttu Virta (guitar) and Kide Leppäpohja (vocals), Lassi Nuolivaara (keyboards and vocals), Sini Ahlqvist (vocals) and Rami Peltola (drums). Tuomas Keskimäki also continued as a lyricist in the background. Also, the line-up wa additionally strenghtened.

In becoming months, the line-up became more intense when Kide Leppäpohja and Stina Ahlqvist freed from the band. The band returned to the local stages, after which new music under work. In spring 2015, the band started recording new material. In the middle of the recordings, Tuomas Kuparinen had to leave the band. In 2016, the band released their new single LOUHI and in 2017 the single POIKAHINEN. In 2018 Ville-Veikko Laaksonen and Rami Peltola left the band.

Towards the unknown

Following the changes, Juha-Tapio Anttonen (Drums) and Tero Korkeakoski (Bass) joined the line-up. Music of Sammontakojat is nowadays a combination of different genres of music, which is basicly based on folk, metal and rock music, but with a touch of progressive coloring. The lyrics are based on poems by Tuomas Keskimäki. The stories and poems are involved around the characters and themes from Finnish Karelian folklore, history and literature.