Finnish musician

Jani Liimatainen

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Intro

Finnish musician

Genres

Power metal Heavy metal Neo-classical metal Metal music

Record Labels

Spinefarm Records

Music

Member of, past and present

Sonata Arctica

Altaria

Cain's Offering

The Dark Element

Kotipelto & Liimatainen

Insomnium

Jani Allan Kristian Liimatainen (born 9 September 1980 in Kemi, Finland) is a Finnish musician, songwriter and backing vocalist, currently a member of melodic death metal band Insomnium. He is the former guitarist and one of the founding members of the power metal band Sonata Arctica. He has also performed with Cain's Offering, Altaria and Stratovarius vocalist Timo Kotipelto (his bandmate in Cain's Offering).

Most of his technique is self-taught, even though he had a few guitar lessons early in his life. He is endorsed by Ibanez, plays a Destroyer DT 200 Custom, the Ibanez JPM4 P4 (which is John Petrucci's signature model), and Ibanez "Streetwise" USA Custom guitars & Ibanez Rg 2020X. He cites Freak Kitchen, Dream Theater, and Pain of Salvation as his biggest musical influences.

He currently resides in Kotka.