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Finland"s top nationwide Rock radio network YLEX chose "Softly" as the album of the week in August 2004.
Finland"s top nationwide Rock radio network YLEX chose "Softly" as the album of the week in August 2004.
His band RUST has released three albums and several singles between 2003–2010. Herranen competed in Michael Monroe"s team in the reality singing competition The Voice of Finland in 2012. His debut solo album Kylmä maailma was released through Johanna Kustannus on 20 June 2012.
RUST
Herranen was the main composer and the singer/bass player of RUST, a post-grunge/metal band out of Helsinki, Finland.
Since the formation of RUST in 2001, Herranen also produced all the band"s recordings, including three full-length albums, two European Parliament"s and five singles. Their debut album Softly was released in August 2004 and it reached Top50 on the Finnish album chart.
Solo
After reaching Top8 on The Voice of Finland Herranen signed a record deal with Johanna/Universal to release his solo album Kylmä Maailma (Cold World). He has written all the songs, sings and plays all the instruments except cello and violin on the album that he had been writing for the past four years.
The album was recorded and mixed at his Noise Floor studio.
The album debuted at Number. 6 on the Finnish album chart. Other projects
Apart from singing and playing a variety of instruments in several bands, Herranen has also established himself as a record producer and sound engineer both in studio and live concerts.
He has predominantly been involved with the production of heavy metal recordings and concerts of such bands as Lullacry, Carnalation, Profane Omen, Kilt, Plastic Tears, The Chant, Iiwanajulma, Misery Incorporated., and Killpretty.
As a lead vocalist, Herranen has fronted many cover bands playing the music of Iron Maiden, Alice in Chains, Metallica, and Pantera. Herranen began studying piano at the age of three, drums at the age thirteen and voice in high school.
At the People’s & Jazz Conservatory in Helsinki, he has been able to study, compose, produce and teach music He is engaged to a vocal coach and singer Mari Multanen.
Despite his vision loss, Herranen is able to read and operate computers, mixing consoles and other machinery.
RUST
The Black European Parliament RUST/TCM 2003
Mission You -single TCM 2004
Ordinary World -single TCM 2004
Softly -album TCM 2004
Addiction/Levottomat 3 Movie Soundtrack Poko 2004
Pray -single Edel 2004
Slave -single TCM 2005
Away -single 92Dawn 2006
Songs of Suffocation -album 92Dawn 2006
Scars -European Parliament 92Dawn 2007
Dark Deep Times -album RUST 2010
Velcra
Consequences of Disobedience Virgin Records (Electric and Music Industries) 2001
Between Force And Fate Electric and Music Industries 2005
Hadal (drums, recording) Bonnier Amigo 2007
Killpretty
The Art of Letting Go (producer, recording, mixing, mastering) 2006
Beagon
Traffic (mixing) 2007
Misery Incorporated.
..BreedGreedBreed. (producing, recording) 2007
Iiwanajulma
Tuhottu tila (producing, recording, mixing 2008
The Chant
Ghostlines (mixing) 2008
Plastic Tears
Nine Lives Never Dies (recording, mixing, keyboards) 2009
Kilt
Everything / Nothing (recording, mixing, vocals) 2009
Profane Omen
Inherit The Void (vocal production) 2009
Lullacry
Where Angels Fear (recording, mixing, producing, vocals) 2012.