Hiili Hiilesmaa

Finnish record producer and musician

Hiili Hiilesmaa
Hiilesmaa performing with KYPCK in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Kai Hiilesmaa
Born	December 1966 (1966-12) (age 57)
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Hard rock, gothic rock, progressive metal, death-doom, melodic death metal, folk metal, shock rock, industrial metal, alternative metal, black metal, doom metal, sludge metal
Occupation(s)	Record producer, musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, drums, keyboards
Years active	1995–present

Website	hiilihiilesmaa.com

Musical artist

Kai "Hiili" Hiilesmaa (born December 1966) is a Finnish record producer and musician. He is the vocalist of the rock band The Skreppers, former drummer of the doom metal band KYPCK and former keyboardist of the rock band Daniel Lioneye. He has worked with several internationally recognized rock groups, including his near 20-year association with Finnish band HIM.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Hiilesmaa began producing music professionally in 1995, recording with such bands as HIM, Amorphis and Apocalyptica. His trademarks include heavy, overdriven guitar sounds and experimental synthesiser programming. In 2013, Hiilesmaa addressed his preference for analog recording, saying "I prefer analog these days. Not only the sound, it asks more attitude to work with analog. Also you must make up your mind faster. There is no 'undo' in analog, which is often good."^[4]

Partial production discography

The 69 Eyes

Devils (2005)
Angels (2007)

Amorphis

"Elegy" (1995)
"My Kantele" (1997)
"Far from the Sun" (2003)

Ancara

Chasing Shadows (2009)

Apocalyptica

Inquisition Symphony (1998)
"Cult" (2000)

Eilera

Precious Moment (2005)
Fusion (2007)

HIM

666 Ways to Love: Prologue (1996)
Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666 (1997)
Love Metal (2003)
And Love Said No: The Greatest Hits 1997–2004 (2004)
Venus Doom (2007)
Shatter Me with Hope (Sword of Democles version) from the "Heartkiller" CD single (2010)
"XX – Two Decades of Love Metal (2012)
Tears on Tape (2013)

Lordi

"The Monsterican Dream" (2004)

Moonspell

Darkness and Hope (2001)
The Antidote (2003)

Poisonblack

Of Rust and Bones (2010)

Ruoska

Rabies (2008)

Samantha Scarlette

Violent Delights + Violent Ends (2014)^[5]

Sentenced

"Crimson (1999)
"The Cold White Light" (2002)
"The Funeral Album" (2005)

References

^ Discogs – Hiili Hiilesmaa
^ MusicMight – HIM^{[permanent dead link]}
^ MusicMight – Sentenced^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "NY VIDEO: Samantha Scarlette – These Violent Delights". 6 November 2014.