tupleturtlegmai

Kuopio, Suomi

Tuple is the nickname of Finnish musician Tommi Salmela. He is best known as the co-vocalist (alongside Marko Hietala) of Finnish heavy metal legends Tarot, but he has had a long singing career beyond that. He is a well-used backing vocalist, having added textures and layers on recordings for many bands like Amorphis, Twilightning, Cardiant, and many more. He’s also one of the key singers in the very popular Raskasta Joulua project, which is a Finnish ensemble that has recorded several albums and do annual concerts performing traditional Christmas carols/songs in a Heavy Metal style. The new Tuple project is basically his first solo album. On Wooden Box, Tommi takes a much bigger step towards the melodic side of rock music, embracing AOR and melodic rock to a larger degree. He is a fan of bands like Journey, Kansas, Boston, and Chicago, and the album was touted as a melodic rock project.