# Mehida

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{{Short description|Finnish melodic rock/metal band}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Mehida
| image            = 
| caption          = 
| background       = group_or_band
| origin           = [Finland](/source/Finland)
| genre            = [Melodic rock](/source/Melodic_rock)<br/>[melodic metal](/source/melodic_metal)<br/>[progressive metal](/source/progressive_metal)
| years_active     = 2006–2009
| label            = [Napalm](/source/Napalm_Records)
| associated_acts  = [Sonata Arctica](/source/Sonata_Arctica)<br/>[Solution .45](/source/Solution_.45)
| website          = mehida.net
| current_members  = [Mikko Harkin](/source/Mikko_Harkin)<br/>[Markus Niemispelto](/source/Markus_Niemispelto)<br/>[Toni Mäki-Leppilampi](/source/Toni_M%C3%A4ki-Leppilampi)<br/>[Henning Ramseth](/source/Henning_Ramseth)<br/>[Olli Tanttu](/source/Olli_Tanttu)<br/>[Thomas Vikström](/source/Thomas_Vikstr%C3%B6m)
| past_members     = Jani Stefanovic, Jarno Rautio
}}
'''Mehida''' was a Finnish melodic rock and metal band formed by ex-[Sonata Arctica](/source/Sonata_Arctica) keyboardist [Mikko Harkin](/source/Mikko_H%C3%A4rkin).<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Mehida – Blood & Water |language=German |first=Markus |last=Eck |magazine=[Sonic Seducer](/source/Sonic_Seducer) |year=2007 |issue=9 |url=http://www.sonic-seducer.de/index.php/component/option,com_reviews/anzeige,3010/func,detail/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130802191108/http://www.sonic-seducer.de/index.php/component/option,com_reviews/anzeige,3010/func,detail/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-08-02}}</ref> Other band members are Markus Niemispelto (drums), Henning Ramseth (guitar), Olli Tanttu (guitar), Toni Mäki-Leppilampi (bass) and [Thomas Vikström](/source/Thomas_Vikstr%C3%B6m) ([Therion](/source/Therion_(band)), Stormwind, ex-[Candlemass](/source/Candlemass_(band))) on vocals. Mehida's first album, ''Blood & Water'', was released in Finland on Aug. 22, 2007, in Europe on August 31, 2007, and in the U.S. on September 11, 2007, by Napalm Records.

During the week of August 27, 2007, ''Blood & Water'' hit No.&nbsp;23 on Finland's top 40 charts.<ref>[http://acharts.us/finland_albums_top_40/2007/35 Finland Albums Top 40]</ref> In 2008, the band finished recording a new album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/mehida-completes-recording-new-album|title=MEHIDA Completes Recording New Album|date=12 June 2008|website=[Blabbermouth.net](/source/Blabbermouth.net)|access-date=31 August 2024}}</ref> Shortly afterward, the band's second and final album, ''The Eminent Storm'', was released in 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=9125|title=Mehida: The Eminent Storm Review |website=seaoftranquility.org|accessdate=31 August 2024}}</ref> after which Mehida became inactive.

==Discography==
* ''Blood & Water'' ([Napalm](/source/Napalm_Records), 2007)
* ''The Eminent Storm'' (Bullroser Records, 2009)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://mehida.net Official Mehida Website]
* [http://www.djpdjp.nl/news.php?extend.287 Review of Blood&Water] at [ME Metalhour](/source/ME_Metalhour)
* [http://www.djpdjp.nl/news.php?extend.334 Interview with Mehida] at [ME Metalhour](/source/ME_Metalhour)

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Category:Finnish progressive metal musical groups

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