{{Short description|Finnish thrash metal band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Scourger | image = | background = group_or_band | origin = Helsinki, Finland | genre = Thrash metal<ref name="MusicMight" /><ref name="blabberhatchet" /> | years_active = 2003–present | label = Cyclone Records | website = {{url|thescourger.net}} | current_members = Jari Hurskainen<br/>Jani Hentilä<br/>Jape Nummenpää<br/>Tero Kemppainen | past_members = Pekka Hämäläinen<br/>Timo Nyberg<br/>Harri Hytönen<br/>Alec Hirst-Gee<br/>Kirka Sainio<br/>Seppo Tarvainen<br/>Kimmo Kammonen<br/>Jani Luttinen<br/>Antti Wirman }}

'''The Scourger''' is a thrash metal<ref name="MusicMight">{{cite web | url = http://www.musicmight.com/artist/finland/helsinki/the+scourger | title = The Scourger biography | work = MusicMight | accessdate = 2008-07-09 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120605022238/http://www.musicmight.com/artist/finland/helsinki/the+scourger | archivedate = 2012-06-05 }}</ref><ref name="blabberhatchet">{{cite web | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=76389 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130201110510/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=76389 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-02-01 | title = The Scourger: 'Never Bury the Hatchet' Single Enters Finnish Chart at No.&nbsp;9 | date = 2007-07-09 | work = Blabbermouth.net | accessdate = 2008-07-09 }}</ref> band from Helsinki, Finland, that formed in 2003. All three of the band's singles have landed on the national Finnish charts: "Hatehead", which debuted at No.&nbsp;1 in July 2005;<ref name="MusicMight" /><ref name="blabberhatehead">{{cite web | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=57256 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130202071955/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=57256 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-02-02 | title = The Scourger: 'Blind Date with Violence' Re-Release Track Listing Revealed | date = 2006-08-28 | work = Blabbermouth.net | accessdate = 2008-07-09 }}</ref> "Maximum Intensity", which landed at No.&nbsp;3 a year later and climbed to No.&nbsp;2 the following week;<ref name="MusicMight" /><ref name="blabberhatehead" /> and "Never Bury the Hatchet", which entered the charts at No.&nbsp;9 in July 2007.<ref name="blabberhatchet" /> The first two singles are found on the band's 2006 debut album, ''Blind Date with Violence'', while the third single is on the 2008 follow-up, ''Dark Invitation to Armageddon''. On May 14, 2009, the band announced that it was splitting; vocalist Jari Hurskainen retained The Scourger name, while drummer Seppo Tarvainen, bassist Kimmo Kammonen, and guitarists Jani Luttinen and Antti Wirman will form a new band which has not yet been officially announced. The reason for the split was not given.<ref name="blabbersplit">{{cite web | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=120337 | title = The Scourger Divided | date=2009-05-18 | work = Blabbermouth.net | accessdate = 2009-05-18}}</ref> Hurskainen announced the addition of three new members the following year: Jani Hentilä and Tero Kemppainen on guitars and Jape Nummenpää on bass.<ref name="blabbernewmembers">{{cite web | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=147295 | title = The Scourger Announces New Members | date = 2010-10-07 | work = Blabbermouth.net | accessdate = 2010-10-07}}</ref><ref name="blabbernewguitar">{{cite web | url = http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=148812 | title = The Scourger Adds New Guitaris | date = 2010-11-04 | work = Blabbermouth.net | accessdate = 2010-11-04}}</ref>

==Band members==

===Current members=== *Jari Hurskainen – vocals *Jani Hentilä – guitars *Tero Kemppainen – guitars *Jape Nummenpää - bass

===Former members=== *Pekka Hämäläinen – guitars *Timo Nyberg – guitars *Harri Hytönen – guitars *Seppo Tarvainen – drums *Jani Luttinen – guitars *Antti Wirman – guitars *Kimmo Kammonen – bass

===Session musicians=== *Alec Hirst-Gee – bass *Kirka Sainio – bass

==Discography==

===EPs=== *''To the Slayground'' (2005)

===Studio albums=== *''Blind Date with Violence'' (2006) *''Dark Invitation to Armageddon'' (2008)

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==External links== * [http://www.thescourger.net/ Official website]

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