# The Scourger

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{{Short description|Finnish thrash metal band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = The Scourger
| image           = 
| background      = group_or_band
| origin          = [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), [Finland](/source/Finland)
| genre           = [Thrash metal](/source/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](/source/thrash_metal)<ref name="MusicMight">{{cite web | url = http://www.musicmight.com/artist/finland/helsinki/the+scourger | title = The Scourger biography | work = [MusicMight](/source/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](/source/Blabbermouth.net) | accessdate = 2008-07-09 }}</ref> band from [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), [Finland](/source/Finland), that formed in 2003. All three of the band's [singles](/source/single_(music)) 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](/source/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](/source/Blind_Date_with_Violence)'', while the third single is on the 2008 follow-up, ''[Dark Invitation to Armageddon](/source/Dark_Invitation_to_Armageddon)''. On May 14, 2009, the band announced that it was splitting; [vocalist](/source/singing) Jari Hurskainen retained The Scourger name, while [drummer](/source/drummer) Seppo Tarvainen, [bassist](/source/bassist) Kimmo Kammonen, and [guitarists](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/To_the_Slayground)'' (2005)

===Studio albums===
*''[Blind Date with Violence](/source/Blind_Date_with_Violence)'' (2006)
*''[Dark Invitation to Armageddon](/source/Dark_Invitation_to_Armageddon)'' (2008)

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

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