Sarcofagus History in Nutshell:
- Officially the first Finnish Heavy Metal Band
- First Finnish Heavy Metal Band singing in Finnish
- First Scandinavian Heavy Metal Band to have female vocalist (Muska Babitzin)
- First Scandinavian Band (first in the world?) to release a FULL ALBUM length story/live broadcast quality video ever (Kimmo Kuusniemi Band (Sarcofagus) / Moottorilinnut). This was before MTV, rental/sales videos and before people had VHS players. Talking about being ahead of time :) Coming out soon as a DVD! READ MORE>>>
- Released 1 Single and 3 Albums (2 albums re released in Italy 1996 by Mellotron, Cycle of Life released in Finland 2006).
- 4th album coming out soon after 25 years with original lineup (except for vocals); Kimmo Kuusniemi (guitars/drums), Esa Kotilainen (keyboards), Juha Kiminki (Bass) and Tanja Karttunen (Vocals).
- Kimmo Kuusniemi was the 1st spoke person for Finnish Heavy Metal. He also started the Finnish Heavy Metal Association to bring together all the metal fans in the age before communication revolution.
- Kimmo Kuusniemi brought metal to radio, TV and papers where he was used as the expert to explain the metal philosophy to reporters.
- In 2004 Kimmo Kuusniemi released a downloadable free web version of 1981 Moottorilinnut (Motorbirds) album with original alternative cover.