Tracker Name: tARANTULa
First Name: Paavo
Last Name: Härkönen
Age: 18
Location: Tampere, Finland
Years Tracking: 8
Favorite Tracker(s): Zack, Cadaver, Malekith, Betrayer
Favorite Genre(s): Heavy metal & "true" metal
Please explain a little about yourself: Well, I live in Finland (Tampere), and I'm fighting the war against false metal :) Music is my number one hobby, but I also collect cult horror movies and I'm a crazy sauna freak (I go to sauna almost every goddamn day!).
Do you play any real instruments? Yes, I play guitar.
If so, for how long? 7-8 years. I've never had a teacher, so I've learned everything I know by myself.
Please explain how you discovered the metalmod scene: FrizzleFried had downloaded some of my metal songs from Modarchive (I think?) and he contacted me asking if he could put the song on his page for download... The site was called FrizzleFried's Metal Mod Page at the time.
What is your opinion on what the metalmod scene has become? The scene is bigger and the songs have improved a lot in sound quality, but I think the scene has too much people who don't give a shit about what's happening. For example, not very many people care to vote in compos, which is a terrible shame. There are people who clearly care about the scene though, for example Aeuk. My full respect to him.
What are your future plans in regards to metal tracking and the metalmod scene in general? I'll keep tracking metal as long as I feel doing it... and I'll do what I can to keep the scene alive. I'm sure that I will make music for the rest of my life though, in one way or another, unless I become deaf from listening to Manowar too loud :)