Catamenia (band)

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Catamenia
Catamenia at Jalometalli 2008
Background information
Origin	Oulu, Finland
Genres	Melodic black metal, melodic death metal
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Massacre
Members	Riku Hopeakoski Juha-Matti Perttunen Mikko Hepo-oja Toni Qvick Sauli Jauhiainen Jussi Sauvola
Past members	See: full listing
Website	catamenia.net

Catamenia is a Finnish black metal band founded in 1995 by Riku Hopeakoski and Mika Tönning in Oulu. They have been signed to Massacre Records since their first full-length release Halls of Frozen North in 1998. As of 2010, they have released nine albums, one EP, and one DVD. They are known for frequent usage of wolves in their album art, but the band is named after a kind of bird. Catamenia also means "menstruation", which the band did not know until a fan pointed it out to them after the release of their debut album.