Genre(s):
Heavy/Viking Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Battles, death, metal, paganism
Origin:
Finland (Aanekoski)
Formed In:
1989
Status:
Split-up
Last known line-up:
Ari Honkonen (formerly Sinister Satyr) - Vocals, guitars (Anal Jesus (Fin), Heathen Hoof, Minotauri, Perkele, The Hard Devils)
Jani Lamberg - Bass (Heathen Hoof)
Miika Minen - Drums (Clarity)
Former/Past Member(s):
Bass:
Miikka Oksanen
Jani "Jore" Sohlman
Mikko Paavilainen (aka Bowel)
Tomi Kankainen (aka Aziraphale) (also keyboard) (Heathen Hoof, Jдrin Mцyremд, Murder in Art/Clayforge, Rautakello)

Drums:
Tommi "Hinninen"
Pasi Pasanen (aka Astralsoul and Sapateus Monster) (Murder in Art, Plutonium Orange, Swallow the Sun, Clayforge)
Petri Honkonen (Perkele, Rautakello)
Benjam Niininen (BurialMound, Exit Wounds (Fin), Heathen Hoof, Sammohan, Utgard, Wakboth (Fin))
Additional notes:
The band was created in 1989 by Ari Honkonen, under the name of Testator. In 1990 the name was changed to Thor's Hammer and in 1991 to Morningstar. On their first demos they played black metal.

Considered the National Epic of Finland, Kalevala is a collection of folk poems that were collected by Elias Lönnrot. The first edition was published in 1835.

The band was disbanded in 2007 due to lack of time, personal differences and drummer's severe injury.

Ari Honkonen had his own zine called "Pagan Kalevala" in the early 90s.

Discography:
Morningstar - Obscure Aurora Above Us [demo] - 1992
Morningstar - Inside The Circle Of Pentagram [demo] - 1993
Morningstar - Promo 1994 [demo] - 1994
Morningstar - As The Wolves Howl... [ep] - 1995
Morningstar - Before The Dawn [single] - 1995
Morningstar - Rivendell [full-length] - 1995
Morningstar - Heretic Metal [full-length] - 1996
Morningstar - Hell [full-length] - 1999
Morningstar - Weight Of The Hammer [full-length] - 2000
Morningstar - Kalevala Mysticism [full-length] - 2002
Morningstar - Finnish Metal [full-length] - 2004
Morningstar - Inside The Circle Of Pentagram (The Young Pagan Hearts) [best of/compilation] - 2005