Country of origin: Finland Location: Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa Status: Active Formed in: 2004 Genre: Melodic Heavy Metal Themes: Winter, God, War Current label: Unsigned/independent Years active: 2004-present Winterborn saw the light of the day in December 2004. The group was formerly known as Mean Machine, a heavy metal cover band that did make quite a big name for themselves. Mean Machine had the same line-up from the beginning as Winterborn has now. The Mean Machine project was formed in the spring of 2003.