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SABATON Releases New Two-Song Single 'Kingdom Come/Metal Trilogy'

Swedish metallers SABATON have released a cover version of MANOWAR's "Kingdom Come" as a tribute to the American metal heroes and as part of a video game collaboration. Pär Sundström, co-founder of SABATON and bass player, states: "Our fans have spoken. YOU requested the release of this song everywh...
July 16, 2021
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SABATON Announces 'The Tour To End All Tours'

Swedish metallers SABATON have announced "The Tour To End All Tours". The spring 2022 European trek will be visiting 26 cities in 17 countries, featuring support from the Mongolian rock band THE HU and Finnish heavy metal veterans LORDI. Pär Sundström, SABATON's co-founder and bass player, states: "...
July 2, 2021
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Vultures Die Alone

This is almost certainly the wrong forum to be discussing the Eurovision Song Context, but that is where ARION first made their mark in the music world. With LORDI as a rather endearing precedent, the Finns have emulated their fellow countrymen by forging a solid and promising career, with two stron...
April 7, 2021
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LORDI To Release Seven New Studio Albums In October

Finnish heavy metal monsters LORDI will release no less than seven new studio albums in October. The LPs will mark the first new music from LORDI since the arrival of 2020's "Killection", a fictional compilation album which contained songs that LORDI would have written had the band existed between t...
April 6, 2021
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Metal Band BLIND CHANNEL To Represent Finland In This Year's 'Eurovision Song Contest'

Finnish metal band BLIND CHANNEL has won "Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu", the country's national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, and will now compete against 40 other acts in the Eurovision finals, due to be held in Rotterdam this May. Speaking to Eurovision.tv shortly after their victory,...
February 20, 2021
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Franckensteina Strataemontanus

One of metal's greatest strengths is the its ability to transport the listener to alien worlds, fantastical dimensions or maybe just somewhere less shit than here. Bands that construct a convincing conceptual and thematic world are not exactly uncommon in metal, of course, but CARACH ANGREN have put...
June 25, 2020
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LORDI's MR. LORDI Loves GHOST's Image But Doesn't 'Get' Their Music

In a recent interview with France's Duke TV, LORDI frontman Mr. Lordi was asked for his opinion of another masked metal band, Sweden's GHOST. He responded (see video below): "There's a lot of GHOST fans, even in our crew, and I fucking dig the whole image and the whole thing, but I just don't get th...
April 25, 2020
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Killection

For those metalheads who like a bit of fun with their fury, LORDI albums have always been a guaranteed good time. There's nothing complicated going on here: this is big, brash and balls-out entertainment, with songs full of sex-crazed monsters and vampires with machine guns. An unremittingly goofy d...
January 30, 2020
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LORDI Frontman Got 'Tired And Bored' Of Albums Always Sounding The Same

In an interview with Arto Mäenpää of Kaaos TV, frontman Mr. Lordi of Finnish hard rock/heavy metal monsters LORDI explained the creation of their forthcoming "Killection" studio album. According to a press release, LORDI has come up with a concept that has never been done before in the music industr...
January 3, 2020
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LORDI Frontman Talks About Inspiration For First-Ever 'Fictional' Compilation Album 'Killection'

Mr. Lordi of Finnish hard rock/heavy metal monsters LORDI spoke to Tuonela Magazine about the band's upcoming album, "Killection", which will be released on January 31, 2020 via AFM Records. The effort was described in a press release as "a compilation album that simply says 'what if' LORDI had been...
December 31, 2019
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LORDI Guitarist AMEN-RA Releases Lyric Video For First Solo Single, 'Stone And Stars'

Amen-Ra, the guitar player from the Finnish monster group LORDI, has released the official lyric video for his first solo single. According to the guitarist, "Stone And Stars", released under the moniker AMEN-RA'S DYNASTY, has been in the making for a very long time. The song can be found in all dig...
December 21, 2019
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LORDI: Music Video For New Song 'I Dug A Hole In The Yard For You'

The official music video for "I Dug A Hole In The Yard For You", a new song from Finnish hard rock/heavy metal monsters LORDI, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Killection", which will be released on January 31, 2020 via AFM Records. Once more Mr. Lordi, the mas...
November 29, 2019
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LORDI Guitarist AMEN-RA Releases First Solo Single, 'Stone And Stars'

Amen-Ra, the guitar player from the Finnish monster group LORDI, has released his first solo single. According to the guitarist, "Stone And Stars", released under the moniker AMEN-RA'S DYNASTY, has been in the making for a very long time. The song can be found in all digi platforms such as Spotify,...
November 9, 2019
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LORDI: Lyric Video For New Song 'Shake The Baby Silent'

The official lyric video for "Shake The Baby Silent", a new song from Finnish hard rock/heavy metal monsters LORDI, can be seen below. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "Killection", which will be released on January 31, 2020 via AFM Records. Once more Mr. Lordi, the master of the...
November 8, 2019
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LORDI To Release 'Killection' Album In January

Finnish hard rock/heavy metal monsters LORDI will release their new album, "Killection", on January 31, 2020 via AFM Records. Once more Mr. Lordi, the master of the masquerade, presents us with one of his ideas, absurd and genius at the same time, and comes up with a concept that has never been don...
October 9, 2019