It's safe to say at this point that In Flames will never make another "Jester race", so expectations must be adjusted accordingly. Even though the chorus sounds like Finnish pop-metal (see: late-era Sentenced, Lordi, etc.), I think I must admit that I actually like this. Trust me, I'm surprised too.
Dimmu Borgir have officially completed the transformation into Lordi.
Thank Lordi? Norwegian black metallers Keep of Kalessin are one of two finalists vying to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest -- watch their entry performance of the song "Dragontower": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW3wU2fDc2o
Read more: http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=8033
Lordi's new video for "Bite it like a bulldog" is now online: http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1267&Itemid=1
The new Lordi album "Deadache" is confirmed for a US release on October 28 via The End Records. Hear the first single "Bite it like a bulldog" at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/lordi
Music Export Finland reports that monster-metal act Lordi will be one of the headliners at this year's Popkomm Festival in Berlin: http://musex.fi/mxf/player/news?articleId=162
The End Records will be reissuing Lordi's 2002 album "Get heavy" in North America on May 13. Hear a cut at the label's myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/theendrecords
NPR reports on Finnish music, spotlighting acts such as Lordi, Don Johnson Big Band, 22-Pistepirkko, Värttinä and more: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18227013
Finnish doom act Kypck will release their debut album "Cherno" on March 12 via UHO Production. Look for samples to be posted on myspace this weekend with an official release of the first single "1917" on January 23. The band features an ex-member of Sentenced as well as famed Finnish producer K. H. M. Hiilesmaa on drums, known for his work with big acts such as HIM, Lordi and Apocalyptica.
The new Lordi single "Beast loose in paradise" is available for free download: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87735
The official trailer for the Lordi movie "Dark floors" is now online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALf--XqkRiI
View movie stills here: http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/imageGallery/Dark_Floors
Check out a teaser clip for "Dark floors", the upcoming cinematic debut from Finnish Eurovision champs Lordi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJFCgg7qK1k
Finnish Eurovision champs Lordi will support Type O Negative on tour in the US this fall: http://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1025&Itemid=1
The playlist for my radio show this week:
01. Säkert! - Allt som är ditt
02. TALK 1
03. Madrugada - Shine
04. My Midnight Creeps - Don't let 'em bring you down
05. TALK 2
06. Asha Ali - A promise broken
07. Detektivbyrån - Hemvägen
08. Pelle Carlberg - Clever girls like clever boys much more than clever boys like clever girls
09. TALK 3
10. Enslaved - 793 (Slaget om Lindisfarne)
11. TALK 4
12. Fare You Well - Take me away
13. The Kissaway Trail - Smother + Evil = Hurt
14. Emmon - Wake up time (Thermostatic remix)
15. TALK 5
16. KVLR - Traitors and thieves
17. Magnus Carlsson - Va med mig
18. Jonas Kullhammar Quartet - Bebopalulia
19. TALK 6
20. De Må Være Belgiere - Cirkler
21. Johndoe - Kjøtere
22. Manes - Deeprooted
23. TALK 7
24. Khoma - Stop making speeches
25. The Giant's Dream - Significant dawn
26. Las Puertas - The water
27. TALK 8
28. Lordi - The chainsaw buffet
29. Logh - A sunset knife fight
30. Lack - 5 o'clock in the evening
31. TALK 9
32. The Bear Quartet - Before the trenches
33. Jan Johansson - Visa från Utanmyra
34. TALK 10
35. Kashmir - The aftermath
Lordi would make Kiss proud. They have a restaurant, a Visa card, comics, their own cola and both a movie and a theme park in the works. And sometimes they even make music. Titles like "The deadite girls gone wild", "It snows in hell", "The chainsaw buffet", "The night of the loving dead" and "Would you love a monsterman?" say it better than anything I could write. It's cheesy, 80s heavy metal with a tongue pressed firmly in the cheek. Some of the songs are catchy. After all, it was not merely image that had them winning the Eurovision. And as a concept, Lordi is just brilliant. But the fact is that nothing on this CD is anywhere as fun or awesome as the comic I saw in Finland. The one where Mr Lordi, with his powers, forces Hitler to kill himself.
- Hanzan