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Artwork by Ninni Swan — Photo by Nina Nyberg

Atmospheric progressive metal band Alase has released a new single ‘On Hold / Hold On’. The band continues to co-operate with guest vocalists and this time there are two of them. Juha Tretjakov,one of the band’s trusted guest vocalists, handles the clean vocals. Aggressive screaming vocals are performed by Ville Saloranta, who ten years ago sang clean vocals on song “On jatkettava”.

On Hold / Hold On takes Alase to even more modern metal style with lots of atmospheric synths and post production elements. Also the band instruments have taken more djenty form this time and on one section the guitars go very low in tuning. So the band likes to experiment and not to get stuck in one style and sound too much. The lyrics encourage to hold on even though the life feels like it is on hold.

Guitarist Janne Lunnas comments On Hold / Hold On:

“Even though it may seem that Alase has been on hold, we are cooking new music all the time and we release it as often as it is possible due to our schedules. We were able to get On Hold / Hold On finished pretty quickly once we had suitable moment to really focus on it. I think we were able to create something different for us even though you can still hear that it is Alase. It was awesome to work with Juha and Ville as both of the guys have been around in Alase’s story for a long time. Also you can trust that the vocals will have a superb quality.”

Stream ‘On Hold / Hold On’ on your chosen streaming service: 
https://push.fm/fl/alase-on-hold-hold-on

Alase – On Hold / Hold On (Single 2026)

• Lyrics by Ninni Swan
• Music by Janne Lunnas
• Produced, mixed & mastered by Janne Lunnas / Hidden River Audio

Biography:

Alase is an atmospheric progressive metal/rock band from Finland. Their music is a melting pot of various genres, but the main focus is on the melody and atmosphere. There are a lot of influences outside metal music as well. Musically, Alase has similarities with bands like Katatonia, A Perfect Circle, The Ocean, Textures and Tesseract, just to name a few. Band’s second album “A Matter of Time” was released in April 2023. A four song EP “Beyond Our Imagination” was released in early 2024.

Current Line-up:
Guitars: Janne Lunnas
Bass: Ari Miettinen
Drums: Ville Aatsinki
Lyrics: Ninni Swan

Guest vocals on ‘On Hold / Hold On’: Juha Tretjakov (clean vocals) & Ville Saloranta (screaming vocals)

More info:
https://www.alaseband.com
https://www.facebook.com/alaseband
https://www.instagram.com/alaseband
https://www.youtube.com/alaseband
https://alase.bandcamp.com