“Given Time” is the third single taken from FLAT EARTH‘s debut album “None For One”. This song in particular comes with a special meaning for the band.
“This one I wrote for Linde when one of his best friends passed away. We had just gotten to a good roll with the band, and then it happened in the very center of it all. It was heart wrenching to see his pain. A half a year later it was the last song I got to play to my father before he passed. I have a strange relationship with death. I don’t think I’ve figured it out, maybe no-one ever will, but for some reason this song made me feel better when confronting it.” – Anthony (Vocals)
With the official music video for “Given Time” the band has captured the message and feeling of the song perfectly by creating a sense of distance, sadness and melancholy in placing vocalist Anthony at more separate locations and away from everyone else.
You can check out the video here:
GIVEN TIME (as well as the previous singles) is available as download and stream + you can preorder the album: https://lnk.to/NoneForOne
The eagerly-awaited debut album of FLAT EARTH will be released on November 09th. Entitled “None For One” the eleven tracks deliver a magnetically melodic sound and are thoroughly permeated by vocalist Anthony’s passionately melancholic overtones. FLAT EARTH delivers in the same parcel both – the beauty and the beast.
Tracklist
01. Subhuman
02. Blame
03. Given Time
04. Cyanide
05. None For One
06. The Glow
07. Noble Swine
08. Limelight
09. Freedoom
10. Blunt
11. Kill My God
Flat Earth unites Mikko “Linde” Lindström and Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen (both ex-HIM), Niclas Etelävuori (ex-Amorphis) and Anttoni “Anthony” Pikkarainen (Polanski) to bring a creative vision to life that points to the heyday of alternative rock, but also draws from a variety of other genres without losing the thread in-between.
FLAT EARTH – feat. ex members of HIM and AMORPHIS – have announced “None For One Finland Tour 2018”. See the shows and details below.
Nov 16th Klubi, Tampere
Nov 23rd Nosturi, Helsinki – Tickets
Dec 7th Lutakko, Jyväskylä
Dec 8th Hevimesta, Oulu – Tickets
Dec 15th Rytmikorjaamo, Seinäjoki – Tickets
Dec 21st Kerubi, Joensuu
Dec 22nd Henry´s Pub, Kuopio – Tickets
Check out the band’s newest lyric video and find out, how a hauntingly beautiful hook and subtle riffs make “Cyanide” such an intoxicating song:
The eagerly-awaited debut album of FLAT EARTH, entitled “None For One” will be released on November 09th, 2018. The album includes the eleven tracks deliver a magnetically melodic sound and are thoroughly permeated by vocalist Anthony’s passionately melancholic overtones. FLAT EARTH delivers in the same parcel both – the beauty and the beast.
“None For One” Tracklist:
01. Subhuman
02. Blame
03. Given Time
04. Cyanide
05. None For One
06. The Glow
07. Noble Swine
08. Limelight
09. Freedoom
10. Blunt
11. Kill My God
FLAT EARTH unites Mikko “Linde” Lindström and Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen (both ex-HIM), Niclas Etelävuori (ex-Amorphis) and Anttoni “Anthony” Pikkarainen (Polanski) to bring a creative vision to life that points to the heyday of alternative rock, but also draws from a variety of other genres without losing the thread in-between.
“Cyanide” is the second single taken from FLAT EARTH‘s debut album “None For One”, set to be released on November 09th. Check out the lyric video and find out, how a hauntingly beautiful hook and subtle riffs make “Cyanide” such an intoxicating song:
Vocalist Anthony explains what the song is about: “I have a strong tendency of creating a picture of a person with a lot of issues in my head who I then try to encourage to change in my lyrics. I’m very likely just processing my own shortcomings in this manner, and I really don’t like telling anyone what to do, but this is what I’ve noticed about my writings. So in this song I intentionally placed myself out there as well. I tried to be very honest about the way I see the world, to take off some of the weight of doing so much preaching. I thought cyanide is a bit too much for a song title, but it does sum up my ideas quite perfectly.”
CYANIDE is available as download and stream + you can preorder the album:
The eagerly-awaited debut album of FLAT EARTH will see the light of day. Entitled “None For One” the eleven tracks deliver a magnetically melodic sound and are thoroughly permeated by vocalist Anthony’s passionately melancholic overtones. FLAT EARTH delivers in the same parcel both – the beauty and the beast.
“None For One” Tracklist:
01. Subhuman
02. Blame
03. Given Time
04. Cyanide
05. None For One
06. The Glow
07. Noble Swine
08. Limelight
09. Freedoom
10. Blunt
11. Kill My God
FLAT EARTH unites Mikko “Linde” Lindström and Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen (both ex-HIM), Niclas Etelävuori (ex-Amorphis) and Anttoni “Anthony” Pikkarainen (Polanski) to bring a creative vision to life that points to the heyday of alternative rock, but also draws from a variety of other genres without losing the thread in-between.
FLAT EARTH have just recently inked a deal with German label Drakkar Entertainment for Europe, excluding Finland, which will be handled on the band´s own label SUUR ETIKETT.
On November 09th the eagerly-awaited debut album of FLAT EARTH will see the light of day. Entitled “None For One”, the eleven tracks deliver a magnetically melodic sound and are thoroughly permeated by vocalist Anthony’s passionately melancholic overtones. The band delivers in the same parcel both – the beauty and the beast. Check out the artwork (created by the amazing Minna Niskanen) and tracklist for “None For One”.
Tracklist
01. Subhuman
02. Blame
03. Given Time
04. Cyanide
05. None For One
06. The Glow
07. Noble Swine
08. Limelight
09. Freedoom
10. Blunt
11. Kill My God
Flat Earth unites Mikko “Linde” Lindström and Mika “Gas Lipstick” Karppinen (both ex-HIM), Niclas Etelävuori (ex-Amorphis) and Anttoni “Anthony” Pikkarainen (Polanski) to bring a creative vision to life that points to the heyday of alternative rock, but also draws from a variety of other genres without losing the thread in-between.
Although some of the musicians can look back on impressive careers, Flat Earth can be seen as a new beginning and isn’t intended to be carried by just the previous achievements of single members. Flat Earth do not want to be another self-titled “supergroup”, let alone sail in the slipstream of the past – instead they want to step into the light.
Check out the first single “Blame”, which will also be available as Instant Gratification Track for all preorders of the mp3 album immediately:
It’s always a pleasure to sit and have a chat with a metal friend, especially having had a chance to work with them. Niclas Etelävuori, an amazing bass player who has been in the heart of the rhythmic part of AMORPHIS music for seventeen years, is now busy with his new band FLAT EARTH. To know more about his past and present, I had an interview with Niclas from which an excerpt can be read below:
Perhaps you agree with me that mankind is a creature of habit and seventeen years is long enough to make it difficult for any person to change or want to try new things. So I asked Niclas how he feels about those years with AMORPHIS now?
– “It was great times, it was a huge part of my life. I mean I don’t know, sometimes you just have to move on. But I have good memories and bad memories, but mostly good memories.”
In April 2017, Niclas announced his departure from AMORPHIS via a post on Facebook, where he mentioned his decision as “the hardest decision he ever made”. I asked him about it and what exactly happened during that time which led him to make that decision;
– “It wasn’t a sudden decision, it’s been growing for many years probably, five or six years but then I don’t know. I felt like things were getting just worse and people didn’t stay to their words and you know, a lot of things didn’t match. So I don’t know, I’d just had enough. We had an agreement that we do changes but it never happened. So I thought ‘this will never happen, I have to do something else’. That’s basically it in a nutshell. But it’s very complicated and a long story, it would take a week to tell it. There’s some personalities, their egos go before other things.”
FLAT EARTH, why and how was it formed? Niclas responded:
– “After a couple of weeks sitting outside drinking beer, I had to do something. Then I had this one song and my Spanish friend Juan came by and ‘yeah yeah I wanna sing on that one’, so we released this one song in Spanish with him. But I knew I had a lot of songs on my hard drive and some of them were pretty old, so I didn’t even remember what I had done. So it took weeks to listen to all of that. Then later, I started to look for somebody to play with and then Linde came up through a common friend. I liked his style always and I knew that maybe he wasn’t going to do anything after HIM finished. So then I asked him over and he was right away into it. From there on we start to look for a singer and then I have forced almost Gas to be in the band, but now he’s really into it (laughs). But Gas and I go back, we knew each other almost thirty years now. It’s all good.”
If you know AMORPHIS and if you’ve checked the FLAT EARTH single, ‘Blame’, you will also have noticed the difference in the music. So let’s see what Niclas thinks about it:
– “I feel good about it. Actually now we can do whatever we want. So it would be pointless for me to play the same music that Amorphis is doing. This is our first album and there’s a lot of different music on it already. I’m very excited when we get to play more and compose the second one.”
I was curious about the band’s name, you might be too. So I asked Niclas and he answered:
– “It was kinda from many coincidences. We had a day planned to set the name for the band at Linde’s house and it was kind of our first get together. And we were to come up with a name and we cooked food and had drinks and stuff. Linde has four hairless cats and one of them passed on as soon as we got the dinner, from a heart attack. In the end we couldn’t come up with a name that day. The next morning, we thought we have to come up with something and we had a couple of names and Flat Earth came up. Then we somehow felt that we had to give tribute to the cat, because he lost his life when we were coming up with the name. Then we also heard a story that if the earth is flat, then all the cats would shove everything off it, so we had a lot of coincidences.”
You can listen to the whole of this interview on the SoundPlayer below:
FLAT EARTH– Feat. ex-members of HIM & AMORPHIS – have released a video for the first single “Blame”. The video has been mainly shot during the recordings of the debut album in the legendary Finnvox studios, Helsinki, in February and March. Camera and post production by Tommi Mattila, who followed the band during the recording sessions to capture some documentary material. The video reflects pretty much the great mood in this new born band with familiar faces.
Watch “Blame” video here:
FLAT EARTH got started after Niclas Etelavuori (bass) fell out with the manager of Amorphis and had his exit of the band. Suddenly, Niclas was left stranded. He decided to show the world that he still had a lot to give, so he started looking for possible band mates.
Niclas explains: “After over 2 decades playing with bands I was at a point thinking that maybe I start doing something else. But then I knew I had these songs on my hard drive still, and nothing was done with them. And I just wanted to get rid of them and see what happens. But then it kind of took over and I started to focus more on that”
Linde (Mikko Lindstrom, ex-HIM, guitar) first sprang to mind, even though he still had his hands full with HIM at that time. Nevertheless, the two of them kept meeting regularly, and started working on ideas for new songs. Getting Anthony on board provided additional inspiration. And when their old band mate Mika Karppinen (aka Gas Lipstick, ex-HIM) finally joined on drums, the band’s line-up was completed. While Linde was busy playing the States and Europe on HIM’s farewell tour, the remaining trio spent their time recording drums to seven pilot demos that had previously been taped in Niclas’ basement studio. Gas brought along two of his own songs, and Anthony composed a new track for the band. Linde found an old song of his he had first fleshed out when he was only 13. The rest of the tracks were Niclas’ ideas mainly, treated to the band’s arrangements, with Anthony providing both the vocal melodies, as well as the lyrics. The basic structure for the first album was ready!
Linde remembers: “Our common friend, who’s been helping us get this band off the ground, recommended a guy named Anttoni “Anthony” Pikkarainen, who had been singing in a band named Polanski. The band had made a record, and after we’d listened to it, we had to set up a meeting immediately. I have a great feeling about our new band. Anthony had recorded with Hiili Hiilesmaa before, and the rest of us have known each other for years. It feels as if all the stars have finally aligned.”
The audible musical signposts point to the heydays of alternative rock, takes a nonchalant bow to the forefathers of all things heavy with a pinch of wistful psychedelia. Magnetically melodic, playful, exhilaratingly unconstrained and thoroughly permeated by vocalist Anthony’s passionately melancholic overto-nes, FLAT EARTH delivers in the same parcel both – the beauty and the beast. Gas and Niclas robust, yet subtle rhythmic dynamic work, pave the perfect runway for Linde’s guitar solos to freewheel and Anthony’s maudlin yet contem-plative singing, that gives the band’s sound a tint of mawkish desperation that sets them apart from any other band you’ve heard. The first single “Blame” was unleashed on April, 27th!
