Finnish melodic heavy metalband Ikirouta has released a touching new single “Kaipaus”.

The author of the song, guitarist-keyboardist Teemu Kuosmanen tells:

“‘Kaipaus’ was born out of the pain of relinquishment and loss. There was a situation in life in which the passing away came unexpectedly, but in a way without surprise. It is impossible to prepare for such situations beforehand and “Kaipaus” is about a process of handling with one’s own feelings and going through grief. When someone who has been more or less present in our lives for decades leaves us, it is bound to make us reflect on the limitations of life. And when no one in this band is a youngster anymore, these situations do touch us all. Fortunately, what remains are memories – and longing.”

Listen to the single on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal etc.): https://push.fm/fl/ikirouta-kaipaus

• ISRC: QZHN52503721
• Composition & Lyrics by Teemu Kuosmanen

Ikirouta is a Finnish melodic metal band from the city of Kajaani, founded in winter 2020. The band has a loyal and, considering the size of the band, large fan base all over Finland and the band is an active social media user, for example by keeping Facebook videos of their practice sessions. These videos have had at best more than 10 000 views.

Ikirouta’s music can be found on all major digital music platforms. On Spotify the band has been listened to well over 1.5 million times. YouTube has every song with a music video.

The latest song “Kaipaus”, released on 14.3.2025, is already the band’s 20th single release. With the released songs, gigging and social media, the name and awareness have spread all over Finland and the venues have been pretty much sold out.

The band will continue to go single by single and try to conquer new territories both through new music and by touring as hard as possible.

Ikirouta:
Jori Kärki – Vocals
Teemu Kuosmanen – Guitar, Keyboards
Jere Pellikka – Bass
Jani Partanen – Drums

Mikko Niiranen – Technician

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Finnish melodic metallers IKIROUTA have released their new single “Aika”. It is their 15th single release so far. Songwriter, keyboardist and guitar player Teemu Kuosmanen backgrounds the new song: “It is about the limits of human life. And that you should not leave things undone. You should seize the opportunities you get. We only live once and you should spend that opportunity to do things that are important to you. Compared to previous singles ‘Aika’ tightens the screw to faster and harder. However it is really melodic song with a catchy chorus. Personally I’m a bit nervous about the music video as it’s the first one I’ve ever made.”

Ikirouta is a melodic metal band from the northern Finnish city of Kajaani. The band was founded in 2020 as the former SoulHealer guitar player Teemu Kuosmanen and singer Jori Kärki got an idea of a melodic heavy metal band that sings in Finnish. Drummer Jani Partanen was asked to join the band and the first single Vanki was recorded so that Teemu also played the bass and keyboards. As the first single got really good feedback the band decided to create more music. Next single was still made with the same line-up as the first but after that bass player Jere Pellikka joined Ikirouta.

Keyboard solo on the latest single is played by the audio engineer Janne Tolsa (Turmion Kätilöt, Tarot) who also co-produced the track and was responsible of mixing and mastering the track.

Listen to “Aika”:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3KBpRZI
Apple: https://apple.co/3CyU9cU
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3t2B6EG
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/297230912
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/217513967

Ikirouta are:
Jori Kärki – Vocals
Teemu Kuosmanen – Guitar, keyboards
Jere Pellikka – bass
Jani Partanen – Drums

Mixer, mastering and co-producer: Janne Tolsa, Note On –Studio
Kyboard solo: Janne Tolsa

Music video: Teemu Kuosmanen