2002 formed Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska, will release their sixth studio album next February. Now they have released a new single Ihtiriekko from the upcoming album Kade. Both the single and the album are released worldwide through Inverse Records. The band’s more than three-year hiatus ends with a bang!

Ihtiriekko is perfectly in line with the band’s intense output, and the song’s story is not exactly cheerful either.

“Taken from Finnish folk tales, Ihtiriekko is a powerful and sad story about real-life tragedies that took place in the past, but which today’s listeners can also relate to. In times past, people have sought to explain difficult things through mythology and fantasy in order to find comfort in the midst of often miserable everyday life,” the band explains.

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

–ISRC: FISRI2500001
–(Radio Edit): ISRC: FISRI2500002
–Composer: Samuli Rimmi
–Arrangement: Samuli Rimmi, Patrik Mennander, Miika Kokkola, Teemu Karppinen
–Lyrics: Samuli Rimmi, Patrik Mennander, Miika Kokkola

All the way from the demo stage of this powerful song, it was clear that it had to be finished.

“The final version came together quite painlessly. Ihtiriekko combines heavy sounds, electronic music, and classical elements. This is one of the latest and most significant songs that was worked on for the upcoming album.”

The band, which hails from Juva, Eastern Finland, and has already racked up nearly 25 million plays on Spotify alone, will also be heading out on an album release tour, which will be announced later.

Ruoska is:
Patrik Mennander (Vocals)
Samuli Rimmi (Guitar, Backing vocals)
Miika Kokkola (Bass, Backing vocals)
Teemu Karppinen (Drums)

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Finnish Industrial Metal band Ruoska has released new song “Silti syntinen”. This is the third single from their upcoming sixth full length album to be released in autumn 2022.

The band backgrounds the single:

“Ruoska presents a full-body-shaking Metal disco with their latest single. Lyrics are filled with humorous metaphors but actually the theme is quite serious text about the darker and less flattering deep aspects of human behaviour. This is most likely the last single before the full album!”

Listen to “Silti syntinen”: https://push.fm/fl/ruoska-siltisyntinen

Ruoska – Silti syntinen
Release date: June 23rd 2022

Distribution: Concorde Music Company / Inverse Music Group
Composer: Samuli Rimmi
Lyrics: Patrik Mennander, Enni Rautiainen, Samuli Rimmi

Finnish industrial metal band RUOSKA is finishing the production of their sixth full length album. Now they have released second single from the upcoming album.

Frontman Patrik Mennander backgrounds the new single:

“Kade leads the listener deeper inside the upcoming album’s dark atmosphere. It’s a story about eternal disasters and misery that continue across the generations. The Ruoska soldier on the cover artwork is about to begin his journey on this cursed and devastated world trying to survive while searching signs of life. Ruoska’s story continues with familiar futuristic themes and the mystery around the concept starts to unveil. The music video of Kade visualizes the story and will be released later this spring. Also another single will be released later this spring and the full album in autumn 2022.”

Listen to “Kade”:
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3gxZWVW
Bandcamp: https://ruoska.bandcamp.com/
Youtube: https://youtu.be/N-cG76-Woq8
Apple Music: https://apple.co/3gCdVu0
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3BctPEA
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/en/album/288814852
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/213089081

Legendary Finnish industrial metallers RUOSKA have broke the 13 years of silence with a new single “Runno”!

Vocalist Patrik Mennander backgrounds the song: “Ruoska’s new single Runno goes deep into Finnish mythology and culture. On it’s twisted lyrics Ruoska interpret the Finnish-like determined mindscape: Sisu!Theme of the song is familiar from band’s early days, bowing to old fans as well as seducing new ones with it’s twisted and gloomy humor. It opens the inevitable return of Ruoska after over decade of waiting and leads the way towards the upcoming new Ruoska album.So turn up the volume!”

Listen to the single on music services:
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2P8eWzD
Youtube: https://youtu.be/DWNBZaazgVk
Bandcamp: https://ruoska.bandcamp.com/
Apple: https://apple.co/3tQW7zF
Amazon: http://amzn.to/3coVRSV
Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/album/210536972
Tidal: https://listen.tidal.com/album/174971634