- - Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
- Artist: Kalmah
- Album: For The Revolution
- Label: Spikefarm Records
- Playtime: 43:53 min
- Genre: Death Metal
- URL: http://www.kalmah.com/
- Rip date: 2008-04-02
- Street date: 2008-04-21
- Size: 77.20 MB
- Type: Advance
- Quality: 233 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
- - Release Notes ------------------------------------------------------------- -
- The story of Kalmah begun in 1991 when Pekka Kokko(v, g) and Petri Sankala
- founded Ancestor. After 2 demos Antti Kokko joined the band to handle the
- position of lead guitarist. In 1998 after all in all 5 melodic
- trash/speed/death metal demos and 5 different bass players it was time to
- clear the table. Acenstor was buried and refounded as Kalmah. The Line-up was
- completed by keyboard player Pasi Hiltula.
- With new enthusiasm Kalmah started to write new songs for the praised promo
- CD. With raging melodic death/trash/speed/black metal promo 'Svieri Obraza'
- the band had finally done the breakthrough and reached a contract with
- Spikefarm Records. The band wasted no time and headed to Tico-Tico studios
- with line-up Pekka Kokko(v, g), Antti Kokko(g), Petri Sankala(d), Pasi
- Hiltula(k) and Altti Veteläinen(b). The story of Swamplord begun.
- "Swamplord" was unleashed to the world in the winter of 2000. The album
- immediately gathered tons of raving reviews and no wonder, the power and
- intensity of Kalmah's metal is simply breathtaking, to say the least. The
- band did dozens of interviews and the praise from the scene kept flooding the
- Spikefarm office and the band's website. They also played a few shows in
- Finland before heading back to the rehearsal-swamp to write the follow-up to
- "Swamplord".
- By November 2001, the band was back at Tico-Tico Studios recording "They Will
- Return". The line-up had changed a bit due to the departure of Altti and
- Petri. They were promptly replaced by Timo Lehtinen (from Catamenia) on bass
- and Janne Kusmin behind the drumkit. "They Will Return" is an album
- displaying all the aspects that make Kalmah such an incredible band: from the
- stunning execution and rich melodies to the huge intensity and overall
- finesse of Kalmah's music, there was no question that Kalmah had great things
- ahead of them.
- In summer 2002 Kalmah played couple of gigs in Finland and gig at Wacken,
- which was a success. In autumn the band started to write new material for the
- next studio album. After heavy practising and rehearsal sessions swamplords
- were back at Tico-Tico again in February 2003 with 10 new killer songs. The
- new album was titled 'Swampsong'. Heavy guitar driven melodic swamp metal
- masterpiece was finalized at Finnvox studios. It was time for The third, the
- magical.
- "Swampsong" was a great follower after the highly acclaimed "they will
- return"-album by fans and media. Some gigs were played, also abroad, and
- everything was developing in the right direction until in 2004 keymaster Pasi
- Hiltula decided to pull back and go on with his other duties. The band
- started thinking then if a new keyboarder was needed but after one rehearsals
- with Marco Sneck (Poisonblack ) auditioning, it was all clear. A new quintet
- was born.
- With new blood in veins the five Swamplords started to prepair the material
- for the fourth album. In november 2005 the band entered Tico-Tico studio to
- record a true swampmetal masterpiece, "The black waltz". All in all 11 new
- Kalmah songs were recorded and mixed. With the final mastering touch of Mika
- Jussila from Finnvox the Waltz was ready. The dance has begun.
- Spikefarm biography
- Fourteen years after their formation (under the name Ancestor), deathsters
- Kalmah rise again from the swamplands near Oulu, Finland, bringing along
- their fourth album. Entitled "The Black Waltz", it is a veritable feast of
- hectic tempos, vivacious guitars and overall high standard of execution in
- the inimitable Kalmah style, which has already won over metal aficionados in
- all corners of the world.
- Since the release of the last album "Swampsong" (2003) Kalmah lost keyboard
- player Pasi Hiltula, but carried on contemplating future as a keyboard-less
- entity, for the melodic-to-the-max guitar lines driven with wild intensity
- had more or less become their trademark in any case. Soon enough, Kalmah did
- nevertheless recruit Marko Sneck (also Poisonblack) behind the keys, and
- wisely so, for Kalmah anno 2006 sound fuller than ever. The interplay between
- the guitars and the keyboards is near-seamless, whilst the gravelly vocals of
- Pekka Kokko (v, g) maintain a lethal death metal edge to the proceedings. The
- line up is completed by Antti Kokko (g), Timo Lehtinen (b, also Catamenia)
- and Janne Kusmin (d).
- Boasting a sharp Tico Tico production and Finnvox mastering, "The Black
- Waltz" is a sure-fire hit among the old fans, having also tremendous
- potential for bringing in newcomers to the fold. With a solid back-catalogue
- of three albums and an instant killer such as "The Black Waltz" to unleash to
- the unsuspecting masses, swamp things are truly taking over!
- - Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
- 01. For The Revolution ( 5:06)
- 02. Dead Man´s Shadow ( 5:01)
- 03. Holy Symphony Of War ( 4:44)
- 04. Wings Of Blackening ( 5:00)
- 05. Ready For Salvation ( 4:26)
- 06. Towards The Sky ( 5:09)
- 07. Outremer ( 4:39)
- 08. Coward ( 5:07)
- 09. Like A Slave ( 4:41)
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