Year : 2020
Style : Melodic Heavy Metal , Melodic Power Metal
Country : Finland
Audio : 320 kbps + front
Size : 130 mb
Bio:
Agonizer is a heavy metal band from Pyhäjärvi, Finland.Agonizer formed in 1998 with the six-man line-up of Olli Solitanner on vocals, Mika Heinonen playing the keyboard and providing back-up vocals, J-P Perälä and Lasse Löytynoja on guitar, Jussi Tikka on bass and Toni Qvick playing the drums, recording their first demo 'Eternal Night' at Studio Jambo in Iisalmi.The demo was received well by Finnish music magazines, and Agonizer followed it up in 1999 with Last Sign of Light, recorded at Astia Studios in Lappeenranta, a studio noted for its favour by Children of Bodom. Shortly after recording, vocalist Olli Solitanner left the band, and was replaced by Pasi Kärkkäinen, who lent a distinctly different singing style to the music. The band liked his style enough to return to Astia Studios to re-record the vocals for Last Sign of Light. Shortly after this, they played alongside Children of Bodom, Amorphis and Sonata Arctica at several gigs.In 2001, Agonizer recorded their third demo, Lord of Lies, again at Astia Studios. This demo was also well-received, but it was not until the next year that Century Records in Germany called the band. After negotiating for six months, Agonizer emerged without a contract.Agonizer released Anthems of Agony, a compilation of songs from their previous demos, in 2002. That summer, guitarist Lasse Löytynoja left and Joni Laine stepped in to take his place. Again, the band found a new element to their music. By 2003, their fourth demo, entitled Cain was released. It won 'Demo of the Month' award in Finnish music magazine 'Rumba', and received airplay in England, Brazil, Germany, Greece, Belgium, Peru, The Netherlands, Lithuania, and Spain.World of Fools, their fifth demo EP, was released in March 2004, again to positive reviews.Agonizer were selected to play at the first Finnish Metal Expo, where they reached the finals of a contest to play alongside three other bands after being chosen from a total line-up of 148 bands. However, the expo also heralded the departure of their drummer, Toni Qvick, after what were cited as being 'long-standing differences'. His position was filled by Atte Palokangas.Not so long after Finnish Metal Expo, Mika Heinonen left the band. Band first considered to go on without a keyboardist, but finally informed that Joni's younger brother Patrik had taken the place.In April 2007, Agonizer signed a recording contract with Spinefarm Records. Later on (August 2007) debut album Birth / The End was released with release gig (Heavy Metal Underground +1400) held at Pyhäsalmi Mine, in world record depth (Guinness World Records - Deepest concert underground) of 1410 m.
Album:
On November 13, 2020, Agonizer released the full-length album “Old Demo [n] s,” which consists of the band’s old demos. All the songs in the publication were canned between 1999 and 2004 at Astia Studio in Lappeenranta, under the care of Anssi Kipo.It’s great to see more power metal/melodic metal bands emerging from Finland. For the majority, the Finns are renowned for their gothic metal and black metal bands. But in the last 5 or so years there has been quite a lot of power metal/melodic metal bands climbing to the top and making themselves known to the metal world. Obviously Stratovarius and Tarot have led the way for such a long time, and to a lesser extent you can add Dreamtale and Thunderstone. Recently there has been a few more to raise eyebrows, but now you can add Agonizer to the list. And going from their debut CD, ‘Birth/The end’, they will do more than just raise eyebrows.Formed in 1998, these guys have slaved away in the background, releasing demo after demo from 1998 to 2003, 4 in total, until they released an EP entitled ‘World of fools’ in 2004. The band brought in a new drummer and keyboardist after the release of the EP and finally in 2007, all their hard work paid off when Agonizer were picked up by Finnish record label Spinefarm.To gain exposure of their debut release, the band outrageously made history by performing a CD release show in a world record depth of 1,400 meters underground. By going through with the performance, Agonizer made the Guinness Book of World Records in the "Deepest Concert Underground" category. Agonizer played in the Pyhäsalmi mine on August 4, 2007, which is the deepest mine in Europe.
Line Up:
Markku Kuikka - Vocals (2016-present) - See also: Book of Reflections, Crow's Flight, Status Minor, Six Silver Suns, ex-Grönholm, ex-Kenziner, ex-Thaurorod, ex-Torned, ex-Volymian
Atte Palokangas - Drums - See also: Among the Prey, Beast in Black, Thunderstone, Waltari (live), ex-Sinity, ex-Before the Dawn
Jussi Tikka - Bass (1998-present)
Samu Väisänen - Guitars (2019-present)
production:
All music by Agonizer
Mixed by Tuomas Kokko @ Electrifox
Mastered by Tony Lindgren @ Faschinationstreet
Cover art: Atte Palokangas (original photo by Tero Kinnunen)
Drum video: Kalle Boman
Label: Häive Productions
Distribution: Supersounds
Tracklist:
01. World of Fools 04:18
02. Lord of Lies 04:51
03. Agonizer 04:47
04. Whatever 03:50
05. Just a Child 05:29
06. Say Love 03:27
07. Last Sign of Light 05:01
08. Mask 05:24
09. Never Ending Pain 04:45
10. Dreamreaper 04:39
11. From the Cradle to the Grave 03:58
12. Cain the Slayer 06:04
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