Thor destroyed Tampere by playing a mind-blowing set at the Sauna Open Air festival! Today (tuesday) Thor conquers Helsinki, Finland by performing at Levykauppa Äx at 17:00 and Pitkämies at 19:00.
Circle - Taantumus CD
280509 | 22:42
Ektro Records is proud announce that a re-release of Circle's difficult to find album Taantumus will be available in a couple of weeks.
This re-issue comes with updated album artwork and Veitsi, a nine-minute bonus track.
Taantumus was originally released by Bad Vugum in 2001.
Thor's Unchained released, new shirts in stock
180509 | 01:59
Ektro's re-release of Thor'sUnchained is now available! The city-rocking track Lazer Eyes off the record can now be heard on Ektro's MySpace site.
Keep in mind that on June 9 Thor will visit / conquer the Pitkämies and Levykauppa Äx record stores in Helsinki, Finland. More information soon!
Three new t-shirts also arrived recently: one for Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo, two for Circle. Thor t-shirts are still in stock also.
Thor - Unchained EP
040509 | 22:37
Thor, Canada's muscular devastator, has been relentlessly pummelling the world with his barbaric hard rock since the seventies. In 2009 he can be witnessed touring the Earth and delivering his anger upon unsuspecting crowds with the same fierce dedication he always has.
He is unchained! And he has been that way ever since 1983 when his legendary EP Unchained got pressed on vinyl for the first time. As we all know, lightning strikes again, and this time it strikes as a CD re-release of this magnificent city-rocking opus!
Many years have passed in the Canadian wastelands since Unchained first saw the light of day but the beast has not been resting... Unchained has reinforced its original ranks with bonus tracks and masterfully restored artwork!
So open your lazer eyes... brandish your warhammer and join Thor on a ride from hell! Gods will collide again!
COMING SOON!
THOR: Unchained
1. Lightning strikes (mp3 sample)
2. Anger
3. Rock the City
4. Lazer eyes (mp3 sample)
5. When gods collide
6. Death march
7. Warhammer
8. Rebirth
9. Ride from hell
10. Ragnarock
11. Muscle rock (The Vulcans arrive)
Plain Ride preview, pre-order + re-release!
070409 | 14:47
Ektro is now taking pre-orders for Plain Ride's new album House on the Hill. The pre-ordered records will be shipped early next week, the official release date for the record being April 15.
House on the Hill can be listened to in its entirety on Plain Ride's MySpace page for a limited time.
As a happy bonus, Plain Ride's sold out debut album Oh the Flow (Ektro Records, 2005) will be re-released very soon also!
Plain Ride concerts in Finland
April 9, VASTAVIRTA-KLUBI, Tampere
April 10, SEMIFINAL - Album release party, Helsinki
April 11, TELAKKA - Tampere (Janne Westerlund solo)
April 17, JYROCK, Jyväskylä
Plain Ride - House on the Hill
240309 | 11:08
The third Plain Ride album House on the Hill stretches the band's folk rock expression from decidedly bare, introspective and concentrated recitations to immersive layered washes of psychedelic rock tsunami; from countryish whistle-alongs through the dark mud of paranoid swamp blues to metronomic kraut-boogie hypnosis. This Ektro Records release contains zero percent concept, zero levels of meta. Instead: an effortless and enjoyable yet deeply engaging album of organically home-distilled rock music.
Plain Ride is a Finnish band formed in 2004, led by singer-songwriter Janne Westerlund, also known as the guitarist of Circle and Pharaoh Overlord. Their unpretentious but captivating live performances have won them a loyal following and the albums Oh the Flow (2005) and Strange Trial (2007) are seen as landmark releases of English sung alternative rock in Finland.
House on the Hill will be out on Ektro Records on April 15.
Kolme valovoimaista taiteilijaa on tehnyt tutkimuksen siitä, kasvaako karisma, taituruus ja ylivoimaisuus neroutta yhdistämällä vai katoavatko timantit takaisin kaivoksiinsa. Voiko tähtikentällinen löytää yhteisen suunnan vai jäävätkö Röyhkä, Rättö ja Lehtisalo rimpuilemaan egojen kirpputorille?
Kauko Röyhkä kommentoi kirjallisuuden ja rock-musiikin suhdetta vuonna 1980 TV-ohjelma Tuubin haastattelussa: "Minusta tuntuu, että ihmiset ovat niin laiskoja tulevaisuudessa, jo nyt, etteivät ne jaksa lukea paljoa kirjoja. Rock on sellainen taidemuoto , joka saavuttaa enemmän ihmisiä, ja jos rock kehittyy yhtä korkealle tasolle kun joku kirjallisuus, niin se on todella merkittävää, koska se on jo nyt aika merkittävää."
Tämän levyn tekijät elävät edelleen niitä aikoja, kun kiimainen kosketus tapahtui paljain hikoilevin käsin ja elämykseen ponnisteltiin omin voimin. Kukaan ei voi haltioitua 'laiskojen' puolesta, sillä musiikki ei voi koskaan olla itse haltioituminen tai elämys. Musiikki on tie linnojen porteille, lohikäärmeen kitaan, elämään, rakkauteen.
Albumi on valmis, vaillinaisen täydellinen, ei pätevä vaan sopiva. 12 kappaletta on valutettu kirkkaasta otsasta ja häpeilemättömästä innosta. Se vastaa ja ei vastaa odotuksia, koska musiikki ei odotuksia tarvitse. Musiikki kuuluu ja ei kuulu, ja kaiken muun aikaa musiikki vain on eli möllöttää formaatissa. Mutta musiikki kantaa itseään läpi ajan hengen, ennakkoluulojen, odotusten ja trendien ja läkähtymättä muistuttaa meitä niistä tärkeistä asioista, jotka olemme jo lähes unohtaneet.
KEIKAT:
27.02.2009 pe, YO-TALO, Tampere
04.03.2009 ke, KLUBI, Turku
05.03.2009 to, BAR KINO, Pori
06.03.2009 pe, STADIUM LIVE CLUB, Kokemäki
07.03.2009 la, SUISTO-KLUBI, Hämeenlinna
12.03.2009 to, TAVASTIA KLUBI, Helsinki
13.03.2009 pe, HENRYS PUB, Kuopio
14.03.2009 la, LUTAKKO, Jyväskylä
Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo
190109 | 18:16
Kauko Röyhkä, Jussi Lehtisalo ja Mika Rättö julkistavat viime vuonna alkaneen yhteistyönsä tulokset 18.02.2009. Tällöin julkaistaan Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo -yhtyeen ensimmäinen albumi ”Hiekkarantaa”.
Kauko Röyhkä, Jussi Lehtisalo and Mika Rättö began collaborating on an album last year. "Hiekkarantaa", the debut album of their band Röyhkä ja Rättö ja Lehtisalo will be unveiled on February 18th, 2009.
Doktor Kettu - Soft Delirium
050109 | 16:36
Doktor Kettu sounds like a rock'n'roll band being thrown down a well in low gravity. Years ago they hid themselves in a small cottage by the sea, only to emerge later as a stream of CD-R releases documenting their slow rituals. Today all of these recordings are desperately sought-after collector's items, but the band itself has carefully stayed away from sight.
Now Ektro's Super Metsä imprint is releasing the first ”proper” Doktor Kettu offering ever - Soft Delirium is music that is so disconnected from time that its notes are only now just about to reach us, two years after the recording session.
Doktor Kettu is Petri Hagner, Jussi Lehtisalo, Tuomas Niskanen, Alpo Nummelin and Jouko Salenius.
The cult legend of Finnish Speed Metal SOLITAIRE strikes back from the underground with a brand new album to be released on Finnish indie label Ektro Records. The album is titled PREDATRESS and the featured 11 new tracks slice off your balls with straight forward high speed Heavy Metal in the pulsing and erect vein of the 80's!
This release is gonna be the 4th SOLITAIRE album in total and the first one to feature guitarist Riku on lead vocals with a piercing voice like a mixture between Blackie Lawless and Mille Petrozza...!
So be prepared for more sex, more violence & more Rock'n'Roll'n'Speed'n'Thrash with the most energetic, uncompromising and hard edged Speed Metal act ever to rape the ears of mankind...
It's mania... It's SOLITAIRE... Let it loose!!! OUT NOW!
The anticipated second album from the NWOFHM torchbearers proves to be
a sour disappointment. The nuclear barbarians are reaching for a wider
audience with softer AOR influences, but they lack the skills to pull
it off. They are hardly competent enough to "make it big" in a demo
competition at the Toijala youth centre. Incoherent instrumentation
and vocals weave layers of strangely original music that is not likely
to satisfy the friends of metal, pop, rock or experimental music. Steel Mammoth has created a uniquely sincere album that challenges
even the fans of the bands earlier work."
"They can't sing, they can't play, but they know how to rock!"
-Juicyifer (ex-Steel Mammoth)
"I've had enough of this"
-Federley
"Again!"
-Arttu Tolonen
The Kingdom of the Golden Hammer out now on Ektro's Super Metsä imprint.
Ektro is out of the office from October 7 to November 1
011008 | 17:22
Please note that orders made during this time will not be shipped until early November. Ektro Records is going to America for three weeks to closely examine the local culture and to search for the true American sound.
Circle: Hollywood (pre-order phase)
011008 | 16:50
"Circle: No beginning and no end, and when you think you’ve come upon the conclusion you’re back at the start. Perhaps this describes Circle’s compositional work ethic more than anything."
"As has always been the case, Circle has presented itself yet again as being unwilling or unable to sit still or to be predictable, but their desire to present the best work possible is always a part of their program. As if in a screening room, dim the lights, hit the projector, and take in Hollywood."
HOLLYWOOD, Circle's upcoming new studio album, will be officially available in Europe on CD on October 15 and as a double LP a couple of months after that. Hollywood will be available in the USA early 2009.
The adventurous can find some samples at Circle's website or listen to some full songs on MySpace.
Ektro Records would like to present its mailorder customers the opportunity to pre-order the CD and be the first ones to get it. The pre-order period started a few minutes ago and will end on October 6, when all the CDs will be delivered.
See the product details in the store for a more detailed description of the album.
Special offer for a special time
050908 | 13:41
All Ektro CD releases in our webstore have had their prices reduced for a few days. CDs go for 10 euros, EPs for 5.
A lot of records by Sähkö recordings were added too.
"You should be making music primarily because you love it. Most everything else is a bonus. If you have fans at all, great. If you can play around your home town, or maybe throughout your country, fantastic. Recording your music should please you first and foremost -- how else could you expect anyone else to get into it? If you do start to become really successful, your troubles will truly begin."
Murder In The Broad Daylight
