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░ ██ ██ Artist: Jyrki 69 ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Helsinki Vampire █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-08-02 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Gothic Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Cleopatra Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Over twenty-five-years and twelve albums with █
█ FinlandÆs premiere Goth-N-Rollers, The 69 Eyes, █
█ mark Jyrki 69Æs musical career to date. Now, for █
█ the first time ever, on June 23rd of 2017, the █
█ Helsinki Vampire will release his debut, solo CD █
█ with Cleopatra Records. Oh my Goth! █
█ █
█ Known for his seductive baritone vocals, Jyrki 69 █
█ has spent the past two-and-a-half decades of his █
█ musical career fronting The 69 Eyes. A luscious █
█ blend of Glam Metal and Goth û creating their █
█ signature, self-proclaimed ôGoth NÆ Rollö sound û █
█ the band have toured the world over, writing and █
█ recording macabre seductions for children of the █
█ night since 1989. On Helsinki Vampire, Jyrki 69 █
█ takes this penchant for Rock-n-Roll and melds it █
█ with something a little more 1980s Depeche Mode, a █
█ little less 1980s M÷tley Crⁿe. The end result is █
█ an eleven-song collection that sounds like a 2017 █
█ Horror movie score rather than anything from the █
█ days of the Sunset Strip. Produced, mixed, and █
█ engineered by long-time friend and 69 Eyes █
█ collaborator Johnny Lee Michaels, in fact, several █
█ of the Helsinki Vampire tracks have already been █
█ selected for use in upcoming Horror films. █
█ Apropos, you know? █
█ █
█ Helsinki Vampire launches with ôAd Infinitum,ö an █
█ eight-minute introduction that presents █
█ beautifully haunting electronics and minimal █
█ vocals forevermore. The impressive piano and █
█ keyboard work continue in ôVersailles,ö a █
█ downtempo, melancholic tromp through the garden, █
█ as well as on the gentle embrace of ôSpanish █
█ Steps.ö A sensual tale of one little girl with █
█ ôBloodlustö deep in her eyes, prowling the streets █
█ at night is already slated to appear in the █
█ upcoming Horror flick Sunset Society (starring █
█ Lemmy from Mot÷rhead as a Sunset Strip vampire). █
█ Spooky Horror romp ôLast Halloweenö has also been █
█ selected for use in an upcoming film, Halloween █
█ Hell House (which will star former-21 Jump Street █
█ heart-throb Richard Grieco, as well as the voice █
█ of MegadethÆs Dave Mustaine). █
█ █
█ A languorous tale of one morbid and darkly ironic █
█ birthday celebration û while burying your mother █
█ with tears of love and loss û ôHappy Birthdayö is █
█ anything but; the irony here being palpable. With █
█ the pace amping upward, ôCall Of The Nightö begs █
█ for all children of the night to hear JyrkiÆs █
█ musical call. Superb bass breakdowns, sweeping █
█ guitars, and those seductive vocals mark this as a █
█ highlight of these vampiric offerings. In fact, █
█ Jyrki channels his own inner Dracula on the spoken █
█ word offering, ôPerfection.ö █
█ █
█ The intoxicating romp of ôClose Your Eyesö rolls █
█ into the ringing church bells of ôIn Your Dreams,ö █
█ a mid-tempo rocker that raises the bar and marks █
█ the beginning of the end. ôSayonaraö is styled as █
█ a live concert send-off and included as a bonus █
█ track on the CD only. ôHello, goodbye / Every day █
█ we die,ö Jyrki sings in this official send-off. Do █
█ you think he knows that everyday is Halloween? █
█ Probably, as the entirety of Helsinki Vampire is █
█ languorous, sensual, macabre, and horrific in the █
█ most theatrical of senses. █
█ █
█ Like a live-action Horror film that seduces, █
█ enthralls, captivates, and then repeats the █
█ vicious cycle, this is an album for all dark souls █
█ who wear black on the outside and feel black on █
█ the inside. █
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░ 1. Ad Infinitum 7:50 ░
░ 2. Versailles 5:05 ░
░ 3. Spanish Steps 7:36 ░
░ 4. Bloodlust 4:20 ░
░ 5. Last Halloween 4:08 ░
░ 6. Happy Birthday 3:43 ░
░ 7. Call of the Night 4:30 ░
░ 8. Perfection 4:54 ░
░ 9. Close Your Eyes 4:39 ░
░ 10. In Your Dreams 3:18 ░
░ 11. Sayonara 5:01 ░
░ 55:04 ░
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