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Artist: Apulanta
Album: Kesa
Label: Playground Music
Playtime: 16:12 min
Genre: Rock
URL: http://www.apulanta.fi/
Rip date: 2008-06-09
Street date: 2008-06-11
Size: 24.74 MB
Type: Advance
Quality: 204 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Sounds like Amerika! But only more imaginative, more powerful, more
interesting and loaded with choruses youll be humming to until the end of
days. Take an equal amount of pounding, ground shaking hardness and eerily
haunting beauty and mix them together in a large cauldron. Throw in a handful
of undying sadness, wicked visions and hell-forged fury. Spice the mix with a
pinch of attitude problems and psychedelia as you slowly stir it with a
jagged blade under the autumn leaves. Finally let the juice steep in the
arctic bleakness of a small Finnish town much akin to Twin Peaks and youll
have the potion called Apulanta. After completely dominating their home turf
(with a dozen ..1 singles and six ..1 albums all of which have reached
platinum status) for over half a decade Apulanta are now releasing their
first international album. The album is all about heavy, blistering guitars,
painfully touching melodies, evilly stinging lyrics and choruses that just
stick to your ear whether you like it or not. The sheer classic pop-genius of
the tunes is wrapped in a high-explosive shell of modern alternative rock
sound while the distinctive voice of the charismatic
singer-songwriter-guitarist Toni gives the package a very characteristic
feel. At one moment youll be deeply moved by the beauty of the music but as
the pulverizing chorus kicks in you can just feel the crowd of ecstatic
people pouncing up and down in oceanic waves of sweat and flesh. Even in the
maelstrom of becoming national rock icons in their late teens-early 20s
Apulanta have never forgotten the most important thing in the whole business
great tunes- and this album is no exception. From the crowd moving "Bring Me
Down" and "Circles" to the pop-tastic "Incomplete", "Within" and "Falling"
the album is filled with fabulous generation anthems with chorus power
equaling a major nuclear power plant. Just make your pick. Over 800 live
shows have honed Apulanta into a lethally brilliant live act, still retaining
the raw, stormy element of unpredictable danger. From the tiniest rock club
in a moldy cellar to a headliner slot at a festival of 50.000 people the band
makes the crowd go wild and leaves them completely exhausted but still
begging for more. Ranging from a more traditional alternative rock show to a
pompous spectacle in the best (or worst!) tradition of Kiss, DIO and Iron
Maiden (Hey, if you were a male born in 76 you couldnt help growing up
listening to Eavy Metal!) an Apulanta show is always an energetic, almost
spiritually electrifying experience touching the audience on both mental and
physical levels. On stage Tonis commanding presence is backed up by the
hard-hitting efficiency of drummer St Pucchi (and his incredible hair-do!)
and the glowering menace of the bassist T.T. Usually the trio is accompanied
by an extra guitarist to really deliver the message home. Most definitely
worth checking out! Apulanta have now taken the first step on their
unstoppable march to Total World Domination. Join them in glory or be utterly
trampled underneath as the wave of soul-purging sound sweeps over the globe.
In near future Mother Earth shall be called Apulandia. You have been warned.
- Track List ---------------------------------------------------------------- -
01. Paha Ihminen ( 3:25)
02. Nakysi Muotoinen ( 4:13)
03. Hoyryksi Ilmassa ( 4:32)
04. Sellaiset Kuin Itse Olen ( 4:02)
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