RUOSKA - A FINNISH INDUSTRIAL METAL BAND FROM HELL

Ruoska's debut album "Kuori" was made with a big hurry and it was released in 2002. Everyone could feel band's open-minded and line-breaking indrustial additude. The second album, "Riisu", saw the daylight in 2003. Kuokkanen, who was joined to the insiders of the band, brought even darker tone to band's lyrics. "Riisu" made a whole different splash in music medias than its forerunner. Critiques praised Ruoska's courage to make a new kind of music, regardless of unwritten rules and taboos. Machines had became even more important in their music and the songs had more melody than "Kuori" had, but the music's hardness still lasted.

Playing together for many years and decided developing themselves as a musician appeared in mens attitude and Ruoska's few and chosen gigs started to make a stir in even bigger circles. The vocalist, Patrik Mennander went and got new power from a Tolkien-metalband called Battelore. Afterwards their ways has gone separate and Mennander's, like all of Ruoska's guys, only music project is nowadays Ruoska.

In 2005 band released their next album "Radium", which was also the last album made under the wings of Kråklund records. Radium's songs "Tuonen viemää" and "Käärmeenpesä" started to find a place on the radio charts. Then in 2006 the band made a difficult decision and they decided to change Kråklund Records to a multinatonal recording company, EMI Music. Their fans were frightened that band's music would change more pop within EMI, but the next album, "Amortem" exceeded the expectations and the band grew even bigger. Amortem's singles "Mies yli laidan", "Alasin" and "Pure minua" were big hits, and Amortem brought thounsands of new fans to Ruoska. Amortem also climbed to the sixth place of Finnish official record list and stayed there almost ten weeks.

Ruoska is going to release it's fifth album called Rabies in April 2008. A beast has been released. The most stabbing, strictiest and sharpest sound will make Hell freeze. The first single "Pirunkieli" will be published digitally in December 26th and the second single "Helvettiin jäätynyt" is going to rule the world in January. Ruoska will be going on a tour next spring.