News archive
01.07.2010 - Amoral featured band of July on the Finnish Underground Radio
Finnish Underground Radio has chosen Amoral to be the featured band of July. Check out more from their website, and tune in for some good music!23.06.2010 - Final show of 2010 announced
The very first show we played after recording Show Your Colors was a secret gig at Helsinki's On the Rocks. This show (played under the moniker Gold Johnson Big Band) was also the very first time we played live with Ari. So what better way to wrap up the touring for SYC than to return to that very same place for one more show before we start concentrating on putting the finishing touches to the new material! This gig on saturday, October 23rd is gonna be a special "an evening with" -party, as we're gonna fuck around with the setlist a lot, with unusual tunes from our back catalogue, as well as throwing in some odd cover songs. And who knows, you just might hear some new material for the very first time...So, mark your calendars: Amoral @ On the Rocks, Helsinki, saturday 23rd of October. See you there!
-Amor Al
28.05.2010 - Update / Studio videos online
Hi guys,as you might've noticed, it's been real quiet here in the past few months. We've been writing, rehearshing and recording demos of the new material that will eventually become Amoral studio album number five. There's been a nice, long break from gigs, so we've been able to fully concentrate on this, which also explains the lack of updates or news online.
So far, we have about 50% of the next album completely written and demo'd out, and we're really happy with what we're hearing. It's still gonna take a good while to complete writing the other half, figure out all the boring business side of things (new label etc) and actually record the album, so please be patient. We also have some shows to do during the summer, which slows the writing down a bit...
We've posted a couple of videos of us recording new songs, one with Juffi's beats and another with Ari's vocals. Sorry for the lack of new music heard, but we don't wanna get the riffs out there this early in the process, we'd rather keep it fresh for when the album is actually out.
Ok, see some of yous at the summer shows! Keep checking in for more updates, possible videos etc. Meanwhile, if you haven't already, join The Amoral Forum to chat with fellow Amoral friends and the band, and follow us on Twitter, where we try to post irrelevant bs every now and then.
-Ben
24.03.2010 - "Battle of the Bands" contest is on!
Vote for Amoral in the "Battle of the Bands" contest!The winner of this contest will play at the world's biggest summer festival "Summerfest" in Milwaukee, Wisconsin U.S.A. on the Briggs & Stratton Big Backyard stage on June 26, 2010.
The voting goes on until 16th May ( started 14th March). The top 10 bands selected by online voters will then be announced. A selection committee then determines three finalists by May 7. Fans will then vote for a winner, who will be announced on May 25.
Go to the Battle of the Bands Myspace page, type "Amoral" in the search section next to the song player and click "Vote Now!". You can vote up to ten times a day with one email address, and up to 20 times a day per IP-address! So let's get crackin'!
11.03.2010 - Finnish Metal Awards 2009 - The results are in!
The top 10's of the 2009 Finnish Metal Awards has been announced at Imperiumi.net, and we're thrilled to see Amoral getting good positioning in ALL of the possible categories:SINGER OF THE YEAR:
1. Tomi Joutsen
2. Petri Lindroos
3. Antti Hyyrynen
4. Jules Näveri
5. Ari Koivunen
6. Niilo Sevänen
7. Marco Hietala
8. Tony Kakko
9. Timo Kotipelto
10. Ville Valo
MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR:
1. Alexi Laiho
2. Tuomas Saukkonen
3. Kai Hahto
4. Esa Holopainen
5. Pekka Olkkonen
6. Ben Varon
7. Tuomas Holopainen
8. Ville Friman
9. Jari Mäenpää
10. Mikko Salovaara
ARTWORK OF THE YEAR:
1. Amorphis: Skyforger
2. Insomnium: Across the Dark
3. Ensiferum: From Afar
4. Swallow the Sun: New Moon
5. Sonata Arctica: The Days of Grays
6. Stratovarius: Polaris
7. Amoral: Show Your Colors
8. Eternal Tears of Sorrow: Children of the Dark Waters
9. Profane Omen: Inherit the Void
10. Black Sun Aeon: Darkness Walks Beside Me
BAND OF THE YEAR:
1. Insomnium
2. Ensiferum
3. Stam1na
4. Amorphis
5. Turmion Kätilöt
6. Amoral
7. FM2000
8. Profane Omen
9. Swallow the Sun
10. HIM
ALBUM OF THE YEAR:
1. Insomnium - Across the Dark
2. Amorphis - Skyforger
3- Ensiferum - From Afar
4. Swallow the Sun - New Moon
5. Amoral - Show Your Colors
6. Sonata Arctica - The Days of Grays
7. Profane Omen - Inherit the Void
8. Viikate - Kuu kaakon yllä
9. FM2000 - Meibi Bus home
10. Turmion kätilöt - U.S.C.H!
To all of you who voted for us: Thank you so very much! We truly appreciate it. This inspires us that much more to write the best possible follow-up to Show Your Colors that we possibly can!
Cheers everyone, and see you at the shows!
-the Amorals
26.02.2010 - Special offer for Virgin Oil gig
Virgin Oil Co has a special offer for our show on March 5th: bring three of your friends to the show and receive a free ticket! Every group of four will get one admission free of charge. This offer is valid to both tickets bought in advance as well as tickets bought at the door. Welcome!Fri 5.3 VIRGIN OIL
22.30 One Morning Left
23.30 Day Eleven
00.30 Amoral
Tickets: 10 euros
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18.01.2010 - Vote for Amoral at Femmagaala
Femmagaala (Finland's "alternative" music award ceremony) will once again hold a public poll, with every Finnish artist who released music in 2009 as a nominee. So go to www.femmagaala.fi, klick on "Yleisöfemma" and vote for your boys!
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Femmagaalan perinteinen yleisöäänestys (jossa ovat mukana kaikki Meteli.net tietokannan mukaan vuonna 2009 musiikkia julkaisseet 690 artistia)
käynnistyy maanantaina 18.1. klo 15:00 osoitteessa: www.femmagaala.fi. Käy jättämässä äänesi!
14.01.2010 - "SYC" lands on Rumba's 2009 album poll
"Show Your Colors" landed on position 21 on Rumba magazine's readers poll for "Finnish album of the year". Thanks to everyone who voted for us!12.01.2010 - Amoral and Silver Ots part ways
For the past months it has been unclear whether or not Silver would continue in the band, and now he has made up his mind to leave. Apparently he didn't feel motivated enough to be part of Amoral anymore, as well as wanting to concentrate on other things in life.
As bothersome as it is to lose a band member we've been working with since the very beginning, we're not going to let this affect our own enthusiasm and the future of Amoral. Valtteri Hirvonen will be our "permanent stand-in guitarist" for the time being, so he'll be joining us on gigs and helping out with the songwriting process (he did a GREAT job on the European tour by the way, so we're more than happy to have the guy with us).
So, all the best for Silver in the future, and towards new adventures with Amoral!
- Juhana & the guys
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I would like to thank the guys for dedication and determination throughout the years and making things happen. I treasure the experiences and miles travelled. I hope nothing but the best for Amoral and raise my thumbs up to Valtteri Hirvonen for stepping up to the challenge!
- Silver
02.01.2010 - "Suckerpunch" most requested song of 2009!
"Year of the Suckerpunch" was the most requested song of 2009 on Finnish national radio station YLEX! Apparently no other song came even close to the amount of requests "Suckerpunch" got, which is quite amazing. To all of you who voted for it, thank you so very much! What a great note to begin 2010 with!More info about YLEX Himotuimmat (YLEX most requested) in 2009 here.