From: black.hole.4.spam{at}gmail.com (Don Hills)

In article , "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote:
>"Don Hills"  wrote in message
>news:hMAcEtgaX6aT092yn{at}attglobal.net...
>> I'm a fan of several Finnish rock and metal bands, especially
>> Apocalyptica (4 cellists who play heavy metal), The Rasmus
>> and Drain.
>
>I know the Rasmus' guys quite well, and an old band mate of mine is
>currently their guitar technician. They're really cool guys, and work harder
>than any other band I've ever met.

Neato. Have you heard the duet by Lauri Ylonen and Ville Valo (HIM) on
Apocalyptica's "Bittersweet"? There are several copies of the
video on video.google.com. Lauri mostly takes the bass parts, but he does
one tenor part. He has quite a range...

Looks like Apocalyptica have a new tour DVD available this month. Time to
punish the credit card at amazon.de again.

>Oh, and Blake just got an international record deal and will be going to the
>states in july or august: www.manisaplanet.com - they're good friends of
>mine, and I think one of the best heavy / rock bands here at the moment.
>

Listening to them as I write this... I think it'll take a while for me to
get used to Aaro's vocal style, but musically I like them very much indeed.
I'd call them more metal than rock. Thanks for the pointer.

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