Death Metal Finland is the debut from Finnish

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Sotajumala

Sotajumala

Sotajumala is a Finnish death metal band from Jyväskylä, formed in 1998. The band has released two full-length albums, two mcds, one single and one split EP . They have played a lot of shows in their home country, including Tuska, Jalometalli, Nummirock, Lutakko Liekeissä and Pellavarock festivals...

. It was released on Woodcut Records in 2004. The songs are mostly written (in Finnish

Finnish language

Finnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...

) by the instrumentalists themselves (much as in the case of Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1988, the band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album...

, one of their avowed influences), as vocalist 105 (aka

Pseudonym

A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...

 Teijo Hakkola) only figures into the songwriting on one track.

Track listing

• All Songs Arranged By Sotajumala.

1. Intro 0:52
2. Meidän Maa (Our Land) (Jyri Haakinen, Kosti Orbinski, Tomi "Aake" Otsala) 2:50
3. Elämän Vihollinen (Enemy of Life) (Hakkinen, Orbinski, Otsala, "Suhonen") 3:38
4. Syyttömien Veri (Blood of the Innocent) (Orbinski, Otsala) 2:42
5. Kuolleet (The Dead) (Arttu Romo, Orbinski, Otsala) 4:49
6. Rakkaudesta Sotaan (For the Love of War) (Orbinski, Otsala, Teijo Hakkola) 1:52
7. Panssarikolonna (Panzer Division) (Haakinen, Orbinski, Otsala, Romo) 2:15
8. Sisu Sinivalkoinen (Blue-and-White Strength) (Haakinen, Orbinski, Otsala, Pete Lapio) 2:45
9. Sotajumala (Wargod) (Orbinski, Otsala, Romo) 2:09
10. Vanki (The Prisoner) (Orbinski, Otsala, Romo) 3:59
11. Pommitus (Air Raid) (Orbinski, Otsala, Romo) 5:38

Sotajumala

• 105 (aka Teijo Hakkola): Vocals
• Kosti Orbinski: Lead & Rhythm Guitars
• Pete Lapio: Lead & Rhythm Guitars
• Tomi Otsala: Bass
• Timo Hakkinen: Drums

Additional musicians

• Simo "Slayer" Rahikainen: Guest Lead
  Lead guitar
  Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
  
   on "Kuolleet"
• Sami Kokko: Guest Vocals on "Pommitus"

Production

• Produced By Juha Saikkonen
• Recorded, Engineered & Mixed By Sami Kokko (Sam's Workshop, Jyväskylä
  Jyväskylä
  Jyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...
  
  )
• Mastered By Mika Jussila (Finnvox Studios, Helsinki
  Helsinki
  Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
  
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External links

• See allmusic link.
• Sotajumala release page; lists recording dates and info