Finnish metal band Rifftera's new EP called Coda is out! As half of the EP's four songs have been released earlier as singles, the completely new tracks available today are an original Carved in Skin and a cover version of Iron Maiden's Moonchild.Rifftera's guitarist and vocalist Janne Hietala comments; "Carved in Skin is a new addition to our fast...
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Finnish metal band Rifftera is releasing a four song EP, called Coda, on October 11th, 2024. Now the band presents a second single from the EP; Quicksand.Quicksand is from the more melodic side of Rifftera's repertoire, although it doesn't avoid going into the band's common heavy riffing either.Mikko Kuoppamaa, band's guitarist and vocalist, gives ...
Rifftera has released a new single called No Turning Back, representing the upcoming EP Coda.Bands's guitarist and vocalist Janne Hietala describes the song: "No Turning Back is a bit slower song in our scale, but that just adds into the heaviness. The song starts with keyboards intro that reminds me of Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin anime &...
Finnish metal band Rifftera is releasing a four song EP, called Coda, on October 11th, 2024. EP will be available only digitally and will contain three new Rifftera songs plus a cover song.Musically Coda is a straight continuation to Across the Acheron – band's latest full-length album. Mixture of melodic death metal and thrash metal still works as...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. ACROSS THE ACHERONMusic: Janne Hietala & Antti PöntinenLyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: Megaupee I like the idea of having an epic title song at the end of the album. With Pitch Black it was clear that the most epic song would be the last but it was chose...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. DEEP WATERSMusic & lyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: Varjolaulu This song was originally planned to be on Pitch Black, but due to some problems with the time schedule it was left out. Basically Thomas, our friend who plays drums on Pitch Black, was away fr...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. WARMONGERMusic & lyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: Space Captain Morgan Slow song in the scale of our released songs. Just 150 bpm, so same tempo as Pitch Black's Ashes Fall. Crushing riffs and some horror-feel – not least due to the keyboard sounds. We we...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. CRY WOLFMusic & lyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: Slayerhumppa This is definitely the purest thrash song that we have released. Except for the little breathing break in the middle that lasts for a few seconds, the song is just a hard-hitting riff after ano...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. CUTTHROAT GAMEMusic & lyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: 2IN1 Song of the year. Jupe This is a song that I stressed the most about before its release. That's because I sing some of the clean vocals (the low ones on the beginning of the 1st verse + pre-choru...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. EYE OF THE STORMMusic & lyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: Meathead I can remember that it was fall 2014 when I was visiting my parents at the countryside and wrote the intro. The recordings for Pitch Black had started so I just stored that riff to my colle...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. TWO SIDES OF THE STORYMusic: Janne Hietala & Mikko KuoppamaaLyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: Testamentti-Entti The song starts with Mikko's ballsy riff that he has composed a way way back. Cool riff and reminds me of Testament – thus the working title. Th...
How did the songs of Across the Acheron came to be? Let's take a look behind the riffs. BURNING PARADISEMusic: Janne Hietala & Antti PöntinenLyrics: Janne HietalaWorking title: Battlefield 2017 When Ville joined the band it came quite clear that he likes to play fast. And he likes to play blast beat. I then once basically asked him to name a te...
Rifftera's second album Across the Acheron is finally here! Available digitally and in CD-format. Go and listen! Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/album/17vbgF0WiEjawgfclasFVt Apple Musichttps://itunes.apple.com/fi/album/across-the-acheron/1441137745?app=music Deezer Musichttps://www.deezer.com/en/album/77446282 Google Playhttps://play.google.com/sto...
Rifftera is taking part to Finnish Tuska-Torstai-competition, where the grand prize is a slot at Tuska Festival 2019. You can vote for Rifftera by clicking the below link, then scrolling down and clicking the like button under our picture! http://www.tuska-torstai.fi/bands4.htmlInfo about the competition (Finnish only): http://www.tuska-torsta...
Finnish metal band Rifftera has released a new single called Cutthroat Game. The song is taken from the band's upcoming second album, Across the Acheron, which will be out on January 18, 2019. Janne Hietala (guitar & vocals) states; "Cutthroat Game is definitely the most melodic Rifftera song that has been released so far. Across the Acheron co...
Rifftera has released a new single called Eye of the Storm, taken from the upcoming album Across the Acheron which will be released on January 18, 2019. Listen NOW! Rifftera - Eye Of the Storm (Official video) - YouTube An official video for track Eye of the Storm by Finnish melodic death metal thrashers Rifftera! The track is taken from the second...
Finnish melodic death thrashers Rifftera will release their new album, called Across the Acheron, on January 18, 2019. The album follows band's debut, Pitch Black, which was released on 2015."It took a lot longer than expected, but now Across the Acheron is finally ready to be released." Rifftera's guitarist and harsh vocalist Janne Hietala comment...