Alias Noone dropped a new single

Finnish progressive/melodic death metal band Alias Noone released the first single from their upcoming debut album on May 23rd.

Alias Noone is a melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They mix styles of metal to create their own brand of metal music. The band’s music is full of Finnish melancholy and heaviness that will make the spine tingle. Their first single Shadowkeep from the upcoming debut album is a song about the darkness that lives in some of us and the price of our actions. It is not sure if the narrative is happening inside the mind of the murderer. In this case, there is no way of knowing who wins or loses this twisted fight.

About the debut album

The debut album Weight of the World was recorded during 2023-24 at the D-Studios in multiple sessions. The album contains eight songs that are powerful and melodic without losing the band’s signature heaviness and groove. All the songs contain so much more hooks than before. Every song tells something about the weight of the world and the things that are pushing us down in modern society. The production is top notch and the sound is bigger than in Alias Noone‘s previous releases.

“We wanted to push the sound as big as possible without losing the things that make us sound the way we do” tells the band. Jarno Hänninen from the band Dead End Finland did the synths and programming. Jarno is the producer and engineer as well. “We wanted to bring some more melody to the songs and Jarno was the right man for the job. We also brought in Saara Nurmela to do some vocals in some of the songs. She has such a great range so we got so much more textures in the lead and backing vocals” Saara features in the songs Shadowkeep, Left Behind and Final Salute.

The band tells that the sound is a mixture of  Dark Tranquillity, Insomnium, In Flames, Amorphis, Sentenced and more without sounding exactly any of them. “We think our sound is ours, but if you want to put a label on it then the more melodic side of melodic death metal is the closest. There are so much different things in our songs but metal fans will love the album.”

Alias Noone‘s guitarist Janne Öysti passed away unexpectedly after the album was finished, so the band dedicates the upcoming release to his memory and loved ones.

Lineup:

Teemu Ratamaa – Vocals
Janne Öysti – Guitars
Juha-Pekka Tiainen – Guitars
Antti Valkama – Bass
Matti Fagerström – Drums

All keyboards, programming and production – Jarno Hänninen
Vocals on tracks Final Salute, Shadowkeep, Left Behind – Saara Nurmela