Rifftera will release a new EP

Finnish metal band Rifftera will release their new EP Coda on October 11th via Inverse Records. The first single No Turning Back is out already, together with a visualizer video. This...
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Finnish metal band Rifftera will release their new EP Coda on October 11th via Inverse Records. The first single No Turning Back is out already, together with a visualizer video. This is the first release since their critically acclaimed second studio album Across the Acheron (2019), out via Inverse Records, also.

The band comments:

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 & 80’s sci-fi. Then follows for example multiple killer riffs, a really catchy chorus and three solos. Because what kind of a song wouldn’t have three solos? Dark atmosphere, crushing riffs and some honey on top; that’s what No Turning Back is made from.”

About the band:

Rifftera appeared in 2010 in Vaasa, Finland due to Janne Hietala. Basically, the band started as a studio project. As a channel for releasing riffs and song ideas that kept on coming. Janne had been playing in some bands and projects during the years. However, besides of a couple of demos in the early 2000’s none of this material had ever been heard outside rehearsals. So, from the beginning, the idea of Rifftera was basically just to get music released – in a form that it deserves.

Antti Pöntinen and Jupe Karhu shared a musical past with Janne, and they decided to join this new band. First years of the band involved a lot of learning and skill honing in both song writing and recording areas.

In 2012, Mikko Kuoppamaa joined the band and eventually it lead to a situation where Mikko started to take care of band’s clean singing and Janne dealt with the screaming parts. Before Rifftera Mikko had been just singing some backup vocals and Janne had basically never been in front of the microphone. So, the only reason to share vocal duties this way was the fact that there wesn’t anyone else around to do it. Luckily, promising results started to show up. After a couple of demos, the band finally released its debut album, Pitch Black, in August 2015.

The band had no drummer before the year 2016, when Ville Härkönen joined the lineup. Thomas Tunkkari, an old friend and the drummer of Dark Sarah, played the drums on Pitch Black as a session drummer. With Ville, Rifftera started to work with the second album, Across the Acheron, that eventually ended up to be released in January 2019.

After some silent years, a four song EP named Coda will come out in 2024.

Tracklist:

01. Carved in Skin
02. Quicksand
03. No Turning Back
04. Moonchild (Iron Maiden Cover)

Lineup:

Janne Hietala – Guitar, harsh vocals & clean vocals
Mikko Kuoppamaa – Guitar & clean vocals
Antti Pöntinen – Keyboards
Jupe Karhu – Bass
Ville Härkönen – Drums

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