Rockshots Records: BLOODY HELL Unleash Single "Burn Witch Burn"; New Album "The Bloodening" April 30

Photo Credit: Lana Gonch

Formed to cause confusion and fear in people who don’t understand what heavy metal is about, Helsinki, Finland's BLOODY HELL (ft. members of Moottörin Jyrinä, Metal De Facto) have been wowing fans around the globe with their loud, unapologetic, speed demon tyranny for two decades. Known for their drunken wild shows, the band has always presented good times in the circle pit with anthems about drinking, hangovers, devil-worshipping among other important matters.

Taking a hiatus after releasing two EPs, Hangover Riders (2010), What The Hell (2003) and a self-titled album (2015), along with all members focusing to perform with their other project Moottörin Jyrinä (a children's heavy metal band that plays cover songs from classic 1980s heavy metal songs with child-friendly Finnish language lyrics with an educational tone), the quartet returns in 2021 to continue the party as grumpy old men with strong 18-year-old angst. Their new record "The Bloodening" due out via Rockshots Records on April 30th, 2021 features 12 fist-pumping songs to kick the band's new found momentum into overdrive. 

To get the headbanging party started, the band is sharing their first single off "Burn Witch Burn" from the full length. The track is good old-school 80's metal in the vein of Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Accept, and Helloween.

Band co-founder and guitarist Jaakko Halttunen comments on the single:

"What do you do when someone does something wrong or somebody suspects that someone has done something wrong? Even without evidence? You’ll of course shout: BURN THE WITCH, BURN THE WITCH!!!! This Song is about the darker side of social media and the yellow press. It's a killer song indeed!"

Listen to "Burn Witch Burn" at the following links:
YouTube - https://youtu.be/sdrSh_B7BDY 
Spotify - http://spoti.fi/37LRZsq 

Album pre-order (CD) - http://bit.ly/TheBloodening 
Album digital pre-save - https://backl.ink/144704772 


Track Listing:
1. Hangover Rider (4:37)
2. Face In Hell (4:02)
3. The Undertaker (4:54)
4. In The Night We Burn (4:30)
5. Smoking (5:16)
6. What The Hell (4:11)
7. Burn Witch Burn (3:57)
8. Muders She Wrote (5:01)
9. Midnight Man (3:43)
10. Long Road To Hell (5:32)
11. Bite (4:24)
12. Kiesma (The Museum of Modern Art) (7:03)
Album Length: 57:17

Album Details:
Bloody Hell:
Marko Skou - Vocals , Bass
Jaakko Halttunen - Guitar
Esa Orjatsalo - Guitar
Atte Marttinen - Drums

Guests:
Mika Grönholm - Lead Guitar on Kiesma (The Museum of Modern Arts)
Micko Hell - Vocals on Kiesma (The Museum of Modern Arts)

Drums on the Bloodening by Tom Rask
Recorded at Tom Rask Drum Record Factory by Tom Rask
Mixed and mastered at Tadaa Music Studio by Esa Orjatsalo

Music: Bloody Hell
Lyrics: Bloody Hell & Aleksi Koskinen
Cover artwork by Pate Vuorio
Cover layout Svetlana Goncharova
Esa Orjatsalo uses ESP guitars and Neural DSP plugins 

More info:
Rockshots.eu 
Facebook.com/bloodyhellfinland 

About:
Bloody Hell was formed in the year 2000. Jaakko Halttunen and Marko Skou formed the band to cause confusion and fear in people who don’t understand what heavy metal is about. The band is all about playing heavy metal the way it was meant to be, which is loud, unapologetic, and obnoxious. Lyrical themes revolve around drinking, hangover, the devil, and other important matters. 

Bloody Hell has released one full-length album before and toured around Finland and Russia. The band is known for their drunken wild shows where you can expect loud heavy metal music and a pretty decent show also. 

Even though the band has been on hiatus sometimes it has always returned. In the past times, it was because angry young men wanted to play angry music. Now it’s grumpy old men wanting to play grumpy music. Now with the new release, the band is again delivering its trademark fashion-free, bullshit-free Heavy Metal music for the fans who enjoy Heavy Metal.  

The members of Bloody Hell also all perform in Moottörin Jyrinä (a children's heavy metal band that plays cover songs from classic 1980s heavy metal songs with child-friendly Finnish language lyrics with an educational tone). Guitarist Esa Orjatsalo and drummer Atte Marttinen play in the mighty Metal De Facto.

 

Track by Track - BLOODY HELL – The Bloodening – 2021
1. Hangover Rider - Great opener for this album and a live show too! Story of a motorcyclist with a
terrible hangover. It starts out nice with an acoustic guitar, but ends up with vomiting, etc... Esa &
Jaakko played great solos on this one. Marko did the vomiting sounds... Ehh.. Yes, just the sounds....
2. Face In Hell - This is one of the first songs we ever wrote. Back in 2001 or 2002 I think. It’s about a guy
who ends up in hell. Very funny indeed and a very heavy song.
3. The Undertaker - A song about our van which we bought to help us getting the gear and the band to
shows. All we got from the car was that we never got to our shows and we had very expensive
maintenance bill. We later gave away the car to our friend, he’s still trying to fix it after some years.
Good song tough.
4. In The Night We Burn - No idea what the lyrics are about. I guess about burning in the night? Fast song
and it includes the very first riff that Jaakko & Marko made! Then it took only about 17 years to write a
song around it!
5. Smoking - The title has nothing to do with smoking cigarettes. This is a love song. It’s about how love
vanishes into the air just like smoke. Marko did a great job on vocals and he doesn’t even smoke. Also
Jaakko played very good solo on this one. He smokes a bit. In the end, nothing in this song has to do
with tobacco. Atte has few ciggies now and then, but in good company. Esa doesn’t smoke. Anyway, this
song isn’t about smoking tobacco.
6. What The Hell - Here’s the story of our band. Few times we landed with our face first etc. But we
carried on. Great rocking song!
7. Burn Witch Burn - What do you do when someone does something wrong or somebody suspects that
someone has done something wrong? Even without evidence? You’ll of course shout: BURN THE WITCH,
BURN THE WITCH!!!! Song is about of the darker side of social media and yellow press. Killer song
indeed!
8. Murders She Wrote - A very good song. Story of a serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Lyrics are based on the
movie. Oldie but goldie!
9. Midnight Man This one tells a story of a man with issues. One of our first ones. Simple riff and off we
go!
10. Long Road To Hell - This one is about bar fight which never happened. There are some pissing sounds
before and after the guitar solo. Enjoy!
11. Bite - First verse is about a great white shark called Jaws, second one about Dracula and the third
one about medieval dentist. Here’s a punk song A’la Bloody Hell!
12. Kiesma (The Museum of Modern Arts) - Great song! This features Micko Hell on vocals and Mika
Grönholm on the solo at the end of the song. There is a museum called Kiasma (The museum of modern
arts) in Helsinki. We thought that if we will write the name wrong, then everyone will notice it. Lyrics are
kind of modern art - No sense at all (some of them borrowed from the Book of Revelations, we intend to
return them)!