Fear of Domination, who have risen to become one of the most important industrial metal bands in Finland, have released their new album KATHARSIS, whose ten rather angry tracks present a reborn band that challenged itself artistically, but also coincidences added their own spice to the entire project.
“Katharsis is the culmination of our entire band’s evolution and the members’ self-reinvention. They say that art requires pain and faith… and this album truly contains that. Making the album tested us with both its adversities and its production, but maybe that’s why I’m extremely proud of us now: we managed to go through this battle,” says Saku Solin.
He adds that when comparing the final result to the original demos, it becomes very clear that all the hard work was indeed worth it.
“The songs themselves were written by Lasse (Raelahti), some of which have been waiting for years to be created. At the same time, we were able to make our first full album with Anton and Jessica. For me, the biggest thing was to be able to write songs for FoD with my good friends after a long time and share my story through music. Feel is perhaps the best song of my entire artistic career. At least one of the most meaningful to me,” Solin continues.
The band has previously released the singles All As One and Endgame from this album, the latter of which was accompanied by a music video that contains beauty and coldness in the same package. The album’s opening song Alone, which was selected as the album’s focus track, was also filmed and directed by Elsa Wellamo.
The Finnish release tour for Fear of Domination’s album started from Louhisali in Espoo, and the tour will continue until the end of March as follows:
10.1.2026 Espoo, Louhisali
16.1.2026 Kouvola, House of Rock /w King Satan
17.1.2026 Helsinki, On The Rocks /w Let It All Burn
23.1.2026 Turku, Apollo /w Herja, Morket
24.1.2026 Tampere, Olympia /w King Satan
30.1.2026 Jyväskylä, Freetime
31.1.2026 Oulu, Kantakrouvi, Winter Massacre
13.3.2026 Kuopio, Circus /w Ruoska
Tracklist:
01. Alone
02. Dead Anyway
03. Monsters
04. Imposter
05. Last Words
06. Primum Noce Apte
07. Rabbit Hole
08. All As One
09. Endgame
10. Feel
Fear of Domination is:
Jessica Salmi – Vocals
Saku Solin – Vocals
Johannes Niemi – Guitar
Jan-Erik Kari – Guitar
Lauri Ojanen – Bass
Lasse Raelahti – Keyboards
Anton Nisonen – Drums