I Am Your God—a band seen this summer at major events like the Summer Breeze festival—is dedicating this year to paying tribute to some of their own personal favorites. The Foregods EP, set for release on November 20th, features new versions of tracks considered cornerstones of both the band’s own influences and the metal scene at large; the spotlight falls on Sentenced’s “Farewell.”
Each member of I Am Your God got to choose one song for the upcoming release, and “Farewell” was the pick of the band’s vocalist, Julius Vetämäjärvi.
“Sentenced is one of those bands that has always been a part of life for many of us. Their super-melodic and melancholic world, combined with dark humor, is something truly unique—much like the band’s own story, with its theatrical nature and definitive conclusion,” the band explains, adding:
“The idea behind ‘Farewell’ was to add variety to the collection and introduce something very different from our own style. We chose October 1st as the release date to honor the memory of the beloved Sentenced; the band brought their story to a close at Club Teatria in Oulu on October 1, 2005.”
Previously released tracks from the ‘Foregods’ project include Children of Bodom’s “Are You Dead Yet?” (released on Alexi Laiho’s birthday in April), Iron Maiden’s “The Evil That Men Do,” and the In Flames hit “Alias.” “The idea of making an EP began to take shape when we came up with the concept of occasionally adding cover songs to our live sets as fresh, surprising elements. The final result will be a grand tribute to the forefathers of extreme metal—or, as one might say in English, the ‘foregods’.”
I Am Your God is:
Julius Vetämäjärvi – vocals
Matti Hietala – guitar
Joonas “Johnny” Erkkonen – guitar
Joonas Roivainen – bass
Atte Autio – drums