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Cinematic metal band Atlases returns to the release roster

Pori-based Atlases, mixing moody atmospheres with heavy sonic waves, returns to the release roster. Originally released in 2017 via Romanian Pest Records, Atlases’s debut EP “Penumbra” has been given a new treatment and anointing. The re-recorded, mixed and mastered EP is titled Penumbra: Recast, and is the first release from the band Atlases, which has undergone a crew change, and the debut of Jesse Simola, who has previously produced samples, synthesizer and backing vocals, as the band’s front vocalist.

The idea for a new treatment of the Penumbra EP arose when the band discovered that the original output had disappeared from digital music platforms.

At the same time, the band underwent a crew change, with original vocalist Jamppa Lamminpää stepping aside. Rather than immediately start working on a new and upcoming album, the band felt that bringing in a new vocalist to front the band, making the old one updated, would be pleasing to all parties involved and concerned, says Atlases. The band is currently working on a follow-up to their 2023 album “Between The Day & I”, which is in pre-production phase.

Penumbra: Recast EP´s drums was recorded by Jesse Simola. Other recording and production, mixing, mastering and cover art was done by bassist and singer Jerkka Perälä.

The digital release of Penumbra: Recast will be produced by Meara Music, an agency, record label and event producer based in Ulvila, Finland.

Atlases, from Pori, Finland, is a strong forward-looking five-piece band, whose brushes have been stuck with plenty of experimental attitude in addition to the metallic starting point. Atlases have taken an unprejudiced leap towards increasingly original expression. The band’s atmospheric metal combines the use of two vocalists, crushing riffs and experimental soundscapes with a sense of danger and serenity.

Discography:

Penumbra EP (Pest Records 2017)
Atlases/Besra – split 8″ (Self-released 2018)
Haar (Rain Without End Records 2019)
Woe Portrait (Lifeforce Records 2020)
Epsilon (Lifeforce Records 2021)
Between The Day & I (Lifeforce Rercords 2023)
Glacial & Violent Cold (Lifeforce Records 2024)
Penumbra: Recast EP (Meara Music 2025)

Line-up:
Rasmus Forssell – Guitar
Ville-Veikko Laaksonen – Guitar
Arttu Leppänen – Drums
Jerkka Perälä – Bass, Vocals
Jesse Simola – Vocals, Synth, Samples

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Countless Goodbyes “Lost in Waves” – release party w/Irvikuvat, Without Warning and Atlases

Finnish band Countless Goodbyes released their second full-length “Lost in Waves” on October 10th, for the occasion they organized the release party on Saturday, November 9th at Annis Culture House in Pori, the city where the band started their journey. The first concert after a break of almost 5 years, changes in the lineup and also changes in the musical style.
For the occasion, the band wanted to share the stage with Irvikuvat, Without Warning and Atlases.
The first to take the stage were Irvikuvat, a six-piece band of melancholic Finnish metal. Next up, Without Warning from Turku. The band defines itself as a sonic metal experience, born from fusion and experimentation through modern metal. The last guests on stage is Atlases, a post-metal band from Pori. The band took advantage of this evening to celebrate and say goodbye to the historic singer Jamppa Lamminpää who decided to retire and in his place as singer takes over Jesse Simola already part of the band and responsible for synths, samples, backing vocals.
Finally it’ss the turn of the hosts, the modern metal band Countless Goodbyes who brought on stage the energy and emotion that they have carried inside for many years, proving to be more charged than ever and ready to tread bigger and more important stages even outside the Finnish borders.

Setlist:

Intro+Unrivaled
Room Without Walls
Hourglass
Death Stood Before God
Hollow
Pages and Chapters
Trapped
Faith In Me
Oath
Who We Are
Hiding From Myself
Paralyzed
The Fallen
Come Alive
Lost In Waves+Outro

Here the photos of the show thaken by Cristina Gregori.

Atlases interview

Photo: Johanna Sjövall

Atlases is a Finnish band formed in 2017, after two albums and several lineup changes, the band presents itself to the world with a third album “Between The Day & I” in which it shows the duality of their music with heavy and melodic modern sounds . After a mini-tour in the Baltics, the band introduced itself to its home crowd in Pori, before the gig we had the chance to have a chat with Rasmus Forssel and Jesse Simola to get to know better the band and their music.

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Atlases, Golden Rot & Sirkuit Preiker live at Meara Klubi, Pori (Finland)

The last appointment with Meara Klubi before the summer was also a pre-release party for Atlases album “Between The Day & I”, as open acts Sirkuit Preiker and Golden Rot.
Atlases is a six-piece fiercely forward-thinking ensemble, whose brushes have touched the metal starting point plus plenty of experimental attitude, with their next album, the band made an unprejudiced leap towards even more original expression, the post metal elements are still present, but the band’s experimental attitude also brought with it songs that were more truncated than before.
Golden Rot is a fresh and modern alternative metal band from Tampere, whose members each gained experience in various genres of heavy music, the songs sound fresh as a mix of influences from metalcore, 90s alternative, progressive metal and catchy radio rock tune of the millennium.
Sirkuit Preiker is a Finnish-language electronic metal project, where Samuli Peltola, best known for Medeia, wanders the boundaries of film music and technical death metal.
Here some photos of the night brought to you from Cristina Gregori.