Poets of the Fall

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Finnish rockers Poets of the Fall - singer Marko, guitarist Olli and keyboardist Captain - started out their musical adventure from scratch in 2003. Marko sold everything he had to invest in pursuing the love of his life, music, with his buddies Olli and Captain. He moved into his folks' basement, when he couldn't keep a place of his own any longer. The guys then built a little studio of their own in Captain's living room for the recording and producing sessions, and kept an office in Olli's beat up old car. The result of the recording sessions was a novel blend of pop, rock, metal and industrial sounds.

The band's first single was Late Goodbye, written for the acclaimed computer game Max Payne 2. Reaching millions of people through the game, the song went number one in Finland, and earned the guys international recognition and the first prize at the G.A.N.G. Awards in 2004.

Their debut album Signs of Life went straight to #1 on the Finnish album chart in January 2005, and stayed on the chart for over a year. The next album Carnival of Rust, released in April 2006, also hit the number one spot on its first week, with the debut album still on the official Top40 chart. To date, both albums have sold platinum in Finland. The eight singles (including two radio promos) released from the albums have dominated Finnish radios, with the song Carnival of Rust being the most played Finnish song in 2006. The third album Revolution Roulette was released in March 2008. It also took the first place on the album chart, and broke the gold record limit in just a couple of weeks after its release.

Among others, the trio has received the following awards:

Best Finnish Act at MTV Europe Music Awards 2006
Best Finnish Music Video of all time in TV2's Musiikki-TV and Best Music Video of 2006 at The Voice (video Carnival of Rust)
Two Emma Awards (the Finnish Grammys) in 2005 - the best debut album and the best new act
The Bronze Muuvi and People's Choice Muuvi 2006 Awards (video Carnival of Rust)
Best Finnish band at the NRJ Radio Awards 2006
Commercial Radio Stations' Newcomer of the Year Award in 2005

Poets of the Fall have played successful tours in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Russia, Lithuania and India.

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Latest bulletin 07.01.09

Howdy from the studio!

A long time since we posted anything here! We'll try to do better from now on, but it's hard when you try to make music and update a dozen websites at the same time... :/

Anyway, we are currently in the middle of recording our upcoming fourth album, and things are going great! Keep following us on Twitter, since that is the place we update most often.

http://twitter.com/poetsofthefall

Later guys, rock on!

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Feb 08, 12:10 PM

POTF we are waiting for u on 26 March in Moscow!!!!!
Feb 05, 08:21 AM

Would love to see you in Iowa, USA!
Jan 28, 08:33 AM

POTF....u simply rock!!!!
Jan 27, 03:16 PM

pls come. u will get an unexpectedly high response... love yu guys
Jan 18, 11:27 AM

guess u have never been to india have u of u have then u have never been to kolkata the city of joy and more joyus we wil b to have u in our city
Jan 11, 09:30 PM

whoa, you guys would really love to see Bali's pristine beaches! :D
Jan 11, 07:11 AM

Dude, forget about America. Come Australia! More importantly come to Adelaide!
Jan 01, 06:52 AM

Please come to Bern :)