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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Dec 11, 08:26 AM

Love you guys, but you know that already. ;) Come to America - specifically NJ.. or NY.. or PA.. as long as your somewhere nearby, I'll make the drive! <3
Dec 09, 05:32 AM

you all just rockkkkkkkkkkkkkk.........and my favourite is carnival of rust
Dec 07, 06:40 AM

Great Band !!
Dec 03, 10:01 AM

Plz Plz Plz perform in Bangalore....
Kyle McHale
Nov 20, 02:32 AM

Hey, Guys! I would really appreciate it if you could gig at Leeds, England, UK or perhaps you could gig at London. Either way I'll be there. I love your music and I really cannot wait 'till your next album is in my ears.
Oct 29, 08:44 PM

Would love to see you all over here, looking forward to the new album
Oct 10, 11:18 PM

I had never heard of you until a few days ago...I'm addicted. Can't stop listening and watching. We need to see you here in the US.
Yahann "Rave-n-Klaw" Romero
Sep 13, 09:08 PM

The best band ever. I just love your music. For sure is mere poetry on music.