Finnish heavy rock/proto-metal trio Kuolemankello released debut album »Perkeet« on Svart Records; watch new music video for »Paarmojen herra«!
Turku, Finland based heavy rock/proto-metal trio Kuolemankello stream their debut album, »Perkeet«, which was just released on October 31st, 2025 via Svart Records. Available now on all major streaming platforms.
Kuolemankello have also released new music video for »Paarmojen herra«, which can be seen below!
Tracklist:
01. Paarmojen herra
02. Sillanpolttaja
03. Väärä lääke
04. Ikenet
05. Kalmainen poika
06. Valoni
07. Haaskalintu
08. Taudinkantaja
09. Olkipukki
10. Sielun perkeet
11. Sotakoira
12. Kaikki tiet vie Gomorraan
13. Musta hahmo
Courtesy of Svart Records:
Svart Records presents Kuolemankello’s debut album »Perkeet« – out now!
A blend of original proto-heavy metal and tough rock, Kuolemankello will release their debut album »Perkeet« in October 2025. Eemeli Lehtonen, Tomi Helomaa and Matti Kallio founded the band as a noisy counterbalance to the bleakness of the covid era. With the release of the new album comes a new video for the track »Paarmojen herra«. Watch it at Svart’s YouTube channel.
Kuolemankello’s basis is to play loud rock in the spirit of old heavy metal, as if Black Sabbath and Finnish rock legend Tuomari Nurmio started jamming together. Sketchy songs baked around the screaming riffs, rolled up in full-body comping and marinated in a concrete bunker. An original band, with no clear plan or premonition.
The etymology of the band’s name reflects the finite nature of time and a certain kind of fatalism; life is short and the death clock is ticking, better to start a band now than tomorrow. The band’s drummer Kallio comments on the first single »Valoni«, released back in June:
“»Valoni« was born around a single riff, without any unnecessary negotiation. We just played it and went for it. There was a great feeling of accomplishment when everyone participated with teenage enthusiasm. Only the lyrics had to be completed afterwards, when the spontaneously looped chorus needed a story around it. The spark was found in the classic film Rosemary’s Baby.”
The band’s latest single, the riff-driven »Haaskalintu« with its screeching guitars, is a good representation of Kuolemankello’s musical backbone and the bleak nature theme of the Perkeet album. Haaskalintu is the band’s favorite song to play live, and the intense video directed by animation artist Malakias creates a magnificent apocalyptic atmosphere.
Kuolemankello’s debut album »Perkeet« is out on October 31st, 2025 on CD, digital platforms, and of course on three gorgeous vinyl editions, of which the limited-to-50-copies turquoise tinted transparent vinyl is only available at Svart Records’ webstore.
Order »Perkeet« HERE.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well