News archives 2009/01

Sotajumala and Woodcut Records part ways

Posted on January 26th 2009. Filed under general news.

Time has come for us to part ways with Woodcut Records, our label since 2002. We’ve achieved a lot together during these years and Woodcut has released both of our albums as well as three smaller releases. There’s no big drama behind this split, we’ve simply fulfilled our obligations and chose to continue with another label (whose name shall remain a secret for a while longer).

We would like to thank Mikki from Woodcut for these years and for believing in Sotajumala so early on in our career. Without his support things would be different for us today.

Seeing we’re not supposed to play any shows, how about a competition then?

Posted on January 1st 2009. Filed under general news, contests.

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Starting of today we’ll focus on writing our next album and try our hardest not to play any shows until we hit the studio. The question is: How many shows will we play during this break? Submit your answers within the next 30 days as comments to this entry.

To tell you the truth, we haven’t quite figured out all the prizes yet (see, it’s a very, very special competition!) but we’re giving away at least one signed copy of our 2003 sold out mcd Panssarikolonna and anything else we can think of. At least three people will be getting some Sotajumala goodies, that’s for sure.

If two entries have the same answer, whoever posted first gets the prize. Only one answer per contestant. We’ll notify the winners via email.

History

Sotajumala is a Finnish death metal band founded in 1998 that plays aggressive death metal. Drawing influence from both old and new generations of death metal the band has created a sound of their own. The lyrics are in their native language and the band name translates to Wargod. Over the years the band has gained loyal following through hard work, solid releases and several fierce live shows.

Debut full-length Death Metal Finland received great response from press and fans alike in 2004, marking the beginning of a new era in Finnish death metal. As a result of meticulous writing process the band unleashed their sophomore album Teloitus in 2007. With its eight crushing songs Teloitus displays Sotajumala’s progress as songwriters, as musicians and as a band - something both press and fans noticed. From start to finish Teloitus destroys everything on its path, not once letting go. This energy is also present at live shows where the band has further demonstrated their abilities to annihilate the masses.

Releases

• Slaughter at Lutakko, dvd 2010
• Death Metal Finland (special edition), 2cd 2008
• Teloitus, cd 2007
• Kuolinjulistus, cds 2007
• Sotajumala / Torture Killer split (vinyl), 7" 2005
• Sotajumala / Torture Killer split, cds 2005
• Death Metal Finland, cd 2004
• Panssarikolonna, mcd 2003
• Sotajumala, mcd 2001