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Looking back on this past year

Posted on December 31st 2009. Filed under general news.

The plan was to not play any shows this year and I think we did pretty good: only 16 shows! We’ll announce the winners (and prizes) in the coming few weeks. Less than two weeks before we start recording the next album, but now, it’s time to look back on the past 12 months.

Best of 2009

Sotajumala

• Easily the best shows: Lutakko Liekeissä August 22nd and Cobra tour at Lutakko October 10th
• Tour of the year: Laulu on iloni ja työni 2009 with Misery Index
• The most Finnish trip: May 22nd & 23rd in Estonia
• Surprisingly awesome shows: Joensuu Kellari on September 26th & Tampere Vastavirta on August 27th
• Cultural/hometown achievement: Playing Liisan Pub at Lievestuore with Misery Index on August 23rd
• Group photo: Sotajumala & Napalm Death in Oulu on February 20th or Sotajumala & Misery Index in Helsinki August 28th
• The most loyal worker: Kosti and his numerous achievements regarding travelling from work to shows/shows to work no matter what time or how much sleep he didn’t get
• Photographers: Kalle Björklid, Petri Vilén and Kenneth Lehtinen
• Slogan: “Mitä vvvittua?!” (Kai from Deathchain)
• Song: Ruumiit
• Extra special deed: Writing new songs – as easy as lying
• Achiever: Corpse from Deathchain learned how to peel a banana!
• Honorable mention for not playing any shows: Fuck yes, we rule!
• Last but certainly not least a very special thank you to Jelmu/Lutakko for being the kindest people ever and running the best venue in the world. See you next year!

Kosti

• Places: New York, London, Ko Samet, Liisan Pub, Inferno, Ainola’s & Hauenmiekka’s sauna crew
• Time: Fall to christmas
• Crew: The folks in Savonlinna, Viilto & crew & customers
• Drinks: Ginger/lime/honey and Mikko Parviainen’s new drink
• Achievements: Gaining weight & mental domination
• Most played music: Tapio Rautavaara & Leevi and the Leavings at Ale Pub’s jukebox
• Show: AC/DC in Helsinki
• SJ shows: Lutakko, Oulu, Liisan Pub, Estonia, Cobra tour in Turku
• Discover: A new daddy

Mynni

• Finnish albums
  
  • Beherit – Engram
  • Ajattara – Noitumaa
  • Torture Killer – Sewers
  • Ghost Brigade – Isolation Songs
  • Viikate – Kuu Kaakon Yllä
• Foreign albums
  
  • Marduk – Wormwood
  • Behemoth – Evangelion
  • Shining – IV / Klagopsalmer
  • My Dying Bride – For Lies I Sire
  • Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way to Blue
• Travel music: Hank III (just as good in Europe, Africa and Finland)
• Mental state: Pissed off, tired and frustrated combined with a hangover (I’m too old for this shit...)
• Show: Misfits in Kuopio rock (plus drank some beers and took a picture with Jerry)
• The most relaxing trip: A week in Egypt

Timo

• Albums
  
  • Ulcerate – Everything is Fire
  • Shannon Wright – Honeybee Girls
  • The Gathering – The West Pole
  • Death Before Dishonor – Better Ways to Die
• Song: Elliott Smith – Waltz #2
• THE hanging out: Myself with George Kollias and Jamie Saint Merat in London on December 15th. That, and dicking around in front of Dennis Nilsen’s old flat the next day.
• Holidays: Two days in London with Kosti and the week with Misery Index in Finland (sauna, lake, bird watching...)
• Frontman: Kaarle Viikate (especially in Pellavarock)
• Funniest trips: Sotajumala in Estonia and Kataplexia in Sweden. Laughed my ass off at the drunken idiots (that I play with).
• Achievement: Organizing the tour with Misery Index

Tomi

• Albums
  
  • Guns N’ Roses – Chinese Democracy
  • Kreator – Hordes of Chaos
  • Iron maiden – Flight 666
• Shows
  
  • Suicidal Tendencies, Tuska
  • Vesa-Matti Loiri, Lappeenranta
  • Blaze Bayley, Henkka, Kuopio
• Game: Pinball at Tavastia
• Food: Burgundin pata, Oulu, Teatria
• Mistake: Being a drunken idiot in Tallinn… “This is how we party!”
• Place: Liisan Pub, Lievestuore
• Thanks: everyone who has followed and supported us throughout these years. See you soon!

Pete

• Show: Freak Kitchen, Lutakko
• Place: Liisan Pub
• The most listened track: Riverside – Panic room
• The most listened radio station: Iskelmäradio
• Mistake: Myself, Kosti and Tomi in Tallinn
• Finnish album: Club for Five – You’re the Voice
• Foreign album: Alice in chains – Black Gives Way to Blue

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