With Finland’s native scene awash with bands exemplifying modern plasticity or retro-worship, Freedomination retaliate against trends with honest, thrashing heavy metal.

The Stand EP is a showcase of the band’s new direction and commitment, and their debut full-length is already composed and ready to be unleashed later this year.

Taking influences primarily from heavy/thrash giants of the ‘80s and adding a fuller, more modern production, Freedomination offer a much-needed revitalization of pure metal to the Nordic underground.  Not restricted to any stylistic limitations and possessing a keen sense of melody, the outcome is a varied and exhilarating journey – incorporating punk sentiments in the attitude, speed metal in the intensity, progressive heavy metal in the arrangements, and the all-too-elusive element of playfulness in the riffing and shredding.  While some songs brashly gallop and others wistfully breach the territory of epics, Freedomination’s compositions do as much storytelling as the lyrics, both being straight-forward and lacking in pretension.  The vocal delivery is heavy yet melodic and versatile, occasionally spiced with old-school falsettos.

The Stand tracklisting:

“The Stand”
“Unleash Hell”
“Tower Of Power”

The EP is available for purchase and streaming at Bandcamp.

Freedomination is:

Timo Ahlström - guitar/vocals

Jukka Ahlström - drums

Mikko Turunen - guitar

Otto Luotonen - bass