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Friday, January 4, 2008 - New Lordi single available for free download
Lordi's new single, "Beast Loose in Paradise" is available for free download in MP3 format at this direct link. The single's cover artwork which is a tribute to KISS' classic "Creatures of the Night" cover can be seen here.

"Beast Loose in Paradise" was released as a downloadable single on December 24 and will be made available as a physical CD on January 9. There will be two edits of the song: "Radio Edit" and the "Dark Floors Version". The "Dark Floors" version will include a longer intro.

"Beast Loose in Paradise" which is one of two new songs the band recently recorded will appear in LORDI's upcoming feature film "Dark Floors".
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Friday, December 15, 2006 - Lordi signs to The End Records
Lordi, Finland's monster rock n' roll extravaganza and winners of the 2006 Eurovision award, have signed to THE END RECORDS for North America.

Since winning Eurovision Lordi's popularity has grown to gargantuan heights with the band conquering numerous European charts and a six-week sold out tour of Europe. Now since signing with THE END RECORDS, the band has set their sights on North America and anticipates their success will continue across the pond.

The band's most recent album, The Arockalypse, will be released March 20, 2007 with bonus tracks and a DVD.

Lordi are currently planning their first ever jaunt of North America this spring and are confirmed for a two night stint at the annual Bamboozle Festival this May. For more info go here.
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Sunday, May 21, 2006 - Lordi win Eurovision Song Contest
To the surprise of many, the Finnish "monster rock" band Lordi has won the Eurovision song contest! Lordi's performance of their song 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' racked up 292 points as voted by the viewers (including yours truly), 44 points ahead of second place Russian entry, Dima Bilan. You can see Lordi's semi-final performance here. Their performance on the night of the contest is available for download in MPG format here and award presentation footage as well as the final performance is available in DivX format here. Congratulations Lordi!
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - Monster band has Finland fretting over face it shows
This is an excerpt of an article from The International Herald Tribune:

They have eight-foot retractable latex Satan wings, sing hits like "Chainsaw Buffet" and blow up slabs of smoking meat on stage. So the heavy-metal band Lordi expected a reaction when it was chosen to represent Finland at Eurovision, the European song competition that launched Abba and Celine Dion.

But the Finnish monster band did not imagine its selection would inspire a national identity crisis.

First, Finnish religious leaders warned that the Freddie Kruger look-a-likes could inspire Satanic worship. Then critics called for President Tarja Halonen to use her constitutional powers to veto the band and nominate a traditional Finnish folk singer instead. Rumors even circulated that the five members of Lordi were KGB agents sent by Vladimir Putin to destabilize Finland before a Russian coup and that explained why they refused to take off their freakish masks in public.

The backlash migrated to Greece, winner of last year's Eurovision and site of the next contest, in Athens in August. An anti-Lordi movement called Hellenes urged the Finnish government to "say 'no' to this evil group." One young Finn calling himself Suomi (Finland in Finnish) wrote to a newspaper blog saying: "If Lordi wins Eurovision, I am leaving the country."

The lead singer, Lordi, a former film student who goes by the name Tomi Putaansuu when not wielding a blood- spurting electric chainsaw, is philosophical about the uproar.

The affair, he says, has exposed the insecurity of a young country whose language is spoken by only six million people worldwide and whose sense of identity has been dented by being part of the Swedish kingdom and the Russian empire until gaining independence in 1917. Most Finns, he adds, would rather be known for Santa Claus than heavily made-up monster mutants.

"In Finland, we have no Eiffel Tower, few real famous artists, it is freezing cold and we suffer from low self-esteem," said Lordi, who has horns protruding from his face mask and sports black fingernails 15 centimeters, or 6 inches, long.

Dragging on a cigarette, Lordi added, "Finns nearly choked on their cereal when they realized we were the face Finland would be showing to the world."

Read the whole article here.
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