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The video for “Remote-Controlled End” received great press coverage in the global metal media! Finland, Spain, Australia, Russia, Italy, Romania, the UK… Here are links to the news stories or their social media profiles. Inferno Filthy Dogs of Metal Stormbringer Metal Rock Music Podcast Blessed Altar Zine Kaaoszine Metal Shock Finland Music Waves Metalliluola Swiss … More Remote-Controlled Press
The Finnish metal band’s debut single ponders the powers of the algorithms. “Remote-Controlled End” is the first video single of Arched Fire, a Finnish metal band working on their debut album to be released later this year. Musically, Arched Fire is where heavy metal meets speed metal—“hevispiidi”, as a Finnish radio dj called them a … More “Remote-Controlled End” video out now!
Here are the gigs we played ages ago… More useless info, anyone? Some of the dates are a bit uncertain, let us know if you know ’em! The quotes are translated from the local newspapers. 12.05.1989 Isokylä School, Kemijärvi (Koulubailut/School Party)“Arched Fire is a line-up by Aslak Purojärvi, Ari Väntänen and Mika Rytilahti. The band … More Ancient Gigs
Arched Fire’s debut album Remote Control to be released in 2021! Track list: Hindsight 2020, Back on Track, Remote-Controlled End, Crawling Down, …And Ride Away, A.T.W., Wormhole, Escape, Futile, From Dust to Dust
The end began in the late summer of 1990, when we decided Rytky had to go. It must have had something to do with the two gigs he missed, but it was also because he never really practiced and you could hear it in his playing. He took the news well, but was sad about … More Part 7: The End
But in a way, things were happening. That spring we came up with a lot of new songs, like “Against the World” parts I and II, “Escape”, “Remote-Controlled End”, “…And Ride Away” and “Crawling Down”, and we played some covers as well, like “For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Metallica and the anthraxed version of … More Part 6: Thrashing Around
He was just 14, a year below me, and was sitting in the music class in our school with his white Ibanez guitar. I had been playing for a couple of years, but Janne was waaaay ahead of me. He was not only cranking out riffs but was doing simple solos as well. I had … More Part 5: Refining Metal
We kept rehearsing in my parents’ garage, and I came up with some new songs, but the guys weren’t happy with them. Too much rock. Not enough metal. The stuff I wrote just wasn’t tough enough to separate us from the hair metal (that wasn’t yet called hair metal) scene. “Rock the Crowd? Why Rock … More Part 4: Turning Rock Into Metal
In May 1989 we got a chance to play our first gig. The local live music association Sessio had this idea of bringing back something they called “school parties”. It meant a bunch of local bands playing in a school gym hall. The party we played at ended up being the first and the last … More Part 3: It’s Alive