Afterworld

Established In 1993 The Heavy Metal Band Afterworld Saw Light Of Day In Oulu In Northern Finland. The Music Incorporates Sounds From Different Metal And Heavy Subgenres. The Band Members Have Different Backgrounds From An Even Broader Genre Spectrum Ranging From Heavy To Classical Music Which Adds Another Layer Of Tints To The Metal Hue. The Band Members Have Been Associated With Bands Such As Poisonblack Kalmah Riff Raff And Solution 13 In Their Past. The Single “To The Afterworld” Stayed Several Weeks In The Top 10 Of The Official Finnish Single Chart In 1999 And The Music Video Aired Frequently On TV. Around The Turn Of The Millennium Afterworld Nailed A Record Deal With The German Noise Records Who Have Hosted Helloween Stratovarius And Kreator And Published The Afterworld Albums “Dark Side Of Mind” And “Connecting Animals” In 34 Countries Worldwide With Raging Reviews. The US Based Joe Petagno Designed The Cover Art For The Albums. He Has Previously Designed Album Art For Bands Like Motorhead Led Zeppelin And Pink Floyd. Afterworld Has Climbed On Stage At Many Major Heavy Metal Festivals Including Tuska And Nummirock And Toured Together With Bands Like Sentenced And Embraze. After A Long Low Key Period Afterworld Has Reactivated Itself And Is Currently Recording Its Third Full Album. Afterworld Has Stayed Pretty Much In Its Original Set Up. The Current Line-Up Is Mika Kuokkanen Vocals Petri Saasko Guitar Immu Ilmarinen Bass Marco Sneck Keyboards And Jani Outinen Drums . -ALBUMS- CONNECTING ANIMALS Noise Records 2000 Metal Heart GER 9/10
Musica RUS 9/10
HMP CZ 9/10
Cartea De Nisip ROM 9/10
Internet@Metal 9/10
Metalrium SLO 8/10
Rock Hard GER 8/10
Metal Hammer GER 6/7 Metal Trust FIN 4 5/5
Total Metal RUS 4/5 Kronikle Of 80s JPN 4/5
MetalReviews UK 86/100 Castle Of Pagan JPN 82/100 DARK SIDE OF MIND Noise Records 1999 Feedback GER 10/10
Unbroken Metal Magazine GER 9/10
Ultimate Metal Reviews USA 8.1/10
Rock Hard GER 8/10
Metal Disrict GER 8/10
HMP CZ 8/10
Association For The Promotion Of Heavy Metal Music JPN 85/100 Castle Of Pagan JPN 84/100
Fast Metal Pages USA 80/100
Scream Magazine NOR 5/6
ProgressiveWorld.Net USA 4/5
The High-Priesthood UK 4/5
Metal Nightfall FRA 4/5 Metal Trust FIN 4/5 Metal Hammer GER 5/7 Mindwiew Magazine BEL 5/7 DARK SIDE OF MIND Mastervox Records 1998 Suomi Finland Perkele FIN 9/10
Metal Asylum FIN 4 5/5
PllayLoud! JPN 4/5 -SINGLES- TO THE AFTERWORLD / MASTERVOX METALSINGLE Mastervox Records 1999 -Finnish Single Chart 4 -COMPILATIONS- THE BEST OF NOISE Noise Records 1999 -Finnish Album Chart 7
POWERPLAY MAGAZINE UK 1999 -DEMOS- PROMO 96 1996 DEMO 93 1993 -VIDEOS- MAKE A CONFESSION -Document 2000 PROMISES -Musicvideo 2000 TO THE AFTERWORLD –musicvideo 1998 TO THE AFTERWORLD Demo –musicvideo 1997 -BOOKS- ROKATESSA ROISKUU 2 Like 2003 read less