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KIUAS was formed in the year 2000, these Finnish hybrid metallers mix clean vocals with death metal, sprinkled with an amount of heroic power on top. Kiuas’s self-financed pre-Spinefarm releases “The Discipline of Steel” 2002 and “Born Under the Northern Lights” 2003 got rave reviews upon their release, and with those releases’ success the band was briefly signed onto the now defunct Rage of Achilles (UK). After only a short stint of working together, the label had to eventually let their bands go due to financial problems, and Kiuas was cast out among others. RoA released 2004 EP “Winter in June”. The salvation came in the form of Spinefarm Records.

So the Kiuas saga continued with their debut album “The Spirit of Ukko”, an album paying homage to the Finnish Zeus: Ukko, the mightiest one! Springtime of 2005 saw the release of this melodic, aggressive and graceful debut that, not naming any influences, bore a streak of tantalizing resemblances to some good old metal bands.

After being released in Japan by Universal Music, “The Spirit of Ukko” was carried all the way to the land of the rising sun where Kiuas played their debut gig. After Japan Kiuas toured Finland extensively, and then headed to the studio to record a follower to their debut.
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  • ikd-sj

    -sault- PLEEEEASE ꒰๑❛ɷ❛๑ૢ꒱

    13 Apr 9:26am Reply

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    8 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Zeroshii

    lol profile picture is too misleading. But really amazing stuff here

    5 Oct 2012 Reply

  • eskhn

    Well, shit. Asim was fired last month. I hope this doesn't mean they're over.

    4 Oct 2012 Reply

  • King_of_Zeroes

    There are several reason why Ilja is basically guaranteed to be "better" than whatever replacement. For starters, his vocals were "unique". Much like Tarja of Nightwish. It was something different, but still good. A loss of that unique flavor is noticeable, if nothing else, and will draw plenty of ire. Second, Kiuas has been on a very slow decline since their first album. Spirit of Ukko was, amusingly, TOO good. For an initial release, Kiuas will never top it, and as excellent as their following albums are, they're stuck in the shadow of Ukko. This means it's unlikely any future releases will top Ukko as well, which while not necessarily the new singers fault, will be attributed to him fairly frequently. Kiuas isn't dead, but it will benefit everyone if they go into future releases expecting a significant difference in what Kiuas originally delivered.

    4 Sep 2012 Reply

  • Daltroliver

    "I can already say Ilja Jalkanen > Asim Searah" — I guess everyone could say that since the day one of this "new" Kiuas. Sigh. Moreover, Ilja Jalkanen > 98% of good power metal singers. <--THIS

    22 Aug 2012 Reply

  • Meat_Wolf

    "I can already say Ilja Jalkanen > Asim Searah" — I guess everyone could say that since the day one of this "new" Kiuas. Sigh. Moreover, Ilja Jalkanen > 98% of good power metal singers.

    1 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Velimirius

    Warrior soul is amazing!

    29 May 2012 Reply

  • mozart92

    IIja's leaving makes me very sad. I was hoping for another amazing album (with llja) [2] . . . . . . . . .

    26 May 2012 Reply

  • stupidPity

    I can already say Ilja Jalkanen > Asim Searah

    13 Apr 2012 Reply

  • WeepingKuu

    IIja's leaving makes me very sad. I was hoping for another amazing album (with llja)

    13 Apr 2012 Reply

  • usom

    Nothing special happened. Quality stuff is the normal there. :)

    8 Mar 2012 Reply

  • marimurray

    What happen with Finland? All their bands are so amazing. [2] FACT!

    15 Feb 2012 Reply

  • undeadxchild

    What happen with Finland? All their bands are so amazing.

    10 Feb 2012 Reply

  • King_of_Zeroes

    Ilja left? Fuck. Loss of a vocalist or a songwriter are the best ways to ruin a perfectly good band.

    27 Jan 2012 Reply

  • EuanDemonStorm

    Warrior Souls is an awesome song to work out to at the gym :)

    18 Jan 2012 Reply

  • deslich

    buena banda

    30 Dec 2011 Reply

  • Timofey16

    new album take place in this year?

    8 Dec 2011 Reply

  • ThisDominon

    I hope they can come back to the UK soon, but with their vocalist this time

    20 Nov 2011 Reply

  • arturcastelo

    Y U Play with Turisas when I have no money? :( [2] Come to Brazil, please!!

    7 Nov 2011 Reply
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