Mokoma - Tämän Maailman Ryhtinaan Hovi

*=Staff's pick	Toista Maata* Haudan Takaa* Hiljaisuuden Julistaja* Tämän Maailman Ruhtinaan Hovi Minä elän!* Kiellän Itseni Hyinen Syli* Vade Retro, Satana! Sudet Ihmisten Vaatteissa* Poltetun Maan Taktiikkaa Nämä Kolme Ovat Yhtä Uni Saa Tulla

Genre	Thrash Metal	Marko Annala	Vocals
Tracks	12	Kuisma Aalto	Guitar
Runningtime	41 Min.	Tuomo Saikkonen	Guitar
Label	Sakara Records	Santtu Hämäläinen	Bass
Release	02 May 2004	Janne Hyrkäs	Drums
Country	Finland	-	Keyboards
Similar artists	---

Mokoma did not have an easy start. After realeasing two albums on the label EMI with poor sales the label releases them from the contract. So there they are, without a label since no label wants to pick them up. What do they do? They form their own record label (Sakara Records) and release their theird album (Kurimus) with great success. In 2004 the fourth album "Tämän Maailman Ryhtinaan Hovi" was released and was placed at a peek # 2 place on the Finnish album chart. Their self-titled dvd has sold approx. 5000 copies in Finland. A new album is to be released early 2006.

Tämän Maailman Ryhtinaan Hoviis overall a very good album. Nice riffs and good melodies mixed with interresting vocals. The vocals by Marko Annala made me stop and really listen to the finnish lyrics even though I don't know any finnish. Markos shouting vocals are blended with clean vocals and gives a balanced feeling. However, many of the tracks sound too much alike and there is really no highlights on the album. The last song Uni Saa Tulla sounds more like something HIM would have produced.

It's hard to grasp what kind of feeling the band wants to send out with this album. It sounds trashy, it sounds death and brutal at times, it sounds like pop-rock... In other words it's hard to label them with a genre and maybe thats for the best.

Production	Vocals	Compositions
7	8	6

Summary
7 chalices of 10 - Michael