NEWS: KantalaSyndrooma love a little moonshine…

Following the passing of founding member and drummer Esa Moilanen Finnish Melancholic Metal act Lyijykomppania came to an end in 2022 however all was not lost. Taking the name KantalaSyndrooma a band was formed to continue the legacy of Lyijykomppania and Moilanen, not as a tribute but following their own path and writing new music in the same vein with some of the older material from the original project to be performed live.

The band has been quietly preparing its debut album, “Aavan suon tuolle puolen” (or “Beyond the vast marsh”) for a 6th November release via Inverse Records and now offer “Viinanpolttajien laulu” (or “Moonshiners’s song“) as a first taste.  Pre-orders are available over at bandcamp.

Guitarist and songwriter Lindström: “While composing the song, an idea for the lyrics started taking shape in my mind, which in turn sparked an idea for the video; it was an efficient process in that sense, having three ideas swirling around at once. ‘Viinanpolttajien laulu’ is perhaps the album’s most lighthearted track, even though the subject matter is grim—we are in the ninth winter of the nuclear winter following a nuclear war. A group of ‘jolly’ men have retreated into the wild to escape the post-nuclear world, taking their moonshine stills and other essentials with them—and the forest certainly offers plenty of wood to burn. And although there is a glimmer of hope that the sun might appear again someday, there is little desire to return to that wretched world, as long as the booze keeps flowing and they can occasionally shout their lungs out into the dark forest.”