10th August 2023

NEWS: i Helvete announce Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta!

That would be “One Common Society“. Mixed and mastered by Second To Sun frontman Vladimir Lehtinen (Grima, Ultar) and combining Melodic Black and Death Metal, Finland’s i Helvete have announced “Yksi Yhteinen Yhteiskunta” as the title of their sophomore album. A concept record which tells the story of a movement that sees the direction of the modern world as doomed. Preserving the sustainability of the planet requires extensive and radical actions – and not everyone can survive. The first single is titled “Uuden Ajan ABC” (or “The ABC of the new age“) and features a guest vocal appearance from Anna Pellikka, who previously guested on their debut album “Sinisten Puiden Niitty” (or “Meadow Of Blue Trees” two years ago. Pre-orders for the 24th of November via Inverse Records are available here.

Vocalist and guitarist Aleksi Mäkelä comments: “Uuden Ajan ABC was the first completed song from our second album. From the beginning it was a very strong ensemble and a single candidate. The song contains memorable riffs, female vocals and mood changes. The opening riff was played and felt for a long time before it got surrounded by other stuff. Originally, the song actually contained a completely separate outro, but when we arranged the song with Tapio, he came up with the idea that it should go back to the stuttering atmosphere of the verses instead of the new outro. Manu added an atmospheric guitar solo to it and thus the end of the song became much better! Lyrically, Uuden Ajan ABC serves as a good starting point for the concept album world, even though it’s only the third song on the actual album.”

“The composition process of our second album was surprisingly fast. After the release of the first album, it probably took a half year for this album to be composed. Of course, the recordings and other processes related to the album release still took their own time. YYY is perhaps a bit more straightforward compared to the debut album. We wanted to keep the sound world as authentic as possible, and in the recordings we tried to find the most ready sounds for the instruments. In addition to traditional band instruments, the album features violin, accordion, piano and mandolin. Instead of virtual instruments, we wanted these to be real for the record, and we used session musicians to record them. I think the sound of the album is really successful.”