LORDI WILL PLAY AT 3-MAJÓWKA 2023 AND THE GUITAR RECORD!
On 1 May, as part of 3-Majówka 2023, one of the most original and wildest bands in metal history will perform: Finland's Lordi. Their performances rank among the world's most spectacular. Excellent music accompanies a meticulously designed show built around original, frightening costumes
and fantastic pyrotechnics.
WITH THE LATEST ALBUM ‘KILLECTION’
This hard rock band was formed in 1992 at the initiative of singer, lyricist and creator and designer of extravagant costumes Tomi Putaansuu, who performs as Mr Lordi. From the outset, the band appeared in public in horror-film-inspired costumes specially designed by their leader. Lordi began as a solo project by this film school graduate and professional make-up artist, a lover of horror and the camp aesthetic popularised by Kiss.
The band members still take this very seriously and never appear in public without their costumes, which they do not remove even at the swimming pool. Behind each outfit lies a carefully prepared story created by the leader.
The world only heard about the band in 2002, when, after several years searching for a record label, Lordi released their debut album, “Get Heavy”. Its lead single, “Would You Love a Monsterman”, climbed to the very top of the Finnish charts. The group then toured with the famous Nightwish, gaining legions of new fans across Europe. The real turning point in their career, however, came with victory in the 51st Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. “Hard Rock Hallelujah” became the only song in the contest’s history to receive as many as 292 points. To this day, Lordi’s performance is considered one of the most spectacular in Eurovision history, although the band members view that success with a certain detachment.
Beneath the incredible costumes is one of the most accomplished and professional metal bands, forging new paths between hard rock and death metal. Lordi’s style is utterly distinctive and changes with each meticulously conceived and crafted album. The debut, “Get Heavy”, and later “The Arockalypse”, for example, lean towards classic hard rock. Subsequent recordings move towards heavier, more alternative sounds, before “To Beast Or Not To Beast” suddenly delivers classic heavy metal with remarkable ease.
The latest album, “Killection”, will surprise even the band’s most devoted fans: Mr Lordi decided to create a fictional greatest-hits compilation by a band that existed in an alternative reality in the early seventies. Lordi are therefore stepping into a time machine heading for the beginnings of hard rock, and it promises to be a wild ride. According to the official announcements, the tour, which includes the Wrocław show, will feature new ideas, new costumes and a new bassist replacing Mr OX, who performed dressed as a bull-man.
Audience favourite Amen will certainly be there. He performs in a mummy costume inspired by a fictional pharaoh who was reborn centuries later as a guitar virtuoso. Amen was one of the most original stars of the Guinness Guitar Record 2019 in Wrocław.
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1 maja w ramach festiwalu 3-Majówka 2023 wystąpi jeden z najbardziej oryginalnych i szalonych zespołów w historii metalu – fińska grupa Lordi. Występy Lordi zaliczane są do najbardziej spektakularnych na świecie. Świetnej muzyce towarzyszy perfekcyjnie zaprojektowane widowisko oparty na oryginalnych, budzących grozę kostiumach i fantastycznej pirotechnice.
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