Heh, I'm a bit drunk so I got this stupid idea to make a thread about this finnish band called Ruoska.
Ruoska ("a whip" in english) is a finnish industrial metal band formed in 2002. They have made 5 studio albums. Ruoska is very often compared to Rammstein in good and bad. Some say that at their best Ruoska sounds very much like Rammstein but still keeps it's uniqueness, some thay that Ruoska is a straight, insolent copy of Rammstein. The band members themselves openly admit to be huge fans of Rammstein, and say that Rammstein has influenced their music very much. I recently listened more of Ruoska (I knew a couple of songs before) and I have to say that I like them, and the reason is that they do have a slight Rammstein-touch in their music without being an insolent copy of Rammstein.
Now I'd like to know what you think of Ruoska. They sing in finnish, so you probably won't understand the lyrics, but there is a website that has all the lyrics translated into english, if you get interested. Here is few songs I find very good and Rammstein-influenced by Ruoska:
Ruoska - Kosketa (Touch): This is one of my favourite, I like the music very much, though the singer (Patrik Mennander) is not at his best in this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YlIabHCx7U
Ruoska - Irti (Loose): This one is also one of my favourites. In this one I think Patrik has same kind of energy and charisma in his singing that Till has (of course not AS much as Till has)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXKrwSr1orE
Ruoska - Narua (String): A good Rammstein feeling in this one too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIBlF...eature=related
Ruoska - Tuonen Viemää (I don't know how to translate, perhaps "Taken by death"). This is a mucic video where you can see the band members. I don't like this video much myself, but the song I do like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC9SCAh5ZdQ
Ruoska - Alasin (Anvil): This is a music video too. In this one you can see the influence of Rammstein with the outfits and the pyrotechnics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV19mYe3184
Ruoska - Alasin live: This is a live performace of Alasin. It's a small band and a small coutry so the performace naturally does not have big budgets but it's just for them who want to see a live performace of the band. They too have small pyrotechins similar to Rammstein in their performance, though not in this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyG5kSGXFM0
Well, I think that's enough for now. What do you think of the band?
EDIT: There even seems to be a Rammstein vs. Ruoska video in Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwU4d4i4opA
Ruoska ("a whip" in english) is a finnish industrial metal band formed in 2002. They have made 5 studio albums. Ruoska is very often compared to Rammstein in good and bad. Some say that at their best Ruoska sounds very much like Rammstein but still keeps it's uniqueness, some thay that Ruoska is a straight, insolent copy of Rammstein. The band members themselves openly admit to be huge fans of Rammstein, and say that Rammstein has influenced their music very much. I recently listened more of Ruoska (I knew a couple of songs before) and I have to say that I like them, and the reason is that they do have a slight Rammstein-touch in their music without being an insolent copy of Rammstein.
Now I'd like to know what you think of Ruoska. They sing in finnish, so you probably won't understand the lyrics, but there is a website that has all the lyrics translated into english, if you get interested. Here is few songs I find very good and Rammstein-influenced by Ruoska:
Ruoska - Kosketa (Touch): This is one of my favourite, I like the music very much, though the singer (Patrik Mennander) is not at his best in this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YlIabHCx7U
Ruoska - Irti (Loose): This one is also one of my favourites. In this one I think Patrik has same kind of energy and charisma in his singing that Till has (of course not AS much as Till has)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXKrwSr1orE
Ruoska - Narua (String): A good Rammstein feeling in this one too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIBlF...eature=related
Ruoska - Tuonen Viemää (I don't know how to translate, perhaps "Taken by death"). This is a mucic video where you can see the band members. I don't like this video much myself, but the song I do like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC9SCAh5ZdQ
Ruoska - Alasin (Anvil): This is a music video too. In this one you can see the influence of Rammstein with the outfits and the pyrotechnics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV19mYe3184
Ruoska - Alasin live: This is a live performace of Alasin. It's a small band and a small coutry so the performace naturally does not have big budgets but it's just for them who want to see a live performace of the band. They too have small pyrotechins similar to Rammstein in their performance, though not in this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyG5kSGXFM0
Well, I think that's enough for now. What do you think of the band?
EDIT: There even seems to be a Rammstein vs. Ruoska video in Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwU4d4i4opA
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