Medeia

The inventors of alternative death metal, <a href="spotify:artist:5KNeODkE372TZMRiUB78YN" data-name="Medeia">Medeia</a> has stuck to one clear objective since its founding in 2002: creating a fresh, brutal sound rich in content and uncompromising in nature. Following the success of QHWD and their label debut <a href="spotify:album:1RVCmFSAjwBsaiD3nxoL7a" data-name="Cult">Cult</a> (which took Medeia around Europe with <a href="spotify:artist:6fuALtryzj4cq7vkglKLxq" data-name="The Ocean">The Ocean</a>), they released the final instalment of their album trilogy in 2011. <a href="spotify:album:6MnMWmpYAT9f5MbMj04T42" data-name="Abandon All">Abandon All</a> would solidify the their status as one of the top metal outfits in the country. Medeia always delivers their jaw-dropping energy to audiences across Finland and beyond, having shared stages alongside acts like <a href="spotify:artist:4xTDPgk4jHCF0qui3dH6BS" data-name="The Black Dahlia Murder">The Black Dahlia Murder</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:6ZLTlhejhndI4Rh53vYhrY" data-name="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2vd2HnNh4pdYa9gDVHFjEu" data-name="As I Lay Dying">As I Lay Dying</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7IGcjaMGAtsvKBLQX26W4i" data-name="The Dillinger Escape Plan">The Dillinger Escape Plan</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2JC4hZm1egeJDEolLsMwZ9" data-name="Between The Buried And Me">Between The Buried And Me</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:2pnezMcaiTHfGmgmGQjLsB" data-name="Entombed">Entombed</a>, <a href="spotify:playlist:3QvWvuWNbdcgL33MIB6O6f" data-name="Animals As Leaders">Animals As Leaders</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:17MbhJOaaPHuWnRaWU9xkc" data-name="Decapitated">Decapitated</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7ik758oYwkKmQtbZtAdOOm" data-name="Raised Fist">Raised Fist</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:3uIgLG971oRM5fe6v8lvQS" data-name="Insomnium">Insomnium</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0krXCIkthz13P8o0v2tksH" data-name="Ensiferum">Ensiferum</a> just to name a few. They released their 4th album <a href="spotify:album:2LR7pCga3vPUwnzGUcryIs" data-name="Iconoclastic">Iconoclastic</a> during a massive European tour with <a href="spotify:artist:1xUhNgw4eJDZfvumIpcz1B" data-name="Children Of Bodom">Children Of Bodom</a> in late 2013. 2014 saw a line-up change, as internet sensation Frans Aalto (~40k YouTube subscribers) took over vocal duties from Keijo Niinimaa. Bolstered by his addition, the re-energized group hit the stages again and released <a href="spotify:album:0w5Mh19Z6aWZkfbyySOcnl" data-name="Manning the Helm">Manning the Helm</a> the hardest hitting EP of 2015. Shortly thereafter the band entered the studio with a grand plan: a prologue to Medeia&#39;s album trilogy (QHWD, Cvlt, Abandon All). The album turned out so ambitious that it kept the band in the studio for over two years. The critically acclaimed 5th album <a href="spotify:album:0KAa8oqmsva7NHNjp4morw" data-name="Xenosis">Xenosis</a> was released in early 2019.