PRESTIGE - FINLAND

Attack Against Gnomes – 1989 – Poko
Selling The Salvation – 1990 – Poko
Parasites In Paradise – 1992 - Poko
Reveal The Ravage – 2021 - Massacre

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Members
Vocals
Heppihirvlo, Paha Uskonto, Kill Me Gently>>AKU KYTOLA>>Heppihirvlo, Paha Uskonto, Kill Me Gently – ARI KARPPINEN

Guitar
Heppihirvlo, Lacrimosa, Danse Macabre, Ancient Rites, Angel, Imperia, Satyrian>>JAN “ORKKI” YRLUND>> Heppihirvlo, Lacrimosa, Danse Macabre, Ancient Rites, Angel, Imperia, Satyrian– ARI KARPPINEN

Bass
Coronary, Heppihirvlo, Paha Uskonto, Kill Me Gently>>AKU KYTOLA>>Coronary, Heppihirvlo, Paha Uskonto, Kill Me Gently

Drum
Tero Karppinen – The Prophecy, Depravity, Psychopathic Terror, Korpiklaani, Crystalic>>MATTI JOHANSSON




History & Biography
Thrashing with prestige, the band came together in August 1987, disbanded in 1992 and inevitably returned in 2006. Gods Are Calling you!! was a 1988 demo. The group’s first gig was in 1988. The Finnish label Poko signed the band. Still, a 1989 7” called Veijo was released independently and sold at gigs. During the break Orkki moved to The Netherlands and joined Lacrimosa and others. He and Aku were in a punk band called Heppihirvlo. Jan Yrlund and, Dethrone's Niko Airaksinen and Jouni Rinta ran the comic magazine Tsürps.

Post reformation Poko issued a compilation called Decades Of Decay, which overestimated the band’s tenure. Several gigs like Sauna Open Air followed. The band re-recorded its 1988 on the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary. It all went quiet until 2021’s Reveal The Ravage album in 2021. The old line-up persisted, but Johansson was on drums. Karppinnen had left in late 2019. The group performed at the Speed Metal Party 2021 in Finland. The band and Italy's Enemynside toured Spain in the summer of 2024.


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