Fairytale>>Dyecast>>DYECREST - FINLAND

The Way Of Pain - 2004 - Noise
This Is My World - 2005 - Dockyard 1
Are You Not Entertained? - 2018 - Inverse
Once I Had A Heart - 2023 - Rockshots

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Members
Vocals
Janne Oksanen - Nova Scotia, Urban Tale, Raskasta Joulua>>Kimmo Blom>>Raskasta Joulua, Leverage - Northern Seer, Everfrost, Thy Row, Metal De Facto>>Mikael Salo>>Northern Seer, Everfrost, thy Row, Metal De Facto - HEIDIE AALTONEN

Guitar
HENRI AROLA - PIRKKA OHLIS – Kiowan Dynamo>>MATTI PASANEN>>Kiowan Dynamo

Bass
Kiowan Dynamo>>JUKKA MATILAINEN>>Kiowan Dynamo

Drum
NIKO TAKALA

Keyboard
PIRKKA OHLIS




History & Biography
The band operated as Fairytale between 1993 and 2001. The name became Dyecast for two years next. The band picked up the current monicker in 2003 since a US act was called Diecast.

The band won a record deal with Sanctuary/Noise Records through the European Young Metal Gods contest. They had come in second. The act had a debut through Noise Records in 2004. It featured three guitars. Piet Sielck of Iron Savior produced and contributed a solo. The band toured Europe with W.A.S.P. and Dragonforce. Sanctuary dropped bands before eventually shutting down. Kimmo Blom sang on This Is My World. The band was dissatisfied with the producer and the production. The new label of the band featured former Noise people. The band split up in 2008.

The members regrouped and played cover versions in 2011 before formally reforming in 2013. The act re-appeared in 2018 and soon released Are You Not Entertained? The line-up featured singer Mikael Salo, but was otherwise puzzlingly stable. The band had found Salo on YouTube even though Blom had begun recording the album! Even earlier the band had asked its original singer to sing on the album. Piet made a guest appearance as did Björn "Speed" Strid whose presence is mandatory it seemed on anything and everything. Kimmo Blom died of cancer in 2022. Dyecrest (featuring members of Metal De Facto, Thy Row, Everfrost and Kiowan Dynamo, a couple of which are on the same label) had an album called Once I Had A Heart through Rockshots Records. The cover artwork moved from the head to the heart. The act being Finnish, the band had keyboards. New singer was Heidie Aaltonen. There was a video for the song Read My Mind.

Most cover artworks feature the face of a man. Nikko and Jukka are cousins.


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