RE-ARMED - FINLAND

Worldwide Hypnotize - 2012 - Massacre
Rottendam - 2014 - Eternal Sound
The Era Of Precarity - 2016 - Saarni
Ignis Aeternum - 2020 - Black Lion

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Members
Vocals
Graveyard Shifters>>JOUNI MATILAINEN>>Graveyard Shifters

Guitar
Markus Salo>>Valonkantajat, Skirmish - Tommi Helkalahti>>Enthrone The Unborn - Bonemechanics, Whorion>>EP Mäkinen>>Whorion - Jussi Venäläinen>>Dead Shape Figure - Lithuria, Carnal Creation, Thraciar, Sinclined, For Their Memories, System Horizon>>Mika Oinonen>>Carnal Creation, Thraciar - Dark Archive>>OSKARI NIEKKA>>Dark Archive - Blackment>>ALLAN VÄLIMAA>>Blackment

Bass
Waltari, Head First, The Draculas, Helion>>Kärtsy Hatakka>>Waltari - Enthrone The Unborn>>Joel Vakkila>>Enthrone The Unborn - Assemble The Chariots, Sortokausi, Frozen Land, Stobe, Enragement>>JUHANA HEINONEN>>Sortokausi, Frozen Land, Stobe, Enragement

Drum
Mart Mardisalu - Primary Target, Abstrakt>>IIRO KARJALAINEN>>Primary Target, Abstrakt




History & Biography
Re-armed started as a thrash metal band, but over time became more commercial. The band, at times, comes across more like a parking lot of different musicians passing through than a coherent band as people come and people go. Indeed, years pass without an album and all members are two-timing elsewhere.

Re-armed was founded in 2001 and released the Life That Seems To Be Lost… demo (2002), The Eyes That Have Seen Everything (2004), Illusion Of Katharsis (2006), Hollow Inc.(2007), Feardrops (2007) and Stop This Evolution (2008). Catamenia, Agathodaimon and Re-Armed toured Europe in 2010. Massacre Records picked the band up and released the debut album to begin 2012. Unfortunately, this being Massacre Records, the amount of promotion and publicity meant the band gained no additional profile compared to its demo days. Still, Suffocation, Origin and Re-Armed toured Europe. Thus, the second record was on a second label and there was even a video, for the song Freakshow, to support it. The second album had added guitarist EP Mäkinen and bassist Joel Vakkila. There was a demo called Total Lack Of Communication in 2015. The band introduced keyboardist Sami Tiittanen into the recording line-up here. The third record came quickly, but was on a third label. The Era Of Precarity added guitarists Mika Oinonen and Jussi Venäläinen, bassist Juhana Heinonen and drummer Iiro Karjalainen. That was a wholesale change. A Japanese mini-tour headlined by Insomnium was called Extreme Dark Night Vol. 4: Suomi Feast 2017. Oskari Niekka had, in fact, become a full-time member for this tour. A car breakdown was included on the road. The tradition chugged along unabated when Ignis Aeternum appeared on a new record company.

XX was an anniversary EP in 2022. Finland-based Re-Armed has a song called Sky Falls Down featuring a guest appearance by female singer Mirva Saviniemi.


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