''Dark Matters'' is the ninth album by the Finnish rock band

The Rasmus The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

, which was released in Finland on 8 October 2017.http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/the-rasmus/updates/86301 It is their first album after five years of inactivity, as a continuation of their previous album ''

'' (2012). The album is characterized by the musical genres that predominate in the songs, between

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and

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, although they preserve their classic style of

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

Background

''Dark Matters'' is The Rasmus's first album in eight years to be released by Playground Music, after ''

Best of The Rasmus 2001–2009 ''Best of The Rasmus 2001–2009'', also referred to as ''Best of.. 2001-2009''"The Rasmus Go ...

''. The album was originally announced for a 22 September release, but was delayed to 2 October. Singer Lauri Ylönen has commented that "The idea behind the new songs was to make the kind of music that we ourselves would like to hear, we have not forgotten the Nordic melancholy, but also, our new songs have a great number of influences." Dark Matters is like a roller and roller coaster with many different themes and personal feelings. " A music video for "Wonderman" was directed by Jesse Haaja and premiered on YouTube on 26 September 2017. On 1 December, of the same year the official video of "Silver Night" directed by Vesa Manninen was released, in which they show us a solitary robot in a house. It is the first official video where the members of the band do not appear. On 26 January 2018, a new official video of The Rasmus is released: "Nothing", which was directed by the bassist of the group Eero Heinonen. During the tour of the group in Russia in March of this year, the band is filming a new official video, this time for the song "Empire".

Track listing

Personnel

;The Rasmus *

Lauri Ylönen Lauri Johannes Ylönen (born 23 April 1979) is a Finnish singer-songwriter, best known as the co-founder and frontman of the Finland, Finnish alternative rock musical ensemble, band The Rasmus. Biography The Rasmus When he and Heinonen started ...

– Vocals *

Eero Heinonen The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

– Bass *

Pauli Rantasalmi The Rasmus is a Finnish Pop music, rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eer ...

– Guitar *

Aki Hakala The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were in upper comprehensive school.Main source of the band's history: The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer-songwriter), Eero Heinonen ...

– Drums

References

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