Beyond The Aeons Limited Dust Of Vex Marbled Vinyl LP

Octoploid Beyond The Aeons Limited Dust Of Vex Marbled Vinyl LP

Overview:

OCTOPLOID is a solo band of Olli-Pekka Laine (Amorphis, Barren Earth, Mannhai), formed in 2022. “Beyond the Aeons” marks the band’s debut album, due to be released in August of 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music. The band’s music combines elements from 90’s death/black metal, 70’s prog rock and 90’s psychedelic rock.

In one phrase, Octoploid has been described as “70’s death metal”. The core band includes Mikko Pietinen on drums, Peter Salonen on lead/rhythm guitars, Kim Rantala on keyboards and Mikko Kotamäki on vocals. Mikko Pietinen is a well seasoned and diverse drummer, bringing experience from stoner rock (Mannhai) to Finnish mainstream poprock (Kasmir, etc). Peter Salonen is a fresh face in the scene, recently known from The Kinky Thing, who play covers of the Finnish psych rock legends, Kingston Wall. Kim Rantala and Mikko Kotamäki are known from Amorphis and Swallow the Sun.

The entire line up being as follows: Mikko Kotamäki: Vocals Mikko Pietinen: Drums and percussion Peter Salonen: Rhythm and lead guitars Kim Rantala: Keyboards Olli-Pekka Laine: Bass, keyboards, backing vocals With: Petri Eskelinen (Feastem): Vocals Tomi Koivusaari (Amorphis): Vocals Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis): Vocals Janitor Muurinen (Xysma, Mannhai): Vocals Jón Aldará (Hamferð): Vocals Samu Leminen: Additional guitars Kasper Mårtenson (ex-Amorphis): Keyboards Ile Laaksomaa: Additional guitars

Featured Tracks:

Side: 1

1 The Dawns In Nothingness (feat Mikko Kotamaki)
2 Coast Of The Drowned Sailors (feat. Tomi Koivusaari)
3 Human Amoral (feat. Tomi Joutsen)
4 Shattered Wings
5 Beyond The Aeons

Side: 2

1 The Hallowed Flame (feat Mikko Kotamaki)
2 Concealed Serenity (feat Mikko Kotamaki)
3 A Dusk Of Vex - extended version
4 Monotony (Bonus Track)