Who remembers the night that the Finnish freak moshers won over the judges at Eurovision and became the first metal band to win the compeition? We sure as hell do! They are one of the catchiest, most infectious metal bands around, and although it’s little more than a bit of silly fun, it still gets the head banging and the foot-a-tapping, which is one of the reasons we’re looking forward to their 19th album so much, the wonderful ‘Limited Deadition’, due to drop on March 21st via Reigning Phoenix Music. To whet your appetite, we’ve got ‘Syntax Terror’, a brand new single to salivate over.
Frontman Mr Lordi says: “The writing of this song started out with its main keyboard riff. I played around with those mono sounds, trying to come up with something with a very 80s action movie opening score feel. ‘Syntax Terror’ actually almost became the album title, but then it was discovered that other people have had the same idea way before I did. On the verses I was thinking of Judas Priest, on the chorus of Manowar and – as icing on the cake – Udo Dirkschneider-type of screams to belch out the title. Don’t ask what the lyrics are about. ‘Syntax Terror’ is a very 80s heavy metal style song, painting abstract pictures with every line!”
Can’t argue with that! Spin the track right here: