Total Devastation

Biography

Founded in the summer of 1998 by Jaakko Heinonen and Lauri Pikka. The original idea was to play all machines extreme music. Two summers later the line-up also included Harri Pikka with the guitar, and the chaos that the band delivered had already started to gear more towards the metallic sound reality. Around the same time Ville Heiskanen joined the band and later took all the responsibility for the lyrics. The fourth demo, "Divine-Ecstasy" (2001) was praised so much that the band received invitation to play in prestigious Down By The Laituri festival. For the live line-up three new members were invited: Jarmo Pikka, Saku and Pasi Hakuli. Yes, there is more than enough of brothers in this band. The fifth demo, "Left Hand Of The Devil" (2002) received the same, if even bigger, praise and in the end of year 2002 the band signed contract with Finnish FIREBOX RECORDS. In March 2003 the band headed to Sundi Coop studio (Savonlinna, Finland) and recorded the album under the supervison of Tuomo Valtonen. The final mastering was done by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studios in April 2003. On the album there are three 'guest' appearancies: Ville Heiskanen (although he writes the lyrics, he is not part of the live line-up), Tapio Wilska (of Finntroll fame, makes speech in the song "I Am God") and Kaisa Jaakkola (the violin in "Prepare to Die").