Artist: The Rasmus
Title: “Break These Chains” (Single) with Niko Vilhem (Blindside)
Label: Better Noise Music
Date: 5/16/20225
Rating: 4/5

In one or maybe even both of my recent missives regarding Finland’s The Rasmus, I had pointed out that they were off of the radar for many of us and it was easy for this to be the case with their absence from stateside touring for many years. Now with the partnership of Playground Music and Better Noise Music the fans on this side of the pond are getting musical teasers with singles like “Rest In Pieces” and “Creatures Of Chaos” that have already been discussed here on the website. Of course, I’ll leave my thoughts about those two numbers to your own research when you click the hyperlinked text because now I’m here to talk about the third single “Break These Chains”. The tune was released today and also features another Finnish artist, Niko Vilhelm from Blind Channel. Starting off slower with a very smooth intro this one builds up rather quickly and it feels like it was built for the live stage. Having seen so many artists in concert over the years I can almost envision the light display for this kind of tune. Its musically sound found me bopping along as it played through. Lauri and Niko share the vocals and it works since both singers seem to be in the same sonic pocket. Having never caught Blind Channel in concert this only raised my own interest about them since Nu-Metal is not really a sound I expected to find coming from Finland after all the Gothic and Supersonic Symphonic stuff that they’ve come to be known for over the years.
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