The story of 2nd Suicide began during spring 2004 when three gentlemen from the capital area of Finland, Lauri Helenius (guitar), Janos Pap (guitar) and Vesa Norrbacka (bass) decided to join forces and create a band. However, shortly after this Janos felt the urge to explore the planet earth and moved to Australia to become a beachbum.
After lots of hassle and booze a replacement for Janos was found. Heikki Laakso joined the band to play guitar and in addition his roommate, Tero Arvola, was a drummer who was also looking for a band so we auditioned him and voilá, we had almost a full line-up.
Lots of rehearsing and writing music during the summer-autumn of 2004. Well, booze too.
Things looked pretty nice apart from the fact that we didn't have a singer. To solve this and finally complete the circle of 2nd Suicide we put up ads on several websites announcing that we were looking for a singer. We got quite a few responses and auditioned a few of them. The last one to auditon was Ator The Barbarian, a.k.a. Toni Toivonen. His growling-capabilities convinced us and there we had it; a full line-up.
During the late summer of 2005 Heikki got fed up with the whole Gothenburg-sound and resigned so it was time for some more ads. Mikko Pekkanen took the bait and joined our ranks on the last quarter of 2005.
During the winter-spring 2006 2nd Suicide had its first gigs and our first demo was recorded on June 2006.
Shortly after the recording-sessions Vesa showed lack of motivation towards 2nd Suicide and eventually resigned during the darkening days of October.
A month passed without a bassplayer until we got news that a friend of a friend who happened to play the bass had just resigned from his former band. Toni called him asking if he'd be interested in joining us and, to our fortune, yes he was. He joined us for our rehearsals a few weeks later and it didn't take us long to realize that this was the man to play the bass for 2nd Suicide, and so Joni Kauppinen was recruited.
At the end of November 2006 Tero moved to Malaysia as an exchange student and was replaced by Wellu Helenius also known from The Wake.
Our 2nd demo, titled Last of Kin, was recorded during January 2007 with the new line-up. Mixing and mastering took place during February and we're all very pleased with the outcome. Covers and discs got printed & pressed a few months later. Only a few of the demos were actually sent since we're lazy bastards.
Later in the spring 2nd Suicide entered a competition, mainly to get into a compilation called SavePoint Heavy Metal Collection vol.2 The band ended up winning the main prize, and were awarded free studio time in the fall to record a song!
Toni had worked in D-Studio as a technician during the summer, so it was obvious where the band would be recording. For the same reason 2nd Suicide got the chance to record two songs, if it could be done in the given time. 2nd Suicide didn't crack under pressure, and so Epitaph For The Proud and Garden of Stone were re-recorded in better quality!
During the end of the year we played a couple of gigs, and one in the early stages of 2008. It turned out to be the last one for a while.
In March 2nd Suicide encountered some rough times. First we lost our rehearsal room and then Wellu decided to concentrate on guitar and his own musical aspirations, leaving the drums altogether.
The band went into a quiet hiatus as a result of these major blows.
However, the story of 2nd Suicide was far from over. The itch for playing together drove the remaining members back together after the summer, searching new facilities and a new drummer. This quest took time and loads of booze, but by the end of the year 2nd Suicide had a new rehearsal room.
Now there was only the drummer to be found.
There were a couple of alternatives, but in January 2009 the young and very talented Joonas Osara blew the band away with his energetic and precise skills. After a few a beers and a chat the band was complete again!
Having the line-up intact, 2nd Suicide has been training and writing new material throughout the year 2009. Arrangements are being made to get 2nd Suicide on the road again, and we are planning to tour around Finland in the dark days of winter!
In the spring of 2010 2nd Suicide continued to work on the new material, and after a small summer break, these songs were finalized. The rehearsing room also changed, and we joined forces with Mr. Osara’s other band Overstraind.
The band once again entered the infamous D-Studio in September 2010 to record 4 new tracks. These songs made the 3rd demo/EP called The Icarean Tomb. The Icarean Tomb shows a darker and more aggressive side of the band, yet holding on to the technicality and sound related to 2nd Suicide.
With this new record, the band started to search a record label with a solemn intent to reach out to every corner of the world. While searching for a record label, the band is also doing gigs with other rising Finnish acts.
An unseen future lies ahead...
Current line-up is:
Toni Toivonen - vocals
Lauri Helenius - guitar
Mikko Pekkanen - guitar
Joni Kauppinen - bass
Joonas Osara - drums
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DYSTOPIA
2nd Suicide Lyrics
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Faces blithered, worn, in an effort to remain
A molten dawn breaks in a myriad sick hues
Colorless, ill radiance, chaos, catastrophe
This premonition
World born of fire
Burning ash and torn debris scatters in the wind
Like the scream of an anguished black god
Tears through the earth, burnt flesh and shattered bone
We have come this far
Soon - there is no turning back
No turning back
The deeds of past men
Laughing well in their shallow graves
Rise and fall of the infamous wise ape
Obituary of a global scale
So pass the seasons
Indistinct from one another
So unfolds the flow of time
Nihility unveiled
Nothing remains
In the song "Dystopia" by 2nd Suicide, the lyrics describe a world in chaos and destruction. The opening lines talk about a senseless mass struggling blindly, faces worn and blithered in an effort to remain. The molten dawn in sick hues and colorless, ill radiance represent a world of cataclysms and chaos. The lyrics speak of a premonition, a world born of fire that is being swept away by an inhuman, foul-breathed gale. This gale blows burning ash and torn debris across the earth, tearing through the ground with the screams of an anguished black god.
The lyrics take a darker turn as the song talks about how past men who are long gone now continue to laugh in their shallow graves. They rise and fall like a tide, and the infamous wise ape succumbs to the passage of time. The song speaks of the obituary of a global scale, hinting at the end of the world. Passages on the seasons being indistinct from one another and how the flow of time unfolds with nihility being unveiled also paints a picture of a world where everything has come to an end. The song concludes with the line "Nothing remains," implying a lifeless, empty world devoid of everything that we know and love.
Line by Line Meaning
A senseless mass of forms in blind struggling
Everything around us is chaotic and disorganized, with no clear direction or purpose
Faces blithered, worn, in an effort to remain
People are struggling to survive in a world that makes no sense, their faces marked by the exhaustion of this endless fight
A molten dawn breaks in a myriad sick hues
The sunrise is a sickly, twisted version of the colors we once knew, a sign that something terrible is happening
Colorless, ill radiance, chaos, catastrophe
Everything around us is empty and sickening, a reflection of the chaos and disaster that has taken over the world
This premonition
We can feel that something terrible is coming, and we are powerless to stop it
World born of fire
The world we inhabit is like a hellish inferno, with no escape from the flames
An inhuman, foul-breathed gale blows
The wind that rages around us is unnatural and terrifying, a sign that something inhuman is coming our way
Burning ash and torn debris scatters in the wind
The world itself seems to be falling apart, with nothing left but burning ashes and bits of debris that the wind carries away
Like the scream of an anguished black god
The sound of the world's destruction is like the scream of a god in agony, mourning the death of everything it has created
Tears through the earth, burnt flesh and shattered bone
Whatever is happening is tearing through the very fabric of the world, leaving nothing but destruction and death in its wake
We have come this far
Despite everything, we have persisted and survived in this terrible world
Soon - there is no turning back
We are rapidly approaching a point of no return, where the world will be irreparably damaged and there will be no going back to the way things were
No turning back
Whatever comes next, we cannot change the path we have been set on
The deeds of past men
The actions of those who came before us have led us to this point of destruction
Laughing well in their shallow graves
Those who caused this destruction are likely dead, and they have left us to suffer in the aftermath of their actions
Rise and fall of the infamous wise ape
Humanity, with all its supposed wisdom and intelligence, has brought itself to the brink of extinction through its own actions
Obituary of a global scale
The death of our world is not just an individual tragedy, but a global catastrophe that will impact everything and everyone
So pass the seasons
Despite everything that has happened, the world keeps turning and time keeps moving forward
Indistinct from one another
The seasons blur together, all of them equally marked by destruction and chaos
So unfolds the flow of time
Time moves forward regardless of what happens, even as everything else falls apart
Nihility unveiled
All that remains is empty nothingness, a true void that is a reflection of everything that has been lost
Nothing remains
The final, terrible truth is that there is nothing left, that everything we have known and loved has been destroyed beyond repair
Contributed by Scarlett D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Cruelleazy
Very good!
Tame Platinum
I’m hearing a big noumena influence. And I love it!