Lordi's fourth studio album, entitled Deadache, will be released in the US on October 28th, 2008 and internationally in the same week.
The look of each character has been redesigned for this album. The new costumes will be revealed when Lordi headlines Popkomm in Berlin this October.
Listen the first single off the album, "Bite It Like A Bulldog"
LORDI will realease a new album internationally on October 20, 2008.
The new, still unnamed album presents melodic hard rock wich had characterized Lordi's musical career throughout the years from Get Heavy to The Arockalypse.
The Arockalypse has sold 350 000 units and cerified gold in Sweden and Germany and triple platinum status in Finland.
"Dark Floors – The Lordi Motion Picture DVD” went gold in Finland before its official released date, Friday June 13th.
Meanwhile, the band announced the tour schedule for the next weeks:
05.07.2008: Bergum, The Netherlands -
12.07.2008: Lisalmi, Finland
25.07.2008: Benatska Festival, Czech Republic
26.07.2008: Lorka Rock, Madrid, Spain
02.08.2008: Wacken, Germany
16.08.2008: Witney, UK
23.08.2008: Imatra, Finland
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Dark Floors - The Lordi Motion Picture will be premiered in Finland February 8th 2008.
The Finnish Eurovision Song Contest winner Lordi will perform the theme song and star in new €4 million horror movie for Finnish producer Markus Selin of Solar Films .
related:New Zealand's church protest Lordi perfomance
Last year, Lordi, a Finnish group whose members costume themselves as literal monsters of rock, got exposure on a slew of cable-news channels after winning the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest — the de facto World Cup of tunesmithing, which has been around for more than half a century.
Not that all of the coverage was flattering. On MSNBC, for instance, Countdown host Keith Olbermann played the triumph as a joke during his defiantly daffy "Oddball" segment. Still, Olbermann did acknowledge that the "guy singing has got more talent in one rotting corpse finger than that Taylor what's-his-face has in his entire body."
The vocalist in question is Mr. Lordi, and he admits that the band's Eurovision odyssey was bizarre even by his standards. When the Lordi song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (included on the Arockalypse CD) was chosen as Finland's official Eurovision entry, controversy erupted. Finnish leaders were asked to veto the selection, but according to Mr. Lordi, "They said there was nothing they could do [because] it's a fucking song contest!"
source:Denver Westword;photo:Solarfilms.inc
Saturday's Ozzfest at Hyundai Pavilion is likely to attract a big audience of metal fans who got free tickets over the Internet, but there will be fewer big name bands on stage.
The up-and-comers are ready to do whatever it takes to climb to the top of the metal heap. And none are more serious this year than Lordi.
The Finnish band has become hugely popular in Europe thanks to a bombastic stage show, elaborate monster makeup and, in no small part, an old-school metal that's accessible and hook-rich.
"We are not Satanists," said Amen, just a tinge of irritation in his voice. "People who do not understand horror movies, do not understand Kiss or Alice Cooper, won't understand us. What can I say about those kind of people? I don't even have words for them."
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source and photo: The Press Enterprise
Today, of course, the band would mobbed. Lordi has become the hottest homeland attraction since reindeer; Finnish President read more...
source:Inside Bay Area
Read also Lordi's horror dream becomes reality
The world famous monster band was promoting the coming horror film at Cannes Film Festival. 
Over the street
The monsters in the heat
Waiting for Canal + live
On the Red Carpet of Cannes
Dark Floors
Synopsis
"Concerned for her autistic daughter’s health, the father sees a removal from the hospital by force as the only option. An elevator break-down prevents a smooth exit and renders them trapped with others. Yet the incident is only the beginning of a descent into nightmare. As the doors open the hospital appears mysteriously deserted. When mutilated bodies are found, creatures from a dark world start a frightening attack. It soon becomes clear that the survival of the group may rest solely on the little girl."
The feature film will be premiered in Finland February 8th 2008.
source and photos:Solarfilms.com
Mr Lordi's childhood dream is taking shape in Oulu, the capital of northern Finland. Dark floors, the horror movie set in a hospital, is being filmed there and the whole band takes part. The budget, 4 million euros, in a very big one for a Finnish movie.
Mouldy walls and cold light give a right atmosphere for the horror movie Mr Lordi aka Tomi Putaansuu wrote together with his long time friend Pete Riski. The setting has been built into an old industrial hall in the city of Oulu. "We have really big settings and we found here the right space for them" says the producer Markus Selin of Solar Films. "Here in Oulu we also got all the professionals we need and the flight connections are good as well." The main actors in the film are all British, including 13 year old Skye Bennet. The film will be in English.
"Everybody knows by now my childhood dream is to write and act in a horror movie. Not so many know I have the studied the field seriously as well. It is great to be able to create some horror for real for a change!" says Mr Lordi himself. He wanted to set the film in something similar to the horror classic Shining for example. "I can't tell more about the film, as I may reveal too much, except it happens in a hospital" he says.
All Lordi members are involved in the film and it will be released in two versions: one for over 13 year olds, another for over 15 years olds (in Finland, in other countries these age limits may vary).
The Finnish Eurovision Song Contest winner will perform the theme song.
The film, which will be launched in Finland on Friday, 8 February, will be the first feature by Pete Riski, who has directed all the group’s videos.
Meanwhile, Mr Lordi has written and drawn also issue number 2 of the Lordi comic books, available in Finland now.
sources:esctoday.com;solarfilms.com (photo:solarfilms)
For the ESC final night YLE used FogScreen projection screen in the opening of the Finals with Lordi.
video source:vision.rambler.ru
FogScreen projection screen stood center stage with Lordi when the two opened the Eurovision 2007 Finals in live broadcast to viewers across Europe.
The show opened to atmospheric effects projected onto the FogScreen projection screen, followed by a visual narrative of northern Finland before returning to the live broadcast with Lordi onstage, playing their winning song from Eurovision 2006, ‘Hard Rock Hallelujah.’
‘When we first began planning for Eurovision in Helsinki, one of the first products we brought into discussions was FogScreen projection screen. Production Manager Ola Melzig had already earlier been interested to bring FogScreen projection screen in to the show.
But this year we did, I mean, how can you do a Eurovision in Finland without a FogScreen projection screen? It is, after all, a Finnish product!,’ said Mikki Kunttu, Lighting Designer, Eurovision Song Contest 2007, and addsed: ‘Finland's host broadcaster YLE loved the idea and we called in FogScreen personnel to find the best way to use the product during the show. It was decided that the opening of the Finals with Lordi was absolutely perfect. We used the FogScreen projection screen to show visual effects that the camera could actually float right through. It looked absolutely fantastic.
