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57-488: Once the Universal deal ended, they signed a contract with independent label Sanctuary Records . Starting with a new roster, the label garnered a top 10 platinum hit with "Here In Your Arms" by Hellogoodbye . However, Sanctuary was on the verge of bankruptcy, and sold their assets to Universal Music. Drive-Thru Records got trapped in that deal, and were stuck with UMG , the catalog division of Universal. The label's last release

114-709: A Gene Simmons Kiss mask. Lordi opened the fall of 2006 with the Bringing Back the Balls to Europe tour; the concert DVD was released in February 2007 as Bringing Back the Balls to Stockholm 2006 . The tour ended with a surprise: during the last gig in London, on 31 October 2006, the band's former bassist, Kalma , was seen as a guest on stage. In November 2006, Lordi headlined the MTV Europe Music Awards, and Mr Lordi presented

171-530: A Monsterman? ", and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with their song " Hard Rock Hallelujah ". Lordi has toured and recorded actively since 2002, and Mr Lordi upgrades the band's costumes and masks for each album. The band has gone through several line-up changes with Mr Lordi being the only consistent member of the band since their foundation. Members of Lordi have stated their desire for their unmasked faces to remain private. However, they have made

228-686: A compilation CD+DVD, was released to celebrate Lordi's 20th anniversary. The CD contains previously unreleased old Lordi songs, including all the songs from the unreleased album from 1997, Bend Over And Pray The Lord . The DVD contains Lordi's first concert in Helsinki 2002. The video was edited by Otus. Keyboardist Awa left the band in the fall of 2012. She was seen for the last time during Lordi's 20th anniversary concert, at Simerock in Rovaniemi, Finland on 11 August. Lordi began recording their sixth studio album on 1 September 2012 with two new members, Mana as

285-531: A compilation album in the UK. In Finland, a collection was published by Sony BMG. The idea of The Monster Show disc collection has its roots in the spring of 2004, around the release of The Monsterican Dream album. Mr Lordi, while interviewing the band Kiss for Inferno magazine, gave the band's bassist/vocalist, Gene Simmons , a copy of Lordi's debut album, Get Heavy (2002). Later, Simmons' assistant announced that Simmons would be willing to publish Lordi's albums in

342-497: A general manager of the company, Taylor becoming Chief Executive and former British Airways chief executive Bob Ayling being installed as the new chairman. On 26 May 2006, Ayling dismissed Taylor, following a review of accounting practices prompted by inquiries from the Financial Reporting Review Panel . The board's publicly stated reason for the dismissal was "that certain of the prior year adjustments made in

399-440: A music video. During the summer the band went under the auspices of producer TT Oksala's Finnvox Studios to record their first official album, though the debut recording ran into several problems. In the autumn of 2002, bassist Magnum was fired and replaced by Kalma. Though Lordi's debut album had already been recorded when Kalma joined, he appeared in the album art and the composition of the accounts. Their debut album Get Heavy

456-650: A new album was in the works. Recording began in December but was halted after the death of Mr Lordi's father. On 27 February 2016, Lordi performed "Hard Rock Hallelujah" in the Finnish Eurovision final, as special guests. On 14 May 2016, Lordi appeared in the interval act for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 , in a musical number satirising Eurovision songs. In April 2016, recording began again, with producer Nino Laurenne, who had previously produced Deadache in 2008. In an interview for "Spark TV", Mr. Lordi stated that

513-496: A new drummer. On 26 October 2010, it was announced on Lordi's website that Otus had become their new drummer. Otus joined the band just before Lordi's Europe for Breakfast tour started. In 2011 Mr Lordi took part in Finnish TV-series " Kuorosota " and because of that reason the band could not make a long tour. However, they played at a few metal festivals. On 15 February 2012, it was announced that Otus had died. Due to

570-413: A number of unmasked appearances in several news outlets. Lordi was formed in 1992 as a solo project by Mr Lordi . Lordi's first demo album Napalm Market was done in 1993. The album included the song "Inferno", which also got a music video, all done by Mr Lordi. In the music video, Mr Lordi performed unmasked but he had made monster make-up for his friends who played secondary roles in the video. After

627-554: A part of their new song. Babez for Breakfast was recorded in Nashville , and produced by legendary Michael Wagener . The first single, called " This is Heavy Metal ", from the album was released in August 2010, with the album following in September. On 4 October 2010 it was announced that drummer Kita had left the band, and on 16 October, OX posted on his Twitter account they had found

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684-456: Is the release list of Drive-Thru Records in order of release number. Sanctuary Records Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and is, as of 2013, a subsidiary of BMG Rights Management solely for reissues. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest music management company in the world. It

741-517: The European Commission , UMG was required to sell Sanctuary. It was one of the three units of Universal Music, never fully owned by EMI, that were forced to be sold; other such units were Vivendi Entertainment and V2 Records . BMG Rights Management acquired Sanctuary for over €46 million. In June 2013, BMG agreed to have INgrooves distribute the label's catalogue in North America, while

798-453: The Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens with the song " Hard Rock Hallelujah ", becoming the first Finnish group to win the contest and consequently, the first rock/metal act to win; Finland would then send power metal band Teräsbetoni in 2008 . The song scored 292 points, which was then an all-time points record. Pasi Rantanen from the band Thunderstone performed backing vocals, wearing

855-469: The PIAS Group would handle international rights; however, Black Sabbath 's catalogue remained at Universal until March 2014, when BMG took over the band's distribution. In March 2017, BMG transferred the distribution rights of select Sanctuary artists to Warner Music Group 's ADA division. In 2023, BMG signed a new distribution deal with Universal Music Group, Sanctuary's previous owner. Iron Maiden

912-585: The "Best Rock" award. Around the same time, Bill Aucoin , best known as the original manager of Kiss, became Lordi's manager. In the spring of 2007, Lordi created the Bringing Back the Balls tour, which toured Japan and the Baltic countries. In May, the band was involved in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki , and opened the competition with their winning song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". In early summer 2007 in Oulu,

969-468: The 2005 accounts should have been presented as a correction of fundamental errors and not as changes in accounting policy". Taylor was replaced by Frank Presland , the chief executive of Sanctuary-owned Twenty-First Artists Management . In July 2006, it was reported that MAMA, the management group behind the Kaiser Chiefs and Franz Ferdinand and headed by Mean Fiddler chief Dean James, had bid for

1026-766: The Nosturi Club. In 2003, Lordi appeared at several music events in Finland and abroad, especially in Germany, where they played as a part of the Wacken Road Show. During some of the Germany tour, Lordi played as Nightwish 's support act. The tour boosted both bands' popularity in Germany and helped them sign a recording contract with the German record company Drakkar. Nightwish had already achieved solid success with joint concerts in Germany and Lordi also raised their profile in Germany. At

1083-735: The UK. The albums were only available as imports in the US. Rogers' 2003 release "Back to the Well" was released by Sanctuary in the UK. Mayan Records was an imprint of Sanctuary Records, under which Lordi 's UK album The Monster Show was released. 2006 saw Sanctuary's notable twentieth anniversary release of CD86: 48 Tracks from the Birth of Indie Pop , a reissue of the pivotal UK independent compilation C86 . The company incurred significant losses in its 2004 and 2005 fiscal years. Sanctuary's losses in 2005 increased to £142.6m from £26.7m in 2004. In October 2005,

1140-470: The United States, but if the band would like to share sales revenue, it would be better to publish with Sanctuary Records. Sanctuary did not want to publish either of the studio albums individually and instead preferred a compilation of the best songs. Thus, songs were picked from Get Heavy and The Monsterican Dream , and collected in the compilation album The Monster Show . The collection was published in

1197-489: The album also contained a DVD of the band's own short film, The Kin . The film, despite the success of the album it was attached to, has been poorly received. The album went gold two years after its release. In February 2005 Lordi's first compilation album The Monster Show was released by Sanctuary Records. Sanctuary had originally intended to market a collection of records in the United States, but these plans were halted due to financial problems. Sanctuary, however, published

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1254-687: The album, "I Dug a Hole in the Yard for You", was released on 29 November 2019 along with a music video. The third single off the album, "Like a Bee to the Honey", was released on 17 January 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic , the band performed a special livestream called "Scream Stream" on 22 May 2020 at the Paha Kurki Rockhouse in the band's hometown of Rovaniemi, performing various hits and rarities played by request as well as answering questions from fans. It

1311-491: The band Type O Negative , beginning on 12 October 2007 and ending on 31 October 2007. At the end of the tour the band returned to Finland to record the theme song, "Beast Loose in Paradise", for the 2008 film, Dark Floors . Lordi began recording their fourth album in the spring of 2008 and the album was released on 29 October 2008. The album, Deadache , was produced by Nino Laurenne. The release spurred yet another change in

1368-629: The band after performing with them for the summer festivals that year. His final show with the band took place at the Reload Festival in Sulingen, Germany on 23 August 2019. The band later introduced their new bass player, Hiisi. Hiisi's first show with the band took place at the Ice Hall in Helsinki on 13 December 2019 as the band was the opening act for Beast in Black . On 27 September 2019, Lordi announced

1425-546: The band announced the name of the ninth album Sexorcism along with its album cover. It was released on 25 May 2018. The band promised that it would be possibly their "most controversial" record to date. Their single from the album "Your Tongue's Got the Cat" was released on 13 April 2018. The second single off of the album titled "Naked in My Cellar" was released on 4 May 2018 along with a music video. Following four festival shows in

1482-465: The band either in full or not at all. Kalma did, however, play the bass units for the future The Arockalypse album. Kalma left the band just before Lordi entered the Eurovision Song Contest qualifier. Two new members joined the band, bassist OX and keyboardist Awa . This change in members spawned more alterations to the band's costumes. Lordi's third album The Arockalypse was released on 1 May 2006. On 20 May 2006, Lordi made history by winning

1539-417: The band on keyboard and the band recorded their first album, Bend Over and Pray The Lord . At the time when the album was recorded, the band didn't have a drummer and they used MIDI drum tracks in place of a real drummer. Ari Tiainen, the owner of their record company, had originally planned to publish the album; however, the company did not have sufficient resources to market it. Tiainen recommended Lordi to

1596-455: The band's costumes. The album was similar in style to its predecessors, melodic hard rock and heavy metal, though with more of a horror theme. Prior to the completion of the disc, it was revealed that it featured more piano solos than its predecessors, and that the recital "Missing Miss Charlene" featured a child singing. The album's first single was called "Bite It Like a Bulldog", and it was published on 3 September 2008. Lordi announced before

1653-469: The beginning of 2004, Lordi began recording their second studio album. This time the album was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, with whom the band got along well. This second album was first released on 14 April 2004 as The Monsterican Dream . Two songs from the album, "My Heaven is Your Hell" and " Blood Red Sandman ", had been released as singles. Corresponding with the release of the album, the band's costumes and image were also reformed. The special edition of

1710-455: The company announced that one quarter of its staff, representing 175 positions, would be eliminated. One such layoff was John Kalodner , senior vice-president of A&R , with over thirty years of industry experience. The company partly blamed the loss increase on record release delays, while announcing, in early 2006, a £110m rescue deal. These events, plus pressure from the UK financial and business leaders led to Smallwood becoming merely

1767-559: The company diversified. Amongst the new media interests included a joint venture with screenwriter and producer, Raymond Thompson, which evolved into the Cloud9 Screen Entertainment Group. Iron Maiden's catalogue was re-issued by Sanctuary in conjunction with Columbia/SME Records in the US in 2002. Kenny Rogers ' 1980s catalogue (originally released on RCA Records ) was re-issued by Sanctuary's Castle Music label in conjunction with Kenny Rogers' Dreamcatcher Records in

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1824-440: The death of Otus, Lordi canceled all their concerts scheduled for the beginning of 2012, but they had some summer festival concerts that they couldn't cancel. Lordi got help from Jimmy Hammer, the drummer of Finnish band Ironcross, who played drums for Lordi's 2012 concerts. Jimmy Hammer used a monster disguise to fit in the band, and was only called "the drummer". His identity was told after. In September 2012, Scarchives Vol. 1 ,

1881-461: The first official Lordi-exhibition was opened, The Other Side of Lordi . There Lordi's former costumes and stage props were shown, including Lordi's album cover artworks (painted by Mr Lordi). Mr Lordi and Amen visited the exhibition during the opening night. On 31 July 2014, the group announced that the title of their seventh studio album would be " Scare Force One ". The album was recorded in June and

1938-522: The group. This proved unsuccessful, further depressing the share value of the company. In late 2006, Rod Smallwood left the company, taking with him Iron Maiden's management interests. In April 2007, Billboard reported that Sanctuary Records would cease to exist as a new release label in the US that summer, though catalogue, licensing, and new media operations would continue. On 15 June 2007 Universal Music Group announced it had reached an agreement to buy Sanctuary Records for £44.5 million. The agreement

1995-506: The members of Lordi participated in filming of the horror film Dark Floors , which premiered on 8 February 2008. In July 2007, Lordi toured North America with the Ozzfest festival, but ended up canceling off-date shows during that tour. After the Ozzfest tour ended in late August, Lordi went on a short break. In September, it was announced that the band would go on a new tour of the U.S. with

2052-463: The new album will be released in September. The album, untitled at the time, was described by Mr. Lordi as a "split album". The first six songs of the album will sound like normal Lordi songs, while the last six songs will be more progressive and will follow a concept . A promotional tour for the album called "European Monstour-2016" began in October 2016. The single from the album, "Hug You Hardcore",

2109-542: The new drummer and Hella as the new keyboardist. This album was recorded at WireWorld Studio in Nashville , and produced and mixed by Michael Wagener , like the previous one. The first single from the new album, " The Riff ", was released digitally on 8 February 2013. The studio album To Beast or Not to Beast was recorded in March 2013. After the release of the single, the band took part in Wok WM competition in Germany. The album

2166-614: The publication of Deadache , Lordi made a tour of the United States in November in conjunction with Lizzy Borden . Lordi performed "Bite It Like a Bulldog" on the NBC show Late Night with Conan O'Brien on 6 November 2008. Mr Lordi spent a week in Los Angeles with Jeremy Rubolino and former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick writing two new tracks, "Cut Off My Head" and "Call Off The Wedding". In March 2010 Mark Slaughter and Bruce Kulick played in

2223-411: The record label Kimmo Hirvonen's Records, owned by Anaconda. The album was planned to release in early 1999, but Anaconda Records went bankrupt shortly before the planned release date and the album was never released. The band never performed with the original line-up, though they had been promised a record release gig in 1999. During the same year, G-Stealer left the band because of work commitments and

2280-518: The release of the album that Deadache would be marketed internationally, like its immediate predecessor. "It goes without saying that the song contest of the last album distorted the situation, and this can not be sold in any case, the same number in Europe or, especially in Finland. We know that Finland is likely to disc stamped with the flop, even if it would sell double platinum, it does not sell 100,000 copies", Mr Lordi said in August 2008. Shortly after

2337-519: The spring of 2005 during the European Monstour. Meanwhile, the internal atmosphere of the band increased in intensity and led to a dispute between members. Later that year, bassist Kalma wanted to resign because of family and financial problems. Mr Lordi tried to persuade Kalma to stay and suggested that he just play the biggest tours and other contractually obligated performances. Kalma, however, did not relent, because he wanted to be involved with

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2394-590: The summer, a tour in support of the album called "Sextourcism" began in Europe on 9 October in Amstelveen, Netherlands and concluded on 28 December in Helsinki, Finland. Lordi announced their third live DVD Recordead Live – Sextourcism in Z7 on 17 May 2019, which was recorded on 23 November 2018 in Pratteln, Switzerland during their tour. It was released on 26 July 2019. OX announced on 14 March 2019 that he would be departing

2451-498: The title of their tenth album Killection . It was released on 31 January 2020, followed by a European tour titled "Killectour" in support of the album the same year. The band has said that this album is considered a 'fictional compilation' album and would contain songs you would normally hear in the early 1970s to mid-1990s. Their single from the album "Shake the Baby Silent", was released on 8 November 2019. Their second single off

2508-464: The video was done, Mr Lordi got an idea of a band of monsters. "Inferno" was later released in the Finnish "Rockmurskaa" compilation album in 1995. In 1996 Mr Lordi organized a Kiss cruise for Finnish Kiss fans from Finland to Sweden. During the cruise, he met musicians Amen and G-Stealer and told them about his music project called Lordi. After the cruise, they joined the band. One year later Enary joined

2565-406: Was also the world's largest independent owner of music intellectual property rights , with over 160,000 songs. The company was formed in 1979 by Rod Smallwood and Andy Taylor , who met as undergraduates at Trinity College, Cambridge . In 1979, they discovered Iron Maiden in a London pub and went on to manage the group. They named the record company after the band's song " Sanctuary ," which

2622-559: Was announced on 25 March 2021 that Lordi would be performing at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 , joining five other previous winners in Rotterdam on 22 May 2021, performing their Eurovision-winning song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" for the Rock the Roof interval act. On 6 April 2021, it was announced that Lordi would be releasing no less than seven studio albums in October 2021. In the statement regarding

2679-460: Was announced via Facebook that Hella was pregnant. The band's guitarist, Amen , later confirmed that Hella would be replaced for the summer festivals. In the summer of 2015, Hella's temporary replacement, Nalle (Finnish for Teddy Bear), was seen for the first time at Rovaniemi . In November Lordi played 2 gigs in Russia (Saint Petersburg and Moscow), still with Hella. In late 2015, the band announced that

2736-724: Was completed in October 2007. By December 2007, it appeared that the Sanctuary name had begun to be phased out, with both Morrissey and Robert Plant being transferred to the Universal-owned Decca Music Group and Iron Maiden to Universal Music Enterprises (with distribution by Sony Music Entertainment, a successor to Sanctuary and Columbia's distribution partnership for the band's releases) for future releases. On 21 September 2012, regulators approved Universal Music Group 's planned acquisition of EMI from Citibank for £1.2 billion. However, due to conditions imposed by

2793-573: Was founded as the second subsidiary of Drive-Thru Records in January 2007. This label was intended to comprise artists of a stronger singer-songwriter genre. Only two acts were ever signed to Love Minus Zero: Roark and Biirdie . This imprint was soon reabsorbed back into Drive-Thru Records. Drive-Thru Records have earned several silver, gold, and platinum albums and singles, that have been certified by RIAA , CRIA and BPI . * denotes inactive band. † denotes former Rushmore Records signee. This

2850-511: Was in 2008, when Richard and Stefanie Reines decided to concentrate on artist management and put Drive-Thru Records on indefinite hiatus. The independent label sold over 7 million CDs. Bands that achieved notable success during their time with the label include Hellogoodbye , New Found Glory , Something Corporate , Fenix*TX , Finch , The Starting Line , Steel Train , Midtown , Rx Bandits , The Early November , Senses Fail , Home Grown , Halifax and Allister . Love Minus Zero Recordings

2907-566: Was one of the last artists signed to Sanctuary, which released their album, The Book of Souls in North America, on 4 September 2015. Lordi Lordi ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈloːrdi] ) is a Finnish hard rock and heavy metal band. Formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume maker Mr Lordi (Tomi Petteri Putaansuu), Lordi are known for wearing monster masks and using horror elements with pyrotechnics during concerts and music videos. The band rose to fame in 2002 with their hit single " Would You Love

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2964-478: Was released as a single in 1980, and later included on American pressings as well as the reissued CD version of their 1980 eponymous debut album . Sanctuary Records has historically signed artists with long-term appeal that have had a long career and steady fan base. Between 1989 and 1991, Sanctuary was co-owned by the Zomba Group , whose music publishing arm still held the music of Iron Maiden in 2001. In 1994,

3021-400: Was released in August 2016. A music video for the song was later released. Lordi announced the title of the eighth album, Monstereophonic (Theaterror vs. Demonarchy) on 13 July, which was released on 16 September. Later the band announced that they would be touring North America and Canada for the first time in 2017. The tour began on 2 February and concluded on 4 March. On 9 March 2018,

3078-449: Was released in November, with a cover design loosely based on Kiss 's Love Gun album. The original first sketch of the cover was based on Kiss 's Destroyer album. The album won the 2003 Emma award for best domestic hard rock or heavy metal album, and Get Heavy has sold more than 67,000 copies. It was certified platinum in Finland in 2003 and multi-platinum in 2006. Lordi played their first gig on 8 December 2002, in Helsinki at

3135-680: Was released on 1 March 2013. A European tour in support of the new album, "Tour Beast Or Not Tour Beast", started in April 2013. The tour also included one concert in Japan. Lordi started the recordings for their seventh studio album on 2 June in Finnish Finnvox studios with the producer Mikko Karmila. In July the band moved to a secret place in Lapland to continue the recordings. On 28 June in Savonlinna , Finland

3192-500: Was released on 31 October in Europe, 3 November in North America, and 26 November in Japan with a bonus track. The first single from the album, " Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein ", was released digitally on 19 September. On 1 November Lordi performed at The Circus in Helsinki to promote the release of the album. The three-month-long European tour "Tour Force One" started on 1 February 2015 and ended in early April. In early 2015, it

3249-427: Was replaced by Magnum, whom Mr Lordi had met via Kiss Army Finland. In 2000, drummer Kita joined and the band got their first drummer. After several failed attempts at obtaining a recording contract, Lordi signed a record deal with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Finland in 2002. In July, the band released their first official single, " Would You Love A Monsterman? ", which rose to number one in Finland and spawned

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