Dead End Irony – "Battles & Brotherhood"
https://push.fm/fl/dei-battlesandbrotherhood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz-asyQCQSw
I remember stumbling upon Dead End Irony on a forum in the late 2010s. Someone called them "Finland’s best-kept secret." They weren’t wrong. Years later, the secret’s out, and it’s loud.
Straight out of Imatra, forged in over a decade of lineup shifts, late-night rehearsals, and no doubt more than a few hangovers, Dead End Irony finally drops their debut album, Battles & Brotherhood. And it’s worth the wait.
Eight tracks. No fillers. Just pure, iron-clad heavy metal that wears its heart (and its scars) on its sleeve. There’s something deeply satisfying in how they blend old-school grit with a modern punch. You’ll hear echoes of Maiden, maybe a pinch of Amon Amarth, but filtered through their own relentless urgency.
Vesa Winberg puts it best:
"We’ve stewed on this forever, so stoked to unleash it. This is metal in 2025: melody, rage, and grandeur rolled into one."
You can feel that hunger. Tracks like “Fight!” come out swinging, riff after riff, it doesn’t let up. And then there’s “Razor Gods,” which feels like the soundtrack to a war cry you didn’t know you needed.
The production’s tight without being sterile: Teemu Aalto handled everything in-house (recording, mixing, mastering), and you can tell. It breathes. It growls. It lives.
The full lineup reads like a brotherhood forged under amps and adrenaline:
Simo Jokela (Lead Guitar)
Antti Pekonen (Drums)
Kristian Valkama (Guitar)
Antti Vainio (Bass)
Vesa Winberg (Vocals)
These guys didn’t just make a record: They poured their guts into a battle hymn, and it shows.
What really got me? The album doesn’t pretend. No gimmicks. No trendy detours. Just five musicians making the music they believe in, sharp as a blade, tight as a fist.
Don’t sleep on this one. Battles & Brotherhood isn’t just a strong debut, it’s a declaration.
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