Unzyme’s fifth album, Interference, is out today! It was one of the hardest albums to write, but also highly cathartic. It deals with heavy topics, offering hope and understanding for people who are going through rough times. This album aims to stand the test of time, and not to please algorithms or follow trends. It’s … Read more
U2 surprise-dropped their new EP Days of Ash on Ash Wednesday, and it hit me hard. Six tracks, no warning, no marketing buildup, but a need to stand up for something. It’s a punk move, a loving punch through the office walls of the greedy expansionists, a peace threat delivered with flowers. These songs sound like they … Read more
It’s no secret that many office hours at the Unzyme Laboratories have been soundtracked by Scooter, so naming the first five Unzyme albums as “chapters” is only appropriate. It’s been a long road to get here, and at the same time, it feels like the biggest projects are still ahead. The plans continue to be … Read more
Interference, Unzyme’s fifth studio album, explores the unpredictable signals of consciousness and the drive for reckless exploration that humans are hardwired with from the start. It maps themes of protective isolation, escapism, and the steep cost of a life worth living — a journey towards reconciliation on the other side of necessary and painful, but … Read more
Years of chasing something that hasn’t worked out yet. Relationships where I was the one taping photos of good moments to the wall, trying to show that joy was real and always possible. This song is about the ‘unlimiting beliefs’—the ones that look like delusion from the outside but feel like oxygen from the inside. … Read more
“The goons at my door” is about the fight to take back your identity, when it seems to have been silently stolen from you. Video directed, shot and edited by Sebastian Trzaska Song written by Joona Nuutinen Song arrangement by Joona Nuutinen, Daniel Lawrence, Ville Hoikkala and Maiju MäkiSong produced by Lasse Turunen Video produced … Read more
I wrote this song about a friend of mine, who always seemed to be stuck between multiple choices in life. Who to be with? Which city to live in? Which role to play? Jealous and undecided, committed only on paper. Things often seemed to be better anywhere but here. Other people seem to have wonderful … Read more
We’re happy to announce the Unzyme opening show for Aikakone, Movetron, Waldo’s People and Mascara at Kuhmoinen Calling: We Are One Festival and the outrageously spectacular dance music celebration tour that is Erittäin hyvä ellei täydellinen on July 27th, 2024 in the fabulous Sahanranta venue in Kuhmoinen, Finland. In the meantime, new music is being … Read more
I wrote this song to a friend who struggles with depression. He sees a lot of things happening around him, but stays still, protecting himself from any outside influence. It’s rather easy to become a spectator in your own life, lacking the will or means to build anything, or to even feel anything. This song … Read more
Louder than the voice of reason, one of the songs from Unzyme’s fifth album is accompanied by a documentary film about the future of the prison system. Created in collaboration with Tuohimedia, the music video was shot deep underground, as we often tend to do. Would you rather be bored to death or lose yourself … Read more
Unzyme’s long-time video collaborator Sebastian Trzaska raises the bar with his sixth music video for Unzyme. It’s no secret that we both enjoy spending time in the derelict industrial facilities of Gotham City at night, but the Old Mine Museum in Outokumpu is a great alternative whenever plane tickets to Gotham are too expensive. “Consumed” … Read more
Unzyme’s new music video, Springwater, has been released on January 12th, 2024. It’s a documentary video, shot in an old warship, under the unforgiving winds of the Baltic Sea. Springwater is a song from Unzyme’s fifth album, Interference. This is our first video collaboration with Tuohimedia, with more to come.
We’re looking forward to performing at the fantastic Jyväskylä Pride party on September 9th! Showtime will be around midnight at Freetime. As usual, the Unzyme show will be electric, ecstatic, anthemic and deeply emotional. We’ll play lots of new songs and many familiar classics from Unzyme’s biomechanical pop catalogue. We hope to see your smiling … Read more
A few years ago I met a very skilled musician at a songwriting camp. She wrote some very beautiful folk songs in Finnish. I didn’t know her well, and we didn’t talk much after the event, but soon after the camp I heard that she was diagnosed with cancer. She shared her struggles on social … Read more
“Dust on the shelves” was released 4 years ago. The video was directed by Ville Hoikkala, and featured Mary Violet and Olli Lukkari as lead actors. We shot the video in two days on a weekend, at a distant cabin in the woods. Ville was constantly afraid of the video being too much in the … Read more
A few years ago we decided to participate in the Finnish division of the Eurovision song contest (UMK). This song is a bit different in tone, as it was specifically written for the competition. Lyrically this song is a bit of an oddball in the Unzyme catalogue, as it was written to be more straightforward. … Read more
“Harder to breathe” deals with the guilt of having passed on an extremely difficult situation to the next generation. Yet there’s the expectation for the young ones to step up and change the trajectory. It’s a heavy heritage, born out of selfishness, but which can only be fixed together. The colors of the video are … Read more
“Foreign agendas” is a B-side from the Forensics sessions. I made a lyric video for the song, which shows varied imagery from all over the world – including abandoned mines, and the cities and art that were built out of those minerals. Everything you choose to do, has a cost. It’s good to occasionally stop … Read more
We recorded this acoustic live version of “Never leave the shipyard” at my family cabin. My dear friend and a fantastic musician, Janne Malinen wrote the acoustic guitar arrangement of the song. I think he captured the heavy essence of the song, which is very sad, still and rather powerless. It’s a cry for something … Read more
We’re excited to announce that we’ll be opening for Apulanta at Tullikamari in two weeks – on October 14th! This is going to be fan-fucking-tastic. Explosions and mutations ahead!
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