Joona explains how the fourth album was named. “It’s all about looking back, trying to figure out how you got to where you are. Forensic investigation of your own past.” Watch the video to learn more about the thoughts behind the upcoming album.
PihkaSound, Dalziel and Mind Waker remixed Nerve cells in unimaginable ways. Releasing a remix Ep has been a new, positive experience for us, and we wish to release more remixes in the near future. Feel free to contact us, if you feel like remixing our upcoming stuff!
“Nerve cells remixed” EP will be released on May 8th. This remix EP will feature remixes by PihkaSound, Mind Waker and Unzyme’s keyboardist Daniel Lawrence, also known as Dalziel. Track listing Nerve cells (PihkaSound remix) Nerve cells (Dalziel remix) Nerve cells (Mind Waker remix) The Nerve cells remixed EP cover photo, and the photo of … Read more
Nerve cells is the second single from Unzyme’s upcoming album. Some of our songs have science fiction themes. This is one of two scifi songs on the fourth Unzyme album. As a long-time fan of science fiction movies and games, I always find it fascinating to write about possible futures. Songs like Extinction, Wargame and … Read more
Unzyme will release the music video for a new song called “Nerve cells” on April 3, 2020. The video was shot at a particle accelerator laboratory at The University of Jyväskylä.
Unzyme’s fourth album is about 70% done. It will be released in the fall of 2020. No specific release date has been set yet. We’re really excited about this release, because it’s going to be a very versatile album. These are all relatively new songs, all composed after the release of Transplant. On Transplant, there … Read more
For a long time I had this idea of having lyric videos of all of our songs. I had a very specific idea of how the lyric videos should look like, and I didn’t really know how to make such videos. But I know how to make this kind of videos, so I decided to … Read more
This new Unzyme song explores the misty abandoned playgrounds of Coldplay, Sia, Sigur Ros, a-ha, Florence + The Machine and Poets of the Fall. The video for “Dust on the shelves” was directed and shot by Ville Hoikkala. The script is based on the lyrics of the song. The song, as usual, was produced and … Read more
The new song marks a new, explorative chapter in the Unzyme saga. It may be a bit of a counter reaction to the pop-infested Transplant. That’s not to say that we don’t like Transplant. It’s our best album so far, but these new songs play a different game. It’s more of a risk to go … Read more
This song is about wanting to be something else than the majority, but still conforming to outside expectations, because the fear of getting rejected is too strong. It’s about knowing your true self, but keeping it a secret. It takes loads of courage to declare your independence and to live the way you want to. … Read more
We’ve been hard at work, editing a music video for a brand new song called Dust on the shelves. We like to do story-driven music videos, and this one is no exception, except for the setting, which is radically different to what you might expected from us. Instead of your standard industrial facility, in which … Read more
Our new album, Transplant, is now available on streaming services, such as Spotify, Shazam, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music, Napster and iTunes. German release (physical album) is still in the press, and will be released within a few months (the final release date for the physical version is still unconfirmed). The album can be preordered at the Unzyme Shop.
Exciting times! The new Unzyme album will be out in a month! To celebrate the release, we’ll conduct a very special experiment at Steam Hellsinki. Free entry, and free lab coats to 10 first participants. The album will be available on streaming services such as Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, Shazam, Deezer, Tidal, Amazon Music, Google … Read more
I was just listening to Tina Jukarainen’s (Fullsteam Agency) talk at Mars Festival 2017. Literally, when she was talking about importance of Spotify playlists as a way to get discovered, I received a message that Unzyme’s “Lie down in debris” music video (and Spotify single) had been featured in Soundi magazine. As it happens, the song … Read more
Having fucked up many album and song releases, we’re finally getting a grasp of how things should be done. Here’s a brief list of things to consider when planning a schedule for a music video release. 1. Producing the song This is probably the easiest part of a song release. Songwriting is only 7% of … Read more
Here it is, the music video for “Lie down in debris”, the third single from Unzyme’s upcoming album. [su_youtube_advanced url=”https://youtu.be/TseqEgacjg4″ playlist=”RPtRdZAJa2A,GHPYHEsn91E,p2mAE0zW01o” width=”1500″ height=”1000″ modestbranding=”yes” https=”yes”] Lie down in debris – lyrics It took a long time to see that your heart was just lying to get heard I thought I was incomplete ’cause my hands could … Read more
Unzyme’s new music video and single will be released this Friday, Jan 20th. The video was directed by Sebastian Trzaska. Kata Strofi plays the lead role. Joona Nuutinen and Mary Violet can also be spotted on the video. “Lie down in debris” is a part of a music video saga. Unzyme’s new album will be released … Read more
The age of the CD has come to an end, but cover art still lives on. I’ve decided that the physical form of Unzyme’s next album will be more like a magazine or a book, than a conventional CD package. I already entertained the thought, when designing the cover art for Override, and one copy … Read more
We just decided that our next music video, “Lie down in debris”, will be released within a month – on January 20th. The video will be preceded by the song itself – it will be released on Spotify and other digital distribution channels already on Friday, January 13th.
Tomorrow we’ll release a new music video called “Until the guilt is forgiven” via Rumba Magazine. I wrote the song to my brother, who died in 2013. The lyric deals with the feeling of guilt that a loved one’s death can cause, if something important was left unsaid or undone. An unexpected death will make you … Read more
Unzyme will release a new video for a song called Until the guilt is forgiven. The video was directed by Artur Kazmertsuk. Joona tells about the collaboration with Artur: “We were really happy to work with Artur Kazmertsuk, because he really gets what Unzyme is about and his vision is very much compatible with our style. … Read more