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LORDI - Retropolis (Official Lyric Video)

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Taken off the album "Limited Deadition" (March 21st, 2025) 🎧 Stream, get it here: https://lordi.rpm.link/limiteddeaditi... "This title nearly became the name of the album," recalls Mr. Lordi. This title would pretty much sum up the context of the album: Musically it's all built around this main riff which was written by our guitar player Kone. It's very 'happy' sounding and has an almost U.D.O.'s 'Faceless World' album style to it. I was thinking of how to best build a vocal line around it, without making it sound totally cliché. This would be the main riff, so the song kind of wrote itself. Lyric wise, it's painting a picture of an 80ies feeling that shows like Knight Rider, Battlestar Galactica or Masters Of The Universe brought on. It's a very visually inspired song, bringing back the cover art of Iron Maiden's 'Somewhere In Time' in my brain. It doesn't really tell a story, it just gives off an overall 80ies post-apocalyptic vision in a wa …...more
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LORDI - Retropolis (Official Lyric Video)
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Jan 172025
Taken off the album "Limited Deadition" (March 21st, 2025) 🎧 Stream, get it here: https://lordi.rpm.link/limiteddeaditi... "This title nearly became the name of the album," recalls Mr. Lordi. This title would pretty much sum up the context of the album: Musically it's all built around this main riff which was written by our guitar player Kone. It's very 'happy' sounding and has an almost U.D.O.'s 'Faceless World' album style to it. I was thinking of how to best build a vocal line around it, without making it sound totally cliché. This would be the main riff, so the song kind of wrote itself. Lyric wise, it's painting a picture of an 80ies feeling that shows like Knight Rider, Battlestar Galactica or Masters Of The Universe brought on. It's a very visually inspired song, bringing back the cover art of Iron Maiden's 'Somewhere In Time' in my brain. It doesn't really tell a story, it just gives off an overall 80ies post-apocalyptic vision in a way. That being said, I really miss those days. Everything was better back then... Everything was better in neon lights!!!" 🎧 Stream, get it here: https://lordi.rpm.link/retropolisYT ▶ FOLLOW @REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC 🛒 EU: https://shopeu.reigningphoenixmusic.com 🛒 US: https://shopus.reigningphoenixmusic.com 🛒 UK: https://reigningphoenixmusic.omerch.com Web https://www.reigningphoenixmusic.com YouTube https://rpm.link/YTsub Instagram https://rpm.link/instagram Facebook https://rpm.link/facebook X https://rpm.link/twitter TikTok https://rpm.link/tiktok Spotify https://rpm.link/spotify ▶ FOLLOW @LORDI Web: https://www.lordi.fi Facebook:   / lordiofficial   Instagram:   / lordiofficial   Twitter:   / lordiofficial   Music by Mr. Lordi, Mr. Kone Lyrics by Mr. Lordi & Tracy Lipp Recorded & mixed by Ilkka Herkman at IluSound & Finnvox Studios, Finland Produced by Mr. Lordi Mastered by Pauli Saastamoinen at Finnvox, Finland Video produced by 1v1 Productions LORDI is: Mr. Lordi - Vocals, guitars, keyboards Kone - Guitars, backing vocals Hiisi - Bass, backing vocals Hella - Keyboards, backing vocals Mana - Drums, backing vocals "Limited Tour '25" - First Deadition 21.03.2025 FI Tampere - Tavara-asema 22.03.2025 FI Helsinki - Tavastia-klubi 25.03.2025 PL Warsaw - Progresja 26.03.2025 PL Gdansk - B90 28.03.2025 NL Amstelveen - P60 29.03.2025 NL Drachten - Poppoadium Iduna 30.03.2025 NL Sittard - Poppodium Volt 02.04.2025 UK Wolverhampton - Wulfrun Hall 03.04.2025 UK Newcastle - NX 05.04.2025 UK Manchester - Academy 2 06.04.2025 UK Glasgow - Galvanizers SWG3 08.04.2025 UK London - Islington Assembly Hall 09.04.2025 UK Bristol - SWX 11.04.2025 FR Savigny-le-Temple - L'Empreinte 12.04.2025 FR Saint-Lô - Le Normandy 13.04.2025 BE Sint-Niklaas - De Casino 15.04.2025 FR Lyon (Villeurbanne) - La Rayonne 16.04.2025 FR Strasbourg (Ostwald) - Le Point d'Eau 17.04.2025 FR Montbéliard - L'Axone 11.06. - 14.06.2025 DE Gardelegen - Metal Frenzy Open Air Festival 02.08.2025 CZ Ostrava - Ostrava v plamenech "Limited Tour '25" - Second Deadition 24.09.25 DE Hamburg - Gruenspan 26.09.25 DE Regensburg-Obertraubling - Eventhall Airport 27.09.25 DE Nuremberg - Löwensaal 28.09.25 DE Villingen-Schwenningen - Neckarhalle 30.09.25 DE Munich - Backstage 02.10.25 DE Leipzig - Felsenkeller 03.10.25 DE Naila - Frankenhalle 04.10.25 DE Memmingen - Kaminwerk 05.10.25 DE Oberhausen - Turbinenhalle 08.10.25 ES Barcelona - Sala Salamandra 09.10.25 ES Murcia - Sala Mamba! 10.10.25 ES Madrid - Revi Live 11.10.25 ES Pamplona - Sala Totem 14.10.25 DE Mannheim - Capitol 16.10.25 DE Berlin - Columbia Theater 17.10.25 DE Wilhelmshaven - Kulturzentrum Pumpwerk 18.10.25 DE Osnabrück - Hyde Park Info & Tickets: https://www.lordi.fi/tour Lyrics: In a nightmare within fantasy Neon spider in a web of laser beams Digital brain in control Luminous brightening Phosphorus lightning Flashback fever in Retropolis Past believers of Retropolis A collective mind, electrical Flesh puppets writhe on carbon tentacles Blood of mercury Bionic Twisting entropy Iconic #Lordi #LimitedDeadition #Retropolis #RPM #HardRock #HeavyMetal #RPM #ReigningPhoenixMusic

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