Lordi Lordi Those Some Dark Floors

I've got a few Lordi albums.

They look like GWAR, but sound like Kiss or Poison.
Very catchy, slightly gutteral lead vocals with anthemic hard-rockin' choruses.

Not altogether great in any way. They got a huge worldwide boost for winning Eurovision last year. They are currently trying to break the US, but they've got quite the gimmick:

The Devil is a Loser
Blood Red Sandman

Funny.

They look like Todd McFarlane Movie Maniac figures already. Hopefully it's better than Jon Mikl Thor's Rock 'n' Roll Nightmare.

I kind of dig the tunes, but don't care for the growling vocals.

It reminds me so much of KISS.

How not to love Hardrock Hallelujah and Who's your Daddy ?

Thanks for the links. I had read about these guys, but never heard the songs. I love the music, and can stand the singer. Actually, he's grown on me a bit in listening to the few songs that I have.

The videos are interesting, they are all from the same director and most have a Carrie/Evil Dead homage sorta-thing happening. The lead vocals are pretty hairy, but my God is that band catchy. Check out the song "Supermonstars" for a chorus that will never leave.

I wasn't expecting the lyrics to be in English or even understandable.

Who's Your Daddy would kill at the strip clubs.

Definitely more KISS (or Helloween) than Dimmu Borgir (symphonic black metal band used all through the Hellboy trailer!). I'd totally watch a flick with these guys if the videos are an indication of the turn-out/quality/atmosphere. Very Gwar/KISS Psycho Circus/Tortured Souls/Cenobite/Nightbreed feel to the members' look.


EDIT: The devil is a loser...


and he's my bitch.

Yeah, they really have the Kiss, Twisted Sister, 80's rock thing down.

Doesn't really work with the costumes
...well apparently it does if we've heard of them.

I always thought KISS was bait-and-switch too. I really can't imagine "Beth" coming from a band that looked like that, even after seeing it with my own eyes.

My brother loves these guys. I mean LOVES.

My bro is a professional artist. Here's a pic he made:

That's pretty nice work. Maybe they can snag a cameo on Metalocalypse.

That's pretty nice work. Maybe they can snag a cameo on Metalocalypse.

I've been into this band since their Eurovision win. Started downloading some of there stuff for a bit of a chuckle but wound up addicted. Very catchy good stuff.

My favourite song of theirs would have to be Icon Of Dominance followed closely by Dynamite Tonight.

I've been into this band since their Eurovision win. Started downloading some of there stuff for a bit of a chuckle but wound up addicted. Very catchy good stuff.

My favourite song of theirs would have to be Icon Of Dominance followed closely by Dynamite Tonight.

OH WOW!! Thanks, finally something new to listen to.

OH WOW!! Thanks, finally something new to listen to.

Lordi's Eurovision win was about the best thing that happened on Greek TV that year. Having won that silly contest the previous year, we had the dubious honor of hosting it. So all Greek media were going on for weeks and weeks about Eurovision and about the Greek entry in the competition. They almost drove me mad. So then I see Lordi and immediately make up my mind to vote for them, if only because they were completely the opposite of the lame Europop 99% of the other songs were. To tell you the truth the song wasn't half bad either. Well, apparently plenty of others had the same reaction because they won the popular vote portion of the contest by a landslide. It was awesome watching how awkward the officials were during the presentation ceremony.

It was the Arockalypse for Europop that day my friends.

This thread made me listen again to some of their albums.

It's all about Chainsaw Buffet.

At the chainsaw - chainsaw buffet
The secret ingredient screams
You're my main course
at the chainsaw buffet
Feed on man-eater's cuisine
At the chainsaw - chainsaw buffet
Chainsaw buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuffet

We should start a thread in the Music section.

Why did I think of Raspberry Beret from Prince when I read these lyrics?

Don't forget about "Deadite Girls Gones Wild"

Their first single Would you love a monsterman is still my favourite.

According to allmusic.com, they put out 3 albums last year??? Holy shit, that's a lot of material in a short amount of time... Unless they were sitting on a bunch of music before they got their break/contract.

The site's wrong. Check wikipedia for accurate discography.

Gotcha: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordi

Their official site: http://www.lordi.fi/

In a parallel world, I totally picturing a high-school aged Tenacious D's Jack Black doodling "LORDI" onto the cover of his notebook/locker/desk/sneakers.

Yeah, they actually only have 3 albums total.
In other news, I am shocked that this thread has lasted past 3 posts.

I had never heard of these cats before reading this thread, but the pics and links above picqued my curiosity. The "Hard Rock Hallelujah" video on Creature Corner shouldn't have, but did, give me goosebumps.

These guys get it. They stand and deliver the rock. Consider me one of the converted.

The official site has the first pics.

The first word from people who have seen this is that it's a piece of shit. These comments are from members of a Finnish film forum I frequent and I trust their opinion. I'll probably still see this at the opening night, but I'm not expecting much.

I'm definitely maybe on the train

I think their music, image, videos, etc. all might have a symbiotic relationship. I don't think their music is strong enough to be something to just listen to very much and their videos wouldn't really work without the music (why I'm not surprised to hear the movie sucks). It's pretty cool though - fucking love the cenabite "appearing in places to make shit go down" vibe.

It's similar to some of Rob Zombie's videos, except for the whole taking themselves seriously part. Surprised Pandora has never pulled them up (just added them)

Crap.

But my horror standards are real low and I've liked what I've seen so far.

Looks like Timo and I read the same boards.

I had faith in this, till I saw the trailer and it just looked so, well, I guess the best word for it is generic. I bet this will make some kind of box office records in Finland, but the rest of the world will probably hear very little about it.

Yeah, it's pretty bad. Here's a few thoughts.

There's no characters, the people in the movie are just walking cliches. There's the gruff black security guard, the crazy old hobo who knows what's going on, but who only talks cryptic nonsense, the hot nurse, the annoying yuppie who whines about everything and the hunky single dad who only cares about his daughter.

The sets look good, but they never feel like a real place. You always have the feeling that if the camera panned a bit to the side you would see behind the fake wall.

The dialogue is terrible.

The story makes no sense and nothing is explained. The ending is especially baffling.

Here's the entire movie:
The people talk about what's happening and wander around the hospital until one of the Lordi monsters pops up and they run away. Then they return to wandering and talking about what's happening. Repeat this about six times and you've got the entirety of Dark Floors.

The film feels even more like a video game than the Silent Hill movie did. I'm also sure that the Silent Hill games were a big inspiration.

There's not a bit of the fun that the Lordi music videos have. Their videos are influenced by the 80s horror films, but this film is more influenced by all the recent Asian horror films.

Finally what destroys the film is the lack of any kind of atmosphere. Sure, there's plenty of The Shining style shots of empty hallways and doors and whatnot, but the director Riski is no Kubrick. There's not a single scary moment.

The practical and visual effects they've pulled of are really impressive and the film looks great.

So, if you want to look forward to a Finnish horror film that might not suck forget Dark Floors and focus on Sauna. Hopefully it will be better.

My cousin is a Lordi fan, so I'll check this out once he gets the DVD. Sauna looks better than Dark Floors ever did. I'm quite liking this new "boom" of Finnish horror. Isn't there a movie that Brian Yuzna produced coming up as well?

I saw no way in this thing being good.

I like their music, but for them to be involved in a decent film seems like a stretch.

So maybe we'll find out how bad it is, in Oct. on DVD?

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