HAUTAJAISYCÖ

track-list:
Uneenkuiskaajat
Päänsärkijä
Kuiskaukset
Köysi (Tape edition)

recording & mixing by Sami Kettunen
drum recording: Studio 33 & Lassi Pitkänen
mastered by Janne Tuikkala & Sami Kettunen

Hautajaisyö 2015:
Janne Partanen – vocals
Sami Lustig – guitars
Sami Kettunen – bass
Sami Leinonen – drums
Tomas Ahlroos – ‘Päänsärkijä‘ clean vocals
Hautajaisyö 2024:
Janne Partanen – vocals
Sami Lustig – guitars
Simo Pesonen – bass
Teemu Roth – drums

Hautajaisyö (Funeral Night) are 10 years old this year.
To celebrate, they are re-releasing their first recordings with some bonus material through Inverse Records.
The re-release includes two songs ‘Uneenkuiskaajat‘ (Dreamwhisperer) and ‘Päänsärkijä‘ (Headbreaker) from the band’s debut album in an original promo mix.
As a bonus you get unreleased intro song ‘Kuiskaukset‘ (Whispers) and different version of the song ‘Köysi‘ (Rope), which was released on the 2016 ‘Three Screams of Insanity‘ split tape.
This is not the only release for 2024, as the new ‘EN MURRU EN TAIVU‘ EP will be released at the end of the year, on which the band will re-record three songs from the first album and one song from the demo sessions.
These releases should tide listeners over until the band’s forthcoming fifth album, which they are currently composing.

HAUTAJAISYO are:
Janne Partanen – vocals
Sami Lustig – guitar
Simo Pesonen – bass
Teemu Roth – drums

discography:
Uneenkuiskaajat Promo 2015 – Single 2015
Hautajaisyö – Full-length 2015
Three Screams of Insanity – Split 2016
Unohdetut – Single 2017
Vain tuhkasi sinusta muistuttaa – Single 2017
Matkalla kohti hautaa – Full-length 2018
Sinä olet helvetti – Single 2018
Ennen kuolemaa – Single 2019
Uhraus – Single 2020
Kuolonkantaja – Single 2020
On vain pimeys – Full-length 2020
Kuuleeko kukaan – Single 2022
Harhaluulo – Single 2022
Ei hauta kysy lupaa – Full-length 2022

playlist:
01 Tämän Vainajan Tähde
02 Lähdön Hetki
03 Kärsimys
04 Unohdetut
05 Uneenkuiskaaja
06 Jokainen Kuolee Vuorollaan
07 Väsynyt Kuolemaan
08 Minä Olen Vain Puu
09 Ympärilläsi Pelkkää Tyhjää
10 Harhaluulo
11 Elämä Lakkaa
12 Uhraus
13 Kuolonkantaja
14 Tulen Keskellä
15 Muistojuhla

Hautajaisyö – Janne Partanen:
“Hautajaisyö is like best way to spend time with your brothers”
We have been their long-time fans and follow them at every opportunity.
They come from Finland.
Their songs and music are capable of melting icebergs.
‘Hautajaisyö’ in Finish means, funeral, deadly nights, black and as wild as ever.
Each of their songs sends us messages of anguish and despair, as ‘weird’ as that sounds.
Hautajaisyö is a extreme death metal band.
Janne Partanen is the vocalist, Sami Lustig the guitarist, Simo Pesonen at the bass and Teemu Roth the drummer are Hautajaisyö.
The voice of Janne, is harsh, rough and worthily represents the band.
‘Hautajaisyö’, ‘Matkalla Kohti Hautaa’, ‘On Vain Primeys’, and ‘Ei Hauta Kysy Lupaa’ are some of their treasures, that have been hugely successful so far.
We’re thrilled to present an exclusive interview to radio highway pirates with the talented vocalist Janne Partanen, as we have the opportunity to explore Hautajaisyö΄s journey in music, cooperations, fame and success.
So sit back and buckle up well, because the journey is just to begin.
What does the name of the band mean and what does it express through it?
“Hautajaisyö means Funeral Night in English. Its taken from a song from black metal legend Horna. I wanted that the name is something unique and fits for our lyrical themes and music. Our songs have lots of death, despair, depression and mental problems in our lyrics. Songs are rooted in death metal. For me Hautajaisyö (Funeral Night) is the night when you deside to end your life.”
Why did you made the decision to rewrite the lyrics of your songs and to sing in Finnish?
“Me and Sami (guitarist) played together on a black metal band called Uhriristi. I really enjoyed writing in Finnish on that project and i realise i was so much better writing on my native language. Before Hautajaisyö we also had a band called REDEYE. It was mostly similar style, but more chaotic and lyrics were in English. So we deside i need to start writing in Finnish for that band also. With The change on laguage we also wanted to make less chaotic stuff and more death metal style music. So we killed of REDEYE and started Hautajaisyö with the same grew. That’s the story of Hautajaisyö. We think REDEYE as our demo era and have made few old songs to Hautajaisyö. Long story short: We wanted a change.”
Could you talk to us, about the song ‘Sinä Olet Helvetti’ (You are Hell) and the history it carries?
“The song was made by our old second guitarist Ville Moisanen. It was a good mix of our second albums melodic stuff and third albums aggression. Songs lyrics tell about being on a relationship with a narcissist person. Story is true and written from my life and one of my friends life. Kimmo Jalkanen made a awesome video for the song where we turned the idea to a domestic violence where the mother and wife is alcoholic and breaks her family with violence and fear.”
What kind of messages do you want to convey to the audience with your fourth album ‘Ei Hauta Kysy Lupaa’?
“The album is called ‘grave won’t ask’ permission and it tells about death. How we cant avoid it and how it will get us all. Songs are filled with despair, fears and suicidal thoughts. Lots of the song were made when i was having really bad medical problems so you can hear my true thoughs on this album. It also also has really deep melancholic tone that mix well with our aggressive songs. This is pure Hautajaisyö album and our best album. It has everything our music has and nothing more. If this had been our last album i would have been proud. The ending of albums first song tells perfectly what this album is trying to say ‘i am not ready to die. I just cant take this life. Grave won’t ask permission. It will wait us all’.” 
What makes the album ‘On Vain Pimeys’ so special and why?
“Its our third album where we turned back to play with one guitarist after one album & single. With this album we found our sound and this is first album where Simo (bass) and Teemu (drums) were in the writing prosess. With this one we show our true potential. Songs are fast, aggresive and simple. With this album we tryed to harness our love for black metal to fit to our death metal & deathrash style. My best lyrics are found on this album and we play live almost every song from this album.”
How did your chemistry tie up, did you ever feel the germ of competition among you?
“We have been like four brothers from the start. Our humor is dark and twisted and we like to spend time together. All of us has this burning to make music we want to listen and it has glued us to a beast of a band. Everybody knows what to do and everybody does their part. Hautajaisyö is like best way to spend time with your brothers.”
Who are the real Hautajaisyö, when the microphones are turned off and the lights go out?
“We dont like to pretend to be anything. We are our true self all the time. I dont really care about bands that has to put on a mask to play shows or be on a band. We are four normal dudes with normal jobs and have passion to play extreme metal. Our songs have so much our personality on them so it would be stupid try to act something we are not.”
Do you believe that as artists you have fulfilled and actualized all of your dreams?
“Hautajaisyö, was made because we wanted to play music we want to listen. We love to play gigs and make new songs. Our career has been ascending from the first release. Next step is trying to get more festival gigs and it is a goal we are heading. Many ways we are living our dreams. We never wanted to be a professional band that tours all the time. 5 to 10 good gigs a year and we are super happy. Hope we can do this until our bodys are too broken to play so aggressive & extreme music.”
Where would you classify death metal as a musical genre, nowadays?
“Death metal is going strong. Old bands are making albums that fight with old classics. New bands are coming that keeps the genre alive (heh). Many bands mix old skool stuff with different genres and you get great new albums almost every week. What a time to be a death metalhead!”
How could you characterize Finland in relation to the music industry, especially the kind of music you represent?
“Finland is s big metal country and we have lots and lots of great bands here. Its not so mainstream here now days, so most extreme stuff like ours have hard time to get gigs. But more melodic stuff gets plays on radio, lots of festival on summer and you can go see a metal show almost every week. Metal music dont bring so much money so ticket prices are cheap and genres DIY mentality keeps new bands coming.”
What is your opinion about Eurovision contest, would you participate if you were offered a proposal?
“Fun fact! Some of our fans keep asking us to try to get our songs there. I do not think the contest would be really our thing and with our ‘we do what we want’ mentality would be too much there. It is a fun show but i dont really listen to that style of music. Lordi winning was great because i like Lordi’s music and last year’s Käärijä song was a banger of a song. Käärijä is like one of the few that type of artist i listen and enjoy. Even before the contest i liked his stuff because he has lots of energy and its so different than many modern lazy rap artists in Finland.” 
What are your next steps and plans? 
“Well Hautajaisyö is turning 10-years this December so we might do some special release then. We are also writing our 5th album and its about 50% ready. New songs have bit more old skool vibe so look out for a heavy album. We have 3 gigs coming this spring and few on summer. We keep doing stuff we love and want to do. I think that is a perfect plan for the future…”
Maria Stella Tsatsi

HAUTAJAISYO are:
Janne Partanen – vocals
Sami Lustig – guitar
Simo Pesonen – bass
Teemu Roth – drums

Finnish Death metal band Hautajaisyö is set to release their fourth studio album ‘Ei Hauta Kysy Lupaa’ later in 2022 via Inverse Records.
The first single ‘Kuuleeko kukaan’ is released.
The band comments:
“Hautajaisyö (Funeral Night) puts the cement shoes on and takes a dive deep into death metal. With this this new song the band shows its heaviest side and tells a story about forgetting yourself for others. ‘Kuuleeko Kukaan’ (Does Anybody Hear) is the first single from the upcoming ‘Ei Hauta Kysy Lupaa’ (Grave Wont Ask Permission) album that is coming in 2022.”
“Does anybody hear the final scream?”