Ruoska ( Finnish for "whip") is a Finnish

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band from the

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municipality.

History

Ruoska was formed in 2002 with some of the same members from the comedy rock band

Natsipaska Ruoska (Finnish language, Finnish for "whip") is a Finnish Heavy metal music, metal band from the Juva municipality. History Ruoska was formed in 2002 with some of the same members from the comedy rock band Natsipaska. They released their de ...

. They released their debut album '' Kuori'' the same year. In 2005, ''

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'' was released. Ruoska recorded ''

Amortem Amortem is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's fourth album; it was released on 14 June 2006. Track listing #"Intro" – 1.55 #"Amortem" – 5.02 #" Pure minua" – 4.09 ('Bite Me') #"Taivas palaa" – 4.21 ('The Sky is Burning') #"Järvet j ...

'' in 2006. The singles "Mies yli Laidan" and "Alasin" were turned into music videos. The album itself debuted at sixth place in Finnish radio charts for almost 10 weeks. Ruoska's fifth album, ''

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'', was released in April 2008.

Members

Current members

Patrik Mennander Patrik Mennander (born 8 January 1976) is a Finland, Finnish singer who has been in the bands Ruoska, Battlelore and Natsipaska. Short biography Mennander was born in Finland in 1976. He was in the Finnish army (the year he entered is unknown ...

− lead vocals * Samuli Rimmi − guitar, backing vocals * Miika Kokkola − bass, backing vocals * Teemu Karppinen − drums

Former members

* Sami Karppinen – drums * Kai Ahvenranta − guitar, backing vocals * Timo Laatikainen − drums, percussions * Anssi Auvinen – guitar, backing vocals * Mika Kamppi − bass, backing vocals

Discography

Albums

* '' Kuori'' (2002) * '' Riisu'' (2003) * ''

'' (2005) * ''

'' (2006) * ''

'' (2008)

Singles

* '' Aurinko ei nouse'' (2002) * ''

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'' (2003) * ''Veriura'' (2004, released digitally) * '' Tuonen viemää'' (2005) * ''

Mies yli laidan Mies yli laidan is the first single from the Ruoska album, ''Amortem''. In Finnish, "Mies yli laidan" means ''Man overboard''. Track listings # "Mies yli laidan" References External links "Mies yli laidan" lyrics {{authority control Ru ...

'' (2006) * '' Pure minua'' (2006) * '' Alasin'' (2006) * ''Pirunkieli'' (2007, released digitally) * '' Helvettiin jäätynyt'' (2008) * ''Lihaa vasten lihaa'' (2008, released digitally) * '' Ei koskaan'' (2008, released digitally) * ''Runno'' (2021) * ''Kade'' (2022) * ''Silti syntinen'' (2022)

Music videos

* "Kiroan" (2002) * "Epilogi" (2002) * "Tuonen Viemää" (2005) * "Mies yli Laidan" (2006) * "Alasin" (2006) * "Ei Koskaan" (2008)

References

External links

Official website
* {{Authority control Finnish heavy metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2002 Finnish musical quartets 2002 establishments in Finland Industrial metal musical groups