Widescreen Mode (commonly abbreviated as WSM) is a heavy melodic band from

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History

Widescreen Mode’s members are no strangers to playing together, the four-some originally formed the band Fairlane until career decisions in the 1990s forced them to split up and move on. When drummer Janne Aaltonen and singer Samu Brusila both moved back to

they began discussing the possibility of forming another band. But, in the words of singer Brusila they were just that; discussions. Finally Aaltonen's fiancé intervened; tired of hearing them discuss it but never do anything about it. The band was once again together, and in 2005 they released a demo EP and soon were playing important festivals and shows both in

and around Europe, supporting bands like

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, and

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. In 2006, Widescreen Mode made it to the final round of the MTV-E unsigned competition out of 1,700 competing bands. They amassed 69,000 fans worldwide on MySpace and ranked among the online community's four most popular Finnish bands along with HIM,

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, and The 69 Eyes. Widescreen Mode's debut record Until the End was mixed by

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, who has engineered gold albums for

and Finnish Idol winner Hanna Pakarinen.

Until The End

Until the End debuted in the Finnish Top 40 at No. 34 after its release on November 14, 2007. Widescreen Mode released two singles from the album. Everlasting Bomb was the first single and reached No. 1 on the official Finnish download chart. It was also No. 1 on iTunes in Finland for sixteen consecutive weeks in 2007. The second single, Dead Inside, reached No. 1 on the Finnish Top 40 singles chart for five consecutive weeks and eight weeks overall. For several weeks in 2008, both Everlasting Bomb and Dead Inside were in Finland's Top 10. The music video for Dead Inside also received airplay in the United States on

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and

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in 2008.

The Hanging Man

On January 25, 2009, Widescreen Mode announced their second album ''The Hanging Man'' which was released on April 9, 2009 through Dark Sentiments Records and

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. The debut single Serotonin was released on February 20, 2009, along with a video by director Markus Aaltonen.

Fallen From The Sky

On December 7, 2011, Widescreen Mode released their third studio album '' Fallen from the Sky''. Album features the song "If Tomorrow Comes", which had a music video released during 2010. First single from the album was "Loaded Gun", which also has a music video made out of the song

Band members

Current line-up

* Samu Brusila -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

* Janne Lahtinen -

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

* Janne Aaltonen -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

* Janne Stenroos -

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

Discography

Music videos

*"Another Day" from ''Another Day EP'' *"Everlasting Bomb" from ''Until the End'' *"Dead Inside" from ''Until the End'' *"Serotonin" from ''The Hanging Man'' *"If Tomorrow Comes" from ''Fallen from the Sky'' *"Loaded Gun" from ''Fallen from the Sky''

Singles

*2007 Everlasting Bomb ( Dark Sentiment Records) *2008 Dead Inside (Dark Sentiment Records) *2009 Serotonin (Dark Sentiment Records) *2011 Loaded Gun (Dark Sentiment Records)

External links

The Official Widescreen Mode Facebook page
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