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DAJOBO CUP RECAP
Quarterfinals
(1) Oshawa def. (11) Charleston (WV) 3-1 (5-2, 4-3, 2-3, 4-2)
(2) Burnaby def. (9) Mississauga 3-0 (4-1, 5-3, 4-3)
(3) Châteauguay def. (7) Minot 3-1 (6-3, 5-3, 3-4, 5-2)
(5) Spruce Grove def. (4) Riverview 3-2 (2-4, 3-4, 5-3, 2-0, 5-4)
Semifinals
(1) Oshawa tied with (5) Spruce Grove 2-2 (3-2, 4-2, 3-4, 2-4)
(2) Burnaby def. (3) Châteauguay 3-1 (4-1, 3-1, 2-4, 4-2)
NHL AWARDS SHOW TO INCLUDE PERFORMANCE BY URALIC METAL ICONS PELASTUS
As controversial as conservative Christian teaching is in North America, the NHL has decided to book the world's top Christian metal band as one of its three marquee performances during its yearly award show. Progressive death metal specialists Pelastus are expected to perform their best-selling single, "The HateKilla," which came out in 2009, as their act.
About The Group
The group was founded in Ukhta in late 2007, and their second album, The Deconstruction of Hedonism is considered the best Christian metal album and among the top five metal albums period from the Robertian Era by a number of metal magazines, and Christian publications such as Christian Metal Monthly, Holy Rocker, Church of Headbang, M4J, and even HM and Relevant have it ranked as the best metal album from the Robertian Era and the greatest Christian metal album of all time, "impossible for even them to outdo." They have had the same membership throughout the band's history - lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matti Pitkänen, first lead guitarist and virtuoso Lauri Sinisalo, bassist and backup unclean vocalist Tanne Kangur, keyboardist and occasional clean vocalist Samppa Niskanen, and drummer/percussionist Jarno Mäkelä.
Their discography:
2008 - Pelastus
2009 - The Deconstruction of Hedonism
2010 - Hellfire's Bane
2012 - Worship Music For The Musically Particular
2015 - Age of Discontent
2017 - The Great Divine Paradox
2020 - The Chief End Of Humanity
All seven of these albums charted #1 in Uralica and four did abroad on various charts. The Deconstruction of Hedonism has sold fourteen million copies in Uralica alone, meaning that one in four people has at least one Pelastus album! Its total sales of 18.5 million records puts it third all-time amongst heavy metal albums after Led Zeppelin IV and Metallica's self-titled "Black Album." The lowest sales for any of their albums is three and a half million records worldwide for The Age Of Discontent, which was still critically well-received, and tracks such as "Dispersion" and "Something's Gotta Change" were included on the album Ten Songs To End The Robertian Era, a compilation of tracks that captures the moments leading up to and during the final events of said era, the collapse of the alliance system, and the return to ethnic nation-statehood.
They are particularly known for their Biblically-inspired lyrics, which has almost landed them in hot water with some more liberal parties, but even secular reviewers of their two most controversial albums, The Deconstruction of Hedonism and Hellfire's Bane have said "any quarrel with the lyrics is a deliberate attempt to put words into their mouths that were not there in the first place" (a quote from MetalSucks.com) and that "the lyrics are sufficiently general that no particular group can claim with any validity that Pelastus is specifically 'picking on them,' and the broad range of topics they speak out against... doubles that claim." (From Blabbermouth's review of Deconstruction)
Some conservative Reformed theologians have taken a liking to the lyrical content of their latest two albums, The Great Divine Paradox and The Chief End Of Humanity. "Say what you will about their musical style, but these guys have done their theological homework," said Reformed Baptist preacher Voddie Baucham. "It isn't every day that the Doctrines of Grace are given the kind of respect in metal music that these men have given them. The lyrics to these last two albums should be published separately from their music and sold that way so that even those who don't like metal can benefit from them. And for those who do - I would give these albums a stamp of approval at the drop of a hat." Apparently the endorsement worked. The albums rank second and third all-time amongst their albums after Deconstruction in every post-Robertian North American nation except Canada, where Hellfire's Bane ranks third.
Their popularity hasn't come without its other battles within the scene as well. Many black metal bands will not tour with them because of their overt Christianity and frequent disses of Satan and Satanism. But Pitkänen says it's "the nature of the beast:"
"Honestly, if you're wondering why we wrote songs like 'I Don't Care What You Think' (from Hellfire's Bane), 'Self-Important' (from Age of Discontent), and 'Sold Out' (from The Chief End Of Humanity), it's because of all these black metal bands that are like 'oh, F them, they aren't real metal because they're Christian, real metal is reserved for Satan, blah blah blah...' It's the nature of the beast. There will always be gatekeepers. We were never about the 'scene cred.' We have always been about combining the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a high level of musical skill - the psalmist who wrote Psalm 33 says to play skillfully on the strings with loud shouts! How much more literal can you get with that than what we do? Or what other Christian metal bands in Uralica do?"
They do have secular fans amongst metal bands. Many of course make sure they you know that they don't share their beliefs. A couple, including Machine Head's Robb Flynn and Fear Factory's Burton C. Bell, have in fact stated that they are opposed to Christianity. But per Bell in particular, "Their musicianship is indisputable, and I'd absolutely insist on them being included in big metal tours."
A much more vocal supporter of theirs is Canadian "metal dude" and producer Devin Townsend, who actually co-produced their last three albums.
"I contacted them," he said in an interview with Uralican Metalhead magazine. "I had all of their albums from their self-titled debut to Worship Music, and I wanted in on their projects because I sensed the same kind of artistic boundary-pushing in them that I try to pursue myself... and then I met the guys, and they're about the most down-to-earth, lovable !@#$ers you'll ever meet on the tour, and that's coming from a guy who worked with [Becoming The Archetype]! They came to the studio up in Gibsons, and we spent weeks on end going through song after song after song for Age of Discontent, and I was !@#$ing stoked with the album. 72 minutes of death-prog perfection. I'm not always the biggest fan of solos, and you know that. That's one of the few areas we differ on. But they always make them work in the context of the song. The critics and fans loved that $#@! and I think the total sales are around three and a half mil now, worldwide. They sold about 200K of that in Canada, I know that. And apparently someone in Uralica liked the work I did, because [Life to the Fullest Records] called me over there when plans were being made to record new material a couple years later, and I got to co-produce the next album, and also the one after that, with the guys who produced their first four albums, Ruslan Mokshin and Eerik Laasanen, plus apparently they got the guys from Front Line [Assembly, Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber] to come over as well for a little extra electronic flavour on Paradox. I think Bill and Rhys wanted to recruit Samppa to join Front Line, and maybe Delerium as well! *laughs* He is one of the best keyboardists in metal today and he's got a good ear and head for sound programming! It was worth it though, because both those two records flew off the shelves upon release. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Deconstruction, Paradox, and Chief End are ranked first, second, and fourth all-time amongst Christian metal albums for sales, with BTA's Dichotomy getting a re-release because of Uralican demand and selling its way up into third! I !@#$ing love Pelastus, though!"
In retrospect, one metal pundit ranked almost every track from Deconstruction in the band's top 20, with "The HateKilla" and "Spiritual Warfare" tied for first place. The only track not ranked out of the twelve - which per many pundits is still in the top 25 or 30 - was "Lewd," arguably the most controversial track the band has ever written.
Their accolades have been numerous, including:
Quarterfinals
(1) Oshawa def. (11) Charleston (WV) 3-1 (5-2, 4-3, 2-3, 4-2)
(2) Burnaby def. (9) Mississauga 3-0 (4-1, 5-3, 4-3)
(3) Châteauguay def. (7) Minot 3-1 (6-3, 5-3, 3-4, 5-2)
(5) Spruce Grove def. (4) Riverview 3-2 (2-4, 3-4, 5-3, 2-0, 5-4)
Semifinals
(1) Oshawa tied with (5) Spruce Grove 2-2 (3-2, 4-2, 3-4, 2-4)
(2) Burnaby def. (3) Châteauguay 3-1 (4-1, 3-1, 2-4, 4-2)
NHL AWARDS SHOW TO INCLUDE PERFORMANCE BY URALIC METAL ICONS PELASTUS
As controversial as conservative Christian teaching is in North America, the NHL has decided to book the world's top Christian metal band as one of its three marquee performances during its yearly award show. Progressive death metal specialists Pelastus are expected to perform their best-selling single, "The HateKilla," which came out in 2009, as their act.
About The Group
The group was founded in Ukhta in late 2007, and their second album, The Deconstruction of Hedonism is considered the best Christian metal album and among the top five metal albums period from the Robertian Era by a number of metal magazines, and Christian publications such as Christian Metal Monthly, Holy Rocker, Church of Headbang, M4J, and even HM and Relevant have it ranked as the best metal album from the Robertian Era and the greatest Christian metal album of all time, "impossible for even them to outdo." They have had the same membership throughout the band's history - lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matti Pitkänen, first lead guitarist and virtuoso Lauri Sinisalo, bassist and backup unclean vocalist Tanne Kangur, keyboardist and occasional clean vocalist Samppa Niskanen, and drummer/percussionist Jarno Mäkelä.
Their discography:
2008 - Pelastus
2009 - The Deconstruction of Hedonism
2010 - Hellfire's Bane
2012 - Worship Music For The Musically Particular
2015 - Age of Discontent
2017 - The Great Divine Paradox
2020 - The Chief End Of Humanity
All seven of these albums charted #1 in Uralica and four did abroad on various charts. The Deconstruction of Hedonism has sold fourteen million copies in Uralica alone, meaning that one in four people has at least one Pelastus album! Its total sales of 18.5 million records puts it third all-time amongst heavy metal albums after Led Zeppelin IV and Metallica's self-titled "Black Album." The lowest sales for any of their albums is three and a half million records worldwide for The Age Of Discontent, which was still critically well-received, and tracks such as "Dispersion" and "Something's Gotta Change" were included on the album Ten Songs To End The Robertian Era, a compilation of tracks that captures the moments leading up to and during the final events of said era, the collapse of the alliance system, and the return to ethnic nation-statehood.
They are particularly known for their Biblically-inspired lyrics, which has almost landed them in hot water with some more liberal parties, but even secular reviewers of their two most controversial albums, The Deconstruction of Hedonism and Hellfire's Bane have said "any quarrel with the lyrics is a deliberate attempt to put words into their mouths that were not there in the first place" (a quote from MetalSucks.com) and that "the lyrics are sufficiently general that no particular group can claim with any validity that Pelastus is specifically 'picking on them,' and the broad range of topics they speak out against... doubles that claim." (From Blabbermouth's review of Deconstruction)
Some conservative Reformed theologians have taken a liking to the lyrical content of their latest two albums, The Great Divine Paradox and The Chief End Of Humanity. "Say what you will about their musical style, but these guys have done their theological homework," said Reformed Baptist preacher Voddie Baucham. "It isn't every day that the Doctrines of Grace are given the kind of respect in metal music that these men have given them. The lyrics to these last two albums should be published separately from their music and sold that way so that even those who don't like metal can benefit from them. And for those who do - I would give these albums a stamp of approval at the drop of a hat." Apparently the endorsement worked. The albums rank second and third all-time amongst their albums after Deconstruction in every post-Robertian North American nation except Canada, where Hellfire's Bane ranks third.
Their popularity hasn't come without its other battles within the scene as well. Many black metal bands will not tour with them because of their overt Christianity and frequent disses of Satan and Satanism. But Pitkänen says it's "the nature of the beast:"
"Honestly, if you're wondering why we wrote songs like 'I Don't Care What You Think' (from Hellfire's Bane), 'Self-Important' (from Age of Discontent), and 'Sold Out' (from The Chief End Of Humanity), it's because of all these black metal bands that are like 'oh, F them, they aren't real metal because they're Christian, real metal is reserved for Satan, blah blah blah...' It's the nature of the beast. There will always be gatekeepers. We were never about the 'scene cred.' We have always been about combining the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ with a high level of musical skill - the psalmist who wrote Psalm 33 says to play skillfully on the strings with loud shouts! How much more literal can you get with that than what we do? Or what other Christian metal bands in Uralica do?"
They do have secular fans amongst metal bands. Many of course make sure they you know that they don't share their beliefs. A couple, including Machine Head's Robb Flynn and Fear Factory's Burton C. Bell, have in fact stated that they are opposed to Christianity. But per Bell in particular, "Their musicianship is indisputable, and I'd absolutely insist on them being included in big metal tours."
A much more vocal supporter of theirs is Canadian "metal dude" and producer Devin Townsend, who actually co-produced their last three albums.
"I contacted them," he said in an interview with Uralican Metalhead magazine. "I had all of their albums from their self-titled debut to Worship Music, and I wanted in on their projects because I sensed the same kind of artistic boundary-pushing in them that I try to pursue myself... and then I met the guys, and they're about the most down-to-earth, lovable !@#$ers you'll ever meet on the tour, and that's coming from a guy who worked with [Becoming The Archetype]! They came to the studio up in Gibsons, and we spent weeks on end going through song after song after song for Age of Discontent, and I was !@#$ing stoked with the album. 72 minutes of death-prog perfection. I'm not always the biggest fan of solos, and you know that. That's one of the few areas we differ on. But they always make them work in the context of the song. The critics and fans loved that $#@! and I think the total sales are around three and a half mil now, worldwide. They sold about 200K of that in Canada, I know that. And apparently someone in Uralica liked the work I did, because [Life to the Fullest Records] called me over there when plans were being made to record new material a couple years later, and I got to co-produce the next album, and also the one after that, with the guys who produced their first four albums, Ruslan Mokshin and Eerik Laasanen, plus apparently they got the guys from Front Line [Assembly, Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber] to come over as well for a little extra electronic flavour on Paradox. I think Bill and Rhys wanted to recruit Samppa to join Front Line, and maybe Delerium as well! *laughs* He is one of the best keyboardists in metal today and he's got a good ear and head for sound programming! It was worth it though, because both those two records flew off the shelves upon release. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Deconstruction, Paradox, and Chief End are ranked first, second, and fourth all-time amongst Christian metal albums for sales, with BTA's Dichotomy getting a re-release because of Uralican demand and selling its way up into third! I !@#$ing love Pelastus, though!"
In retrospect, one metal pundit ranked almost every track from Deconstruction in the band's top 20, with "The HateKilla" and "Spiritual Warfare" tied for first place. The only track not ranked out of the twelve - which per many pundits is still in the top 25 or 30 - was "Lewd," arguably the most controversial track the band has ever written.
Their accolades have been numerous, including:
- A whole slew of Robertian World Music Awards - they won Best Metal Single four times ("Pendulum" in 2009, "The HateKilla" in 2010, "Spiritual Warfare" in 2011, and "Judas" in 2012), Best Metal Album in 2010 for The Deconstruction of Hedonism, Best Religious Album a record four times (all four Robertian-Era efforts), Best Religious Single seven times (the previous four plus "Psalm For The Downtrodden" in 2013, "Legalist" in 2014, and "Rumblings" in 2015, which eventually made it onto Age of Discontent), Best New Artist in 2009, Best Finnish Single twice, Best Russian Single in 2015 for their non-album cover of Viktor Tsoi's "Peremen," and Best Recording Package twice.)
- They have dominated the metal category at home, having won Best Metal Album every single time they put out an album, most recently earlier this year for The Chief End of Humanity, ten of a possible thirteen Best Metal Singles (although "Peremen" rather than "Rumblings" won it in 2015; also won for "Dispersion" in 2016, "Spiritually Stillborn" in 2018, and "All Glory To God" this year), eight Best Songs ("Psalm for the Downtrodden" and "Peremen" didn't win this), five Best Albums (only their debut album and Worship Music lost out in the end), three Best Album Art awards, 7-for-7 on Best Audio Engineering, and seven Best Producer Awards for Mokshin and Laasanen (who have also produced other metal and rock artists such as Cold Steel, Mowdown, The Myllyjärvi Family, and End of Sorrows), but since Best New Artist didn't exist until 2010 they didn't win this
- Upon the reconvention of the Grammys in 2016, it was expected that Pelastus would get at least nominated in spite of the Academy's leftist leanings. This was especially true this year, where Pelastus took home Best Metal Performance and Best Christian Rock/Metal Performance for "All Glory To God," and Best Metal Album, Best Christian Rock/Metal Album, and Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical, for The Chief End Of Man. They also won and Best Christian Rock/Metal Album in 2018 for The Great Divine Paradox and Best Christian Rock/Metal Performance for "Unmerited." They also won as part of the Uralican Symphony Orchestra's Classimetal album in 2019, which won Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Sirkka Numminen and Martin Kosk, and Best Orchestral Performance for the USO.
- Pelastus was responsible for Uralica's first Eurovision win, in 2009.
- The UNESCO World Music Awards (successor to the Robertian World Music Awards) has recognised their talents numerous times as well. They have won Best Metal Album, Best Christian Album three times each, Best Metal Single and Best Christian Single four times each, and Best Engineering and Best Artist, NCIS, twice
- In the Robertian-founded World Of Metal Awards, they have won Best Christian Metal Artists five times (the next best, a tie between Becoming The Archetype and Fit For A King, have won twice!), Album of the Year three times (for Deconstruction, Paradox, and Chief End), Best Progressive Metal Band four times, Best Death Metal Band twice, Best Integration Of Electronics three times, Best Produced Album twice, plus individual awards for every individual member:
- Samppa has the most awards to his credit with a whopping twelve - six-time Best Keyboardist, three-time Best Clean Vocalist, and two-time Best Sound Programmer or Engineer. He also shared Best-Produced Album with Mokshin, Laasanen, Townsend, Fulber, and Leeb earlier this year.
- Lauri has five awards to his credit, having won Best Soloist three times and Fans' Choice Best Guitarist twice.
- Tanne has won Best Bassist three times
- Matti is a two-time Best Vocalist winner, putting him behind Robb Flynn and Devin Townsend (three each) for #1 all-time
- Jarno has won Best Drummer twice.
- All five of these guys won their category in 2010, with Samppa taking home three awards that year, a feat he repeated this year!
- Samppa has the most awards to his credit with a whopping twelve - six-time Best Keyboardist, three-time Best Clean Vocalist, and two-time Best Sound Programmer or Engineer. He also shared Best-Produced Album with Mokshin, Laasanen, Townsend, Fulber, and Leeb earlier this year.
- They have won countless other awards from both the Christian music scene and the general scenes of other countries.
- As the only non-dual citizen of Finland, Tanne Kangur was given honorary citizenship of Finland in 2018 for his exploits.
- As all five are classically-trained with BMus degrees and Samppa did a double-major in Music and Engineering (UY's Computer Music program), UY awarded them all honorary doctorates in "Music Mastery" in 2019.
- They were all named to the Order Of The Three Crosses Of Uralica in 2013, along with longtime producers Mokshin and Laasanen.
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