An interview with Finnish power metallers
KIUAS conducted at the inaugural installment of the
Hammerfest festival (which was held April 24-25 at Pontins, Prestatyn Sands, Wales, United Kingdom) is available for streaming on the
MySpace page of Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom's
"Metalheadz" show (scroll down in audio player).
KIUAS' video for the song
"The Decaying Doctrine" can be viewed below. The clip was directed by
Owe Lingvall of
Village Road Film. The song comes off the group's third album,
"The New Dark Age", which was released in the U.K. via
Spinefarm Records, accompanied by reissues of the first two outings,
"The Spirit of Ukko" and
"Reformation". All three come with bonus tracks and expanded artwork.
"The New Dark Age" entered the official chart in the band's home country back in March 2008 at position No. 10.
An e-card for
"The New Dark Age" is available at
this location.
According to the band, "The [album's]
cover art is the product of the visionary artist/musician
Niklas Sundin (
Cabin Fever Media). The picture is an original drawing in the style of renaissance woodcut illustrations, and portrays the members of
KIUAS as the four — or in this case five — horsemen of the Apocalypse with a dismal landscape that combines ancient and modern times."