ILLS

Not dead yet

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 11:07:00 +0300

It’s been quiet around here, but we ain’t dead yet. People have been travelling and doing other things. Joni doesn’t play with us anymore but you’ll be hearing about his new band when the recordings are done. Distance and the other usual reasons, nothing too interesting.

We decided still to try what kind of music we’d make without Joni so last Saturday we picked up our instruments after four months of silence.

The result was two song sketches which Eetu described as quite manly. Time will tell if there’s going to be a new guitar player in Ills, but don’t hang up if you see us calling.

That’s all for now, stay tuned ok?

Thanks to everyone to showed up at the Töminä/Ilosaari show last...

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:31:11 +0300

Thanks to everyone to showed up at the Töminä/Ilosaari show last Friday despite the early play time. Here’s a few photos by the festival crew.

We will focus on writing new music in the future. Maybe a few shows along the way. Peace.

New very limited quantity, high quality t-shirts available. 12€...

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 12:39:36 +0300

New very limited quantity, high quality t-shirts available. 12€ post paid in Finland, PayPal available for foreign orders. Email order@illshardcore.com. Design by Eetu Blomqvist.

Upcoming shows

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:03:30 +0300

Following shows for the summer have been confirmed:

July 1-2: Summer Fun Fest, Helsinki, FI
July 15: Töminä, Ilosaarirock, Joensuu, FI

New seven inch “Mark of Man” out in April 2011 on...

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:28:00 +0200

New seven inch “Mark of Man” out in April 2011 on Cobra X records. Listen to a song here or here. Order from CXR here or by emailing us here.

ILLS in studio, part 2.

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:38:29 +0200

ILLS in studio, part 2.

ILLS in studio, part 1.

Sat, 22 Jan 2011 12:38:03 +0200

ILLS in studio, part 1.

New year

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 17:08:00 +0200

Some news worth mentioning:

We are hitting the studio next week to record the new seven inch for Cobra X Records, coming out sometime Spring 2011.

We have a new guitar player Eetu, who among other bands is known from Cold Inside. Expect lots of Dual Guitar Attack up to the point where it’s not really cool anymore.

Our friends from Ritual are touring Finland with us in late April. There’s Facebook event of the tour here if you are into that stuff.

More news later. Peace.

Cobra Records

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 19:15:00 +0200

Since the news is out of the bag I figured to post it here too: our next seven inch will be released by Cobra X Records from Germany.

We met Dan on our last tour, and we are very excited to work with someone who is active on so many fronts and does a lot for the good of our sub culture.

The single will be out sometime spring 2010. Expect more news soon-ish.

Update

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:05:10 +0300

Yo. Apologies for the silence from this official voice of ill (mannered) people. We’ve been making new music lately, and have four new songs in the finishing stages to be released on a new seven inch in the future. I won’t say ‘near’, because there’s about hundred things still left to finalize and any of them can go bust. Musically you can expect us to take the “mediocre hardcore band thinks they can play and go metal” route. I guess we are a bit late on that trend, but that’s how Finns are.

We also plan to tour some next year. More on that sometime later.

Peace to you all.

Photos from Salzburg and München shows courtesy of...

Sat, 22 May 2010 11:19:00 +0300

Café Denkmal, Salzburg, Austria

Café Denkmal, Salzburg, Austria

Café Denkmal, Salzburg, Austria

Café Denkmal, Salzburg, Austria

Kafe Kult, München, Germany

Kafe Kult, München, Germany

Kafe Kult, München, Germany

Photos from Salzburg and München shows courtesy of Bensch’s Photo Art.

Photos from the Petäjävesi show a week ago, courtesy of Hilja...

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:34:00 +0300

Photos from the Petäjävesi show a week ago, courtesy of Hilja Mustonen. This show probably more than ever reassured me that Finnish hardcore is doing well in 2010. Please take a moment to check out Eye For All, Upright, Foreseen and Deadsunrise.

Thank you to everyone who showed up and made it a memorable night.

Photos from G18 in Bremen on April 10th. This was the last show...

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:41:29 +0300

Photos from G18 in Bremen on April 10th. This was the last show of the tour. Photos courtesy of Jona of andXout Photography.

G18 has been around for 20 years now. It was originally a squat but now a group of people actually own the house. Hundreds of shows have been put up there. For example, Swing Kids in ‘96. Such a humbling feeling to leave our mark on a place like that.

We spent two days at G18 since we had an off day after the last show before we flew back to Finland. Danny (from Wasted Time Shows, who organized the show) and other residents of the house were extremely welcoming and helpful. And this was the case with most of the places we stayed at. So this is a collective thank you to all the kind souls who made the journey a more pleasant one for us. Especially to Joni, who was one homesick puppy. We are ever so grateful.

Some live stuff (mostly) from the tour.

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:42:20 +0300

Some live stuff (mostly) from the tour.

Playing a show next week.

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:18:13 +0300

Playing a show next week.

Tour documentary part 2 by Julian. Pretty boy might be right,...

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:11:17 +0300

Tour documentary part 2 by Julian. Pretty boy might be right, but I say we need a more official closure to The Game. Will work on it!

"Two steps forward, three steps back Without warning, heart attack"

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:00:26 +0300

“Two steps forward, three steps back
Without warning, heart attack”

- Peter Steele. Rest in piece.

Tour is done

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:26:42 +0300

Back home recuperating and getting back to the vicious cycle. Thank you to everyone involved!

The Game

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:47:15 +0300

I was originally planning to do more frequent coverage of “The Game” but there was a setback when we left our scoreboard to Luzern in the midst of a party. Plus that I’ve been a slacker.

The Game was originally an idea by Samuli to encourage members of our band to do stupid stuff during live sets. The idea grew to a battle between bands when we presented the idea to Ritual. When we could see the drive for competition in some of the members of Ritual have (that’s you Julian), some of us probably had second thoughts at that point…

The general idea of The Game is to perform certain moves during live shows. The moves are from a list gathered by attending parties. You get one personal point by succesful completion of a move. A move can be assessed by both bands after show if needed. You can get combo points for combining moves.

Then in the end all individual points are combined to get the points for a band. The band with more combined points will win. The losing band members will have to tattoo the name of the winning band on them.

We have now managed to get a photo of our scoreboard on our email. We are yet to go through it and add points gathered after losing the scoreboard, so I don’t really know the current situation. Right in the beginning Ritual was definately in the lead, right now it might be a little bit more even. I’m not keeping my hopes up though, being the pussies we are. And I already know where I’m having the tattoo, just to be sure…

I’ll let you know the end result sometime soon, it’s only two shows to go. And at least for archiving purposes I will also document all the points you can make, and what points individuals performed on what show.

Food from Salzburg, Austria (show #7). The drive from Milano to...

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:20:11 +0300

Food from Salzburg, Austria (show #7). The drive from Milano to Salzburg felt like it lasted forever and I felt like shit because of a flu. Only good food could have saved me, and luckily it did.

The moment we walked in to the venue the food was waiting for us: bean stew with potatoes, carrots and chili plus fresh bagels. Absolutely felt the best thing ever. This could have been something I’d cook at home, and it was good to get some protein based food for a change. Just what a sick puppy needed.

And this wasn’t all. We were served a cake as dessert, which tasted like chocolate brownies. I tried to photograph it but it dissappeared from the plate too fast. 4/5.