Finnish Doomish Heavy Metal band Wizards Of Hazards have released another single “Whatever Lies Behind” accompanied with a music video. The song is the second single from their upcoming third full-length album, that the band has been working with Samuli Rimmi (Dreamferno, Ruoska) at Studio 33, Kuopio Finland.
Watch the music video for “Whatever Lies Behind” via the YouTube player below:
Purchase and Stream “Whatever Lies Behind” here: https://push.fm/fl/wizardsofhazards-whateverliesbehind
The guitar Wizard Aarne Ylipiha tells about the song: “‘Whatever Lies Behind’ is one of the first songs where Wizards Of Hazards shed their skin by bringing a second guitar to the table, as the band’s vocalist Master Willman brings a new dimension to the song. There are also keyboards played by Winston, which are not common in Wizards’ production, but which help to create the right atmosphere just before the end of the song bursts into flames. The Wizards also invited The Grimmer to join the band as a special guest and form the circle wizards in the sessions of Studio33, Kuopio Finland. The lyrics come from a mental health perspective, as we are sure that every soul has some experiences with the dark side of the mind. The video was made by crazy Stacy Picard, our eternal friend from New Zealand, and it does the song justice and perfectly captures the strange things of the mystical forests of Central Finland.”
Wizards Of Hazards are a Heavy Metal band from Middle Finland. The Wizards share the same interest for vintage instruments and recordings of the analog aeons, mostly 70’s and 80’s Heavy Metal. Their fuzzing riffs bow to proto-Doom era and lyrics are inspired by bygone times, supernatural phenomenons and old tales & beliefs. After decades of jamming and performing as a trio, they shifted their shapes into a four piece and changed their name to Wizards Of Hazards.
A debut album “End Of Time” came out 2020. Album consists of doomish, heavy riffed songs from the band’s early years, and three of those were pre-released on the “Blind Leads The Blind” EP on that same year — both releases came via Inverse Records. Recordings were made on RTM SM900 magnetic tape within two sessions in january and june 2020 under the brilliant guidance of analog wizard Anssi Kippo at Astia-Studios, Lappeenranta Finland.
The “Black Wizard” EP was released on december 2021 by Inverse Records, and it was a hats off to their roots with ep given the band’s former name. Those three, very old songs came from the same session at the Astia-studio november 2021 as all the songs of the second album “Supernatural.” Although most of the songs of their second long play were made long ago, the lyrics of the album are unfortunately valid and sadly true today also. The cover art presents stunning sculptures of Vilde Hage Aune, and all the songs were recorded again on magnetic tapes with help of Mr. Kippo in that doomy & riff-based, vintage sounding way of the Wizards Of Hazards.
After a year long Fuzzmass tour around Finland and Baltics the Wizards Of Hazards are casting new songs and are about to spell another master piece as their new album is about to come alight.
Lineup:
Ville Willman / Vocals
Aarne Ylipiha / Guitars
Amir Bitar / Bass
Petri Pakarinen / Drums