Former SENTENCED Guitarist Sami Lopakka's

Former SENTENCED Guitarist Sami Lopakka's KYPCK Sign With Century Media

Century Media Records has announced the signing of KYPCK. The label reports:

Kypck (or 'Kursk' in the western alphabet) is a Finnish doomsday metal band singing in Russian.

Kypck's crew features vocalist E. Seppänen, guitarist S. S. Lopakka (formerly SENTENCED), bassist J. T. Ylä-Rautio and drummer K. H. M. Hiilesmaa who is also known as the producer of HIM, LORDI, Sentenced, MOONSPELL, APOCALYPTICA and many others.

It was only logical that Hiilesmaa was also in charge of Kypck's heavy and (in its original sense) grinding production. '

E. Seppänen has lived in Russia for 2.5 years, studied in St. Petersburg and worked at the embassy in Moscow. He recently got his degree from Oxford, and as a part time job teaches Russian in Tampere, Finland. Hence, he is more than legitimate to sing in Russian.

The band's debut, the full-length album entitled Cherno, was completed during 2007 and originally released through the Finnish label UHO Production in March 2008. Despite the album’s crushing, doomy nature and Russian lyrics, it went straight to #11 in the Finnish charts.“Cherno will finally be out in the rest of Europe via Century Media Records on the following dates:

Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Benelux: Friday, July 18th
UK / France / Greece / Denmark / Norway / rest of Europe: Monday, July 21st
Spain / Portugal: Tuesday, July 22nd
Sweden / Hungary: Wednesday, July 23rd
Italy: Friday, August 29th

You can check out the video-clip for '1917' below...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m859RKTue8&eurl=http://www.bravewords.com/news/90562