MOONSORROW: Ville Sorvali Discusses Finnish Music Industry In New Interview

CE News recently conducted an interview on the music industry with Ville Sorvali, the bass guitarist and vocalist of MOONSORROW and booking agent and producer at Metalheim Agency. The interview is available at this location.

CE News is part of Campus Entertainment, a learning environment for the students of the Degree Programme in Music and Media Management from the JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyväskylä, Finland. Campus Entertainment resembles a production house in terms of how it functions. It enables its staff to merge their theoretical knowledge with the technical and practical know-how required to produce events and services within the fields of music, media and culture during each academic year.

In other news, MOONSORROW has confirmed a world-wide deal with Century Media Records last month.

The band comments: “Moonsorrow are thrilled to start working with Century Media, a label that is home to many fellow artists already! We never make our music half way or with compromises and we know our art is in good hands with people who have the same mentality in running a record label. Now, after a year since the release of our last album we are ready to begin creating something new. The new chapter in this epic journey of Moonsorrow!"

Jens Prueter, Head Of A&R at Century Media Europe: “I followed Moonsorrow since their early days and I’m very proud to welcome them now to Century Media Records. They’ll be in good family along with their countrymen FINNTROLL, TURISAS and INSOMNIUM. Two of the band members already have some history with us: Henri Sorvali is also part of Finntroll (even if he rarely plays live with any band) and Marko Tarvonen once moved from drums to guitar in the overlooked death metal allstar band CHAOSBREED, who released an album that is as ‘brutal’ as its title. Much has been said about the dark soul of Finnish metal. A sound that is hard to copy for any non-domestic band. A sound out of endless woods, deepest sorrow and epic majesty. Moonsorrow are probably the most epic of all Finnish bands, not only because most of their songs are over 10 minutes long (sometimes even over 30 minutes), but mainly because they are able to tell stories that are older than written culture. You can follow them even if you don’t understand a single Finnish word. Moonsorrow are able to take you on journey through heathen times. I’m guessing I’m not the only one who can’t wait for the next chapter.”