| Lordi | |
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From left to right: Kita, Ox, Mr. Lordi, Awa, Amen |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, power metal, shock rock |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG, GUN, The End, Drakkar Records |
| Website | www.lordi.fi |
| Members | |
| Mr. Lordi Amen Ox Awa Otus |
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| Past members | |
| G-Stealer Magnum Kalma Enary Kita |
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Lordi is a Finnish hard rock/heavy metal band, formed in 1996 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume-designer, Mr. Lordi. The band is known for wearing monster masks and using pyrotechnics during concerts. They rose to domestic success with their 2002 single, "Would You Love a Monsterman?".
Lordi made history in 2006 by winning the Eurovision Song Contest with a record 292 points, becoming the first Finnish performer to win the contest. Lordi was featured on the 2006 MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen when the band's frontman, Mr. Lordi, presented the award for rock. They were also the closing act, playing their single "Hard Rock Hallelujah". They also performed on Britain's Making Your Mind Up for the Eurovision Song Contest. Lordi performed on the main stage at Ozzfest 2007 and later that year toured with Type O Negative and Twin Method until Halloween night.
Lordi was formed in 1996 after Tomi Putaansuu (Mr. Lordi), Jussi Sydänmaa (Amen) and Sami Keinänen (G-stealer) met in Stockholm, where they had gone to see Kiss perform. Though Mr. Lordi already had the idea in 1992. Inspired by Kiss, their vision was to perform with spectacular pyrotechnics and monster masks.[1] In 1997 Erna Siikavirta (Enary) joined the band on keyboard.
In 1999, the group recorded their first album, Bend Over And Pray The Lord. Tiainen, the owner of their record company, had originally planned to publish the album; however, the company did not have sufficient resources to market it. Tiainen recommended Lordi to the record label Kimmo Hirvonen's Records, owned by Anaconda. The album was never released because Anaconda Records went bankrupt shortly before the planned release date. The band never performed with the original line-up, though they had been promised a record release gig in 1999. During the same year G-Stealer left the band because of work commitments and was replaced by Sami Wolking (Magnum), whom Mr. Lordi had met via Kiss Army Finland. In 2000, drummer Sampsa Astala (Kita) joined Lordi—the band had originally planned to use MIDI drum tracks in place of a real drummer.[1]
After several failed attempts at obtaining a recording contract, Lordi signed a record deal with Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) Finland in 2002. In July, the band released their first single, "Would You Love A Monsterman?", which rose to number one[1] and spawned a music video. During the summer the band went under the auspices of producer TT Oksala's Finnvox Studios to record their first album,[1] though debut recording ran into several problems.[1]
In autumn 2002, bassist Magnum left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Niko Hurme (Kalma). Though Lordi's debut album had already been recorded when Kalma joined, he appeared in the album art and the composition of the accounts. Their debut album Get Heavy was released in November, with a cover design loosely based on Kiss's Love Gun album. The original first sketch of the cover was based on Kiss's Destroyer album. The album won the 2003 Emma award for best domestic hard rock or heavy metal album, and Get Heavy has sold more than 67,000 copies. It was certified platinum in Finland in 2003 and multi-platinum in 2006.[1]
Lordi played their first gig on 8 December 2002, in Helsinki at the Nosturi Club.[1] In 2003, Lordi appeared at several music events in Finland and abroad, especially in Germany, where they played as a part of the Wacken Road Show. During some of the Germany tour, Lordi played as Nightwish's warm-up act. The tour boosted both bands' popularity in Germany and helped them sign a recording contract with the German record company Drakkar. Nightwish had already achieved solid success of joint concerts in Germany and Lordi also raised their profile in Germany.
At the beginning of 2004, Lordi began recording their next studio album. This time the album was produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa, with whom the band got along well. This second album was first released on 14 April 2004 as The Monsterican Dream. Two songs from the album, "My Heaven Is Your Hell" and "Blood Red Sandman", have since been released as singles. Corresponding with the release of the album, the band's costumes and image were also reformed. The special edition of the album also contained a DVD of the band's own short film, The Kin. The film, despite the success of the album it was attached to, has been poorly received. The Monsterican Dream went gold in 2006, and platinum in 2007; the album has now sold about 33,000 copies.
In February 2005, The Monster Show, a compilation album, was released by Sanctuary Records. Sanctuary had originally intended to market a collection of records in the United States, but these plans were halted due to financial problems. Sanctuary, however, published a compilation album in the UK. In Finland, a collection was published by Sony BMG.
The idea of The Monster Show disc collection has its roots in spring 2004, around the release of The Monsterican Dream album. Tomi Putaansuu, while interviewing the band Kiss for Inferno magazine, gave the band's bassist/vocalist, Gene Simmons, a copy of Lordi's debut album, Get Heavy (2002). Later, Simmons' assistant announced that Simmons would be willing to publish Lordi's albums in the United States, but if the band would like to share sales revenue, it would be better to publish with Sanctuary Records. Sanctuary did not want to publish either of the studio albums individually, and instead preferred a compilation of the best songs. Thus, songs were picked from Get Heavy and The Monsterican Dream, and collected in the compilation album The Monster Show. The collection was published in the spring of 2005 during the European Monstour.
Meanwhile, the internal atmosphere of the band increased in intensity and led to a dispute between members. Later that year, bassist Kalma wanted to resign because of family and financial problems. Tomi Putaansuu, trying to persuade Kalma to stay, suggested that he just play the biggest tours and other contractually obligated performances. Kalma, however, did not relent, because he wanted to be involved with the band either in full or not at all. Kalma did, however, play the bass units for the future The Arockalypse album. Kalma left the band just before Lordi entered the Eurovision Song Contest qualifier.
Two new members joined the band, keyboardist Leena Peisa and bassist Samer el Nahhal. This change in members spawned more alterations to the band's costumes. "Awa monster costume presented at age 26 were killed young lady, who had risen from the dead. "OX's name was originally conceived el Nahhal real first name, Samer. Since Samer is an Egyptian name, Putaansuu reached the conclusion that sounds ridiculous, as if the Egyptian hard rock band would affect a member named "Tapani". The name "OX" refers to the bull, so el Nahhal monster character was created a hybrid of man and bull.
On 20 May 2006, Lordi made history by winning the Eurovision Song Contest held in Athens with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah", becoming the first Finnish group to win the contest. The song scored 292 points, which was an all-time points record until Alexander Rybak broke it in the 2009 contest with 387 points. Only three countries - Armenia, Albania and Monaco - did not give a single point to Finland. Eight countries gave Finland a full 12 points. Lordi was also a semi-final number one and even got 292 points, which was historic, as they were the first competitors to win both the semifinals and the finals. Pasi Rantanen from the band Thunderstone performed backing vocals for the performance, wearing a Gene Simmons Kiss mask.
Lordi opened the fall of 2006 Bringing Back the Balls to Europe tour; the concert DVD was released in February 2007 as Bringing Back the Balls to Stockholm 2006. The tour ended with a surprise: during the last gig in London, 31 October, the band's former bassist, Niko Hurme, was on stage.
In November 2006, Lordi headlined the MTV Europe Music Awards, and Mr. Lordi presented the "Best Rock" award. Around the same time, Bill Aucoin, best known as the original manager of Kiss, became Lordi's manager.
In spring 2007, Lordi created the Bringing Back the Balls tour, which toured in Japan and the Baltic countries. In May, the band was involved in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 held in Helsinki, and opened the competition with their winning song "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
In early summer 2007 in Oulu, the members of Lordi participated in filming of the horror film Dark Floors, which premiered on 8 February 2008. In July 2007, Lordi toured North America with the Ozzfest festival.
After the Ozzfest tour ended in late August, Lordi went on a short break. In September, it was announced that the band would go on a new tour of the U.S. beginning on 12 October 2007, as the opening act for Type O Negative. The tour ended on 31 October 2007. During the tour, the band's tour staff, local security, and a few fans were subjected to violence. The band's tour manager Rikk Scholvinck and the security men were robbed at gunpoint by unknown assailants after a concert in Louisville, KY. Rikk Scholvinck and several fans and security escaped unharmed. However, concert goers Kristin Perrin and Ross Epstein had several items (amongst them were cell phones and car keys) were taken off of them. The would-be robbers fled the scene with a stolen car before the police arrived. Most items were returned to Kristin Perrin and Ross Epstein due to they were found down the road from the venue. As an apology, all involved received Lifetime backstage all access passes and various LORDI memorabilia. At the end of the tour the band returned to Finland to record the theme song for Dark Floors.
Lordi began recording their fourth album in the spring of 2008 and the album was released on 29 October 2008. The album, Deadache, was produced by Nino Laurenne. The release spurred yet another change in the band's costumes. The album was similar in style to its predecessors, melodic hard rock and heavy metal, though with more horror theme. Prior to the completion of the disc, it was revealed that it featured more piano solos than its predecessors, and that the recital "Missing Miss Charlene" featured a child singing. The album's first single was called "Bite It Like a Bulldog", and it was published on 3 September 2008.
Lordi announced before the release of the album that Deadache would be marketed internationally, like its immediate predecessor. "It goes without saying that the song contest of the last album distorted the situation, and this can not be sold in any case, the same number in Europe or, especially in Finland. We know that Finland is likely to disc stamped with the flop, even if it would sell double platinum, it does not sell 100 000 copies", Putaansuu Evening newspaper said in August 2008.
Shortly after the publication of Deadache Lordi made a tour of the United States in November in conjunction with Lizzy Borden. Lordi performed "Bite It Like A Bulldog" on the NBC show Late Night With Conan O'Brien on 6 November 2008.
The first single, called "This is Heavy Metal", from the album, Babez for Breakfast, was released in August 2010, with the album in September. Putaansuu, spent a week in Los Angeles with Jeremy Rubolino and former Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick writing two new tracks, "Cut Off My Head" and "Call Off The Wedding". Michael Wagener produced Lordi's fifth album. In March 2010 Mark Slaughter and Bruce Kulick played in a part of their new song.
On 4 October 2010 it was announced that drummer Kita had left the band. On October 16, OX posted on his Twitter account they have a new drummer. On 26 October 2010 it was announced on Lordi's website that Otus is the new drummer of Lordi.
Lordi's music is mainly hard rock combined with strong elements of heavy metal music. The band's horror-related albums, the monster costumes worn by all band members, and the horror elements of their performances are hallmarks of shock rock. The band was mostly influenced by KISS, but also by Alice Cooper and Twisted Sister.
Although the band is often perceived by the media as a heavy metal band due to their monster costumes, their musical style has more characteristics of the hard rock genre. Over the years, the band's musical style has taken a very varied direction between hard rock and metal, with the pattern seeming as though it changes between the two with every album released. Their debut album, Get Heavy, represented a large part of traditional hard rock music, but by the release of their The Monsterican Dream album in 2004, the band had shifted considerably toward heavier music and horror effects were prominently displayed. However, in their 2006 album The Arockalypse, Lordi shifted back toward hard rock, eschewing horror themes and special effects. Their 2008 studio album, Deadache, included more typical horror elements, leaning once again toward the heavier side of the spectrum. Babez For Breakfast saw the band once again shift back to the traditional hard rock elements, with an even greater exposure to the 1980s than the band's previous albums.
The monster masks and costumes the band use are made of foam latex. Mr. Lordi's mask was first cast glued together piece by piece. The other masks are solid helmets. It takes the other band members about 20 minutes to put their masks on, though it takes Mr. Lordi two to three hours to put on his. Mr. Lordi mentioned that their suits still have some original pieces from 1996. He has also said that the suits cost them "a few hundred euros".[2] The band members do each others' makeup.
The monster costumes are such an integral part of Lordi's publicity image that they refuse to be photographed or even interviewed without them, even if in some cases it leads to their own discomfort. Lordi has done interviews without their masks but the interviews are always filmed from the back so that their faces are not visible. During interviews, Lordi members speak English to the cameras, not their native Finnish. In a brief segment on the BBC reporting about the band attending the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, they were shown lounging beside a pool in full sunlight, while wearing their costumes. During the segment, Lordi remarked that the costumes and the heat did not mix.
Lordi members have stated that their costumes were inspired by Kiss and the horror genre. Mr. Lordi himself has said that without Kiss, Lordi probably would not exist. The costumes have also drawn comparisons to the thrash metal group GWAR, who wear similar foam latex monster outfits, though their musical styles are quite different. Mr. Lordi has claimed in interviews that he had never heard of GWAR when he formed Lordi. In a recent interview Oderus Urungus of GWAR called Lordi "a kiddie version of GWAR" but felt that Lordi did not rip off GWAR, as both bands owed their image to earlier musicians like Kiss. He seems to have a tongue-in-cheek rivalry with Mr. Lordi, as he has stated his desire to "remove Mr. Lordi's mask and expose him as a silly human".[3]
Mr. Lordi's mask was auctioned for more than 6000 euros. It was bought by a Finnish businessman, Vesa Keskinen, in an auction organised by YLE.[4] Lordi's costume is currently in the historical costumes section in Turku Castle.
Despite the band's strict approach in relation to their costumes, multiple newspapers have published photos of the band members without makeup. On 15 March 2006, the Finnish tabloid Ilta-Sanomat published a photograph of Putaansuu (Mr. Lordi) in civilian clothing, with his face partially showing. Lordi has called this an insult toward them, and an attempt to destroy the "monster image" they have worked for ten years to create. On 22 May 2006, the Daily Mail published what was believed to be an old picture of the band without their makeup or masks. It was later revealed that the band in the photo was actually Children of Bodom, a different band altogether. This was acknowledged on Children of Bodom's official website.[5] The photograph did feature Erna Siikavirta, who went on to join Lordi as Enary, the band's keyboard player. However, Enary left Lordi in 2005, well before their victory at Eurovision, replaced by Awa. On the same day, Bild-Zeitung, a German tabloid, published what they claimed was a photograph of Putaansuu without his mask in its section "Bild Uncovered" with the headline "He is the Grand Prix Monster: All of Germany discusses the Ugliest Winners of all Time". Many other European tabloids and newspapers have published the same or similar photographs.
On 24 May 2006, the Finnish tabloid magazine 7 Päivää (Seven Days) published an old picture of Lordi's face on the front page, and two days later another tabloid, Katso! ("Look!"), published unmasked pictures of the other four band members.[6] Both magazines were heavily criticised by their readers for publishing these pictures, which led to swift apologies from both magazines and promises not to publish unmasked pictures of Lordi anymore.[7] On 26 May 2006, video footage was shown on television in Lithuania. It featured four men dressed in black, sitting by the table at the airport in Athens. After a few seconds, Heikki Paasonen (the Eurovision Finnish commentator) in a black Lordi shirt came and stood in front of the camera, covering the view.
Monster suits, pyrotechnics, and horror elements are important parts of Lordi's show. Lordi's pyrotechnics are inspired by Kiss, while the horror elements are largely derived from horror movies with some influence from Alice Cooper. Sometimes, Lordi's concerts use special props, such as monsters, beasts, Leatherface and Biomechanic Man masks. Their stage platform is also equipped with monsters, demons, beasts, creatures, mutants, aliens, zombies, dolls, horror movie elements, and sometimes stage dancers. Mr. Lordi is also known to use a two-headed axe.
Some of Lordi's scenery is designed by Weta Workshop of New Zealand. The workshop has also designed scenery for movies such as The Lord of the Rings, King Kong and 30 Days of Night.
Lordi represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 finals in Athens with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah". The band won by a significant margin, scoring 292 points, 44 points over second place Dima Bilan (who later won in 2008), representing Russia with the song "Never Let You Go".
Lordi was voted for by every participating country except Albania, Armenia and Monaco, and scored the highest number of points for any entry in any Eurovision Song Contest until the 2009 contest. They received 12 points from eight countries: Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Iceland, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the UK. Lordi also scored 292 points in the semi-final held two days earlier. They were also the first Eurovision entrant to win in both the semi-final and final stages. Lordi were congratulated on their victory by both Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Prime Minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen.[8] They opened the 2007 Eurovision contest.
See also Eurovision Song Contest 2006: Full point table.
The choice of Lordi to represent Finland spawned some controversy in both Finland and Greece. In Finland the choice was criticized by some and a group of religious leaders even called for President Halonen to veto their entry.[9] In Greece, a number of organizations were trying to stop Lordi from competing. The Greek restaurant and bar owners' union president, Niki Constantinou, made a public plea, directed at the people of Finland and Greece, not to allow Lordi to perform in the contest, claiming the group was Satanic. Three other organizations in Greece initiated legal action against Lordi.[10]
Mr. Lordi himself responded to the accusations and strictly denied Satanism. He said a Satanist group would not write songs such as "Hard Rock Hallelujah" or "Devil Is A Loser".[11]
Despite, or maybe because of,[12] the controversy, Greece ultimately awarded Lordi 12 points, the highest possible, in the contest final.
To celebrate their victory in the Eurovision Song Contest, Lordi held a free concert in the open-air Market Square in Helsinki, on 26 May 2006. At the concert, President of Finland Tarja Halonen made an official appearance to give Lordi a bronze key flag award for exemplary work. The concert was reportedly attended by over 90,000 people from all over Finland and even other countries.[13] The concert was the biggest public event to that day in Helsinki. On this occasion, the world record for most people ever to sing karaoke was successfully attempted[14] by approximately 80,000 people, singing "Hard Rock Hallelujah." The previous record was held by 50,000 Irish rugby fans.[15]
On 16 December 2006, it was announced on The End Records website that Lordi had signed on to the label and would be releasing their third full-length album, The Arockalypse on 20 March 2007, with three bonus tracks and a DVD release. The album was released in Finland as The Arockalypse Special Edition.[16]
Lordi Square, in the centre of Rovaniemi, Finland, the home town of the lead singer Mr. Lordi, was renamed shortly after the band's victory at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was part of a redevelopment of Rovaniemi city centre.[8]
Itella, the Finnish postal service, issued a Lordi postage stamp in May 2007 in recognition of their Eurovision win. Posti had already released Lordi's Christmas single, "It Snows in Hell" in a special Christmas card edition.[17]
A brand of soda, "Lordi Cola", was named after them and was launched in September 2006, featuring labels designed by Mr Lordi, several depicting individual members and one featuring the whole band.[18]
The 2.6.17-rc5 version of the Linux kernel was named after Lordi.
In March 2011, Jarmo Juntunen, a candidate in the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, from the True Finns party, started using a photograph taken of him and Mr. Lordi together as his official campaign poster image. Juntunen says Mr. Lordi gave permission to this, which Mr. Lordi admits, but says this was because he had no idea it would cause such a huge impact. Mr. Lordi gave a public statement that despite what the campaign poster might suggest, Lordi has no allegiance with the True Finns or any other political party.[19]
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Members of Lordi always wear masks at interviews and have stated their desire for their personal identities to remain private. The band has not confirmed or denied the accuracy of these names. However, they have been widely published in the media and on websites.[20]
Although Mr. Lordi is always credited with vocals, there are almost always backing vocals. Kita has never sung backing vocals live due to his mask, though he performs and arranges all the backing vocals and most of the voices in the prelude tracks (Scartic Circle Gathering, Threatical Trailer, SCG3 Special Report). On each song, there are five harmonising vocal tracks performed by Kita plus one track for Mr. Lordi's vocals. The other band members only perform the "shouts", for example in "Rock The Hell Outta You" and "Fire in the Hole". Udo Dirkschneider, who guest performed on the track "They Only Come Out at Night", alternates singing with Mr. Lordi while backing vocals continue as normal. Awa occasionally joins in the chorus of the songs.
Lordi also often have a vocal break in their songs to allow Amen to have a guitar riff, normally accompanied by Kita and the bassist (Magnum, Kalma, OX) keeping time softly. After this riff, Mr. Lordi will sing either a short verse (occasionally with a distorted voice) or launch directly into the song's end refrain (always the chorus). The guitar is most often the main instrument.
The keyboardist is most often used as an accompaniment in the band's songs. However, in some songs, such as "Icon of Dominance", "The Children Of The Night", "It Snows In Hell", "Ghosts Of the Heceta Head", "Deadache", "Beast Loose In Paradise", "Rock Police" and "Devil's Lullaby" it is the main instrument.
Kita always plays with a great deal of power, blending very well with the style favored by Amen. The drums are used as changing instruments, using a fast and heavy solo to transition from verse to verse, verse to chorus and chorus to verse. However some songs, including "Mr. Killjoy", "Bringing Back the Balls to Rock", "Pet the Destroyer", "Kalmageddon", "Forsaken Fashion Dolls" and Dingo cover "The House", use the drums as main instrument.
The bass is often used in conjunction with Kita's drumming. It is almost never the main instrument, only in a few songs, like "Kalmageddon", "Pyromite", "Haunted Town", "Bite It Like a Bulldog" "This Is Heavy Metal"and Deadache bonus track "Where's The Dragon", but it is occasionally used with drums as a changing instrument.
| Tour | Date | Location |
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| Wacken Road Show | 14. April - 25 April 2003 | Germany |
| European Monstour | 11. April - 30 April 2005 | Europe |
| Bringing Back The Balls To Finland | 3 March - 28 April 2006 | Finland |
| (Anonymous victory celebration tour) | 3 March - 28 April 2006 | Europe |
| Bringing Back The Balls To Europe | 16. September - 31 October 2006 | Europe |
| Bringing Back The Balls To Baltia | 21. February - 25 February 2007 | Baltia |
| Bringing Back The Balls To Japan | 6. April - 13 April 2007 | Japan |
| Ozzfest | 12. July - 30 August 2007 | North America |
| Halloween Tour | 12. October – 31. October 2007 | USA |
| USA Tour 2008 | 7. November - 24 November 2008 | USA |
| Deadache Europe Tour 2009 | 29. January 2009 – 16. April 2009 | Europe |
| Europe For Breakfast Tour 2010 | 5. November - 19. December 2010 | Europe |
Lordi performed "Bite It Like A Bulldog" on the NBC show Late Night With Conan O'Brien on 6 November 2008.
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| UK | UK Rock | FIN | GER | AUT | BEL | DEN | EST | FRA | GRE | NOR | POL | SWE | SWI | EU | US Ind | US Heat | |||
| 2002 | Get Heavy
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| 2004 | The Monsterican Dream
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| 2006 | The Arockalypse | 100 | – | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 98 | 1 | 21 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 8 | – | – | |
| 2008 | Deadache | – | 38 | 5 | 33 | 51 | – | – | – | 168 | – | 39 | 35 | 42 | 73 | 71 | 37 | 13 | – |
| 2010 | Babez For Breakfast | – | – | 9 | – | 71 | – | – | – | 113 | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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| UK | IE | FIN | GER | BEL | AUT | NOR | SWI | GRE | DUT | EU | SWE | |||
| 2002 | "Would You Love a Monsterman?" | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Get Heavy |
| 2003 | "Devil Is a Loser" | – | – | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2004 | "Blood Red Sandman" | – | – | 17 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | The Monsterican Dream |
| "My Heaven Is Your Hell" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2006 | "Hard Rock Hallelujah" | 25 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 4 | 5 | The Arockalypse |
| "Who's Your Daddy?" | – | – | 1 | 33 | – | 21 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "It Snows in Hell" | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2008 | "They Only Come Out at Night" | – | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "Beast Loose in Paradise" | – | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Dark Floors | |
| "Bite It Like a Bulldog" | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Deadache | |
| "Deadache" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2010 | "This is Heavy Metal" | – | – | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Babez For Breakfast |
| "Rock Police" | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
In 2004, Lordi co-wrote and starred in their own short film, The Kin, which was released on a special edition of "The Monsterican Dream" (CD/DVD or DualDisc versions) as a way of expanding the band's image and theatricality. It was co-written and directed by Lauri Haukkamaa, with contribution by Adam Vandor. It introduces the audience to members of the band and establishes the concept of superhuman monsters though at no time is any of the band's music played.
The film follows a young writer who loses her mother in a train wreck while she is trying to get her book on non-human creatures published. After a series of problems arise, the monsters, played by the members of Lordi, begin to kill people as well as bend time and space to ensure the publication of the book.
The film shares a lot of Lovecraftian concepts as well as style and pays homage to several B movies and horror films. Only a limited number of DVDs were published and therefore the film's availability has been low. The Kin has also been released on the Market Square Massacre DVD.
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| Preceded by Elena Paparizou with "My Number One" |
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 |
Succeeded by Marija Šerifović with "Molitva" |
| Preceded by Geir Rönning with "Why?" |
Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 |
Succeeded by Hanna Pakarinen with "Leave Me Alone" |
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