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Veterans of Finnish melodic death metal, Noumena put on a show and celebrate their 25th anniversary at On The Rocks, Helsinki, Finland in January. Co-headliner of the evening is doom unit Kursk, on their last tour. Tickets available now at Tiketti!

Noumena – hailing from Ähtäri, Finland – celebrate their quarter-century milestone with a special gig. The band shall offer a comprehensive overview on their career and back catalogue, including some surprises! This is a show worth travelling even from abroad! An exclusive Noumena 25th Anniversary shirt is available at the gig, pre-orders at Haunted Zoo Productions webstore . You can order this shirt via shipping as well. More info at HZP webstore.

Noumena have released six albums, digi EP and several singles during their career. Besides Europe, they have toured in Japan and China. The current line-up includes the original quintet from 1998 reinforced with Ähtäri-bred musicians Suvi Uura and Markus Hirvonen. Noumena shall hit the stage with all guns blazing, so join the feast in January! After the anniversary gig Noumena shall focus on recording new material and return to venues with a new album only by the end of 2024.

Heavy metal band Kypck shall co-headline with Noumena on their farewell tour. This is going to be a total metal celebration.

Noumena & Kypck
Friday 12.1.2024
On The Rocks, Helsinki, Finland
Tickets 20 euros / 22 euros at door (if left)
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Noumena, melodic death metal band hailing from Finland, have released a new single Murhenäytelmä (“Tragedy”). The song combines both catchy melodies and melancholy, common to Noumena’s style.

- I wanted to write a kind of simple and melancholic song, which has upbeat and great guitar melodies from the beginning to the end. I can’t recall the details of the writing process, but probably it was a product of creeping autumnal bleakness, comments guitarist Markus Hirvonen.

The song asks, what it takes to be a hero, and what should we think about the death of a hero nowadays.

- F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote “Show me a hero and I’ll write you a tragedy”. There can’t be one without another. I wanted to question the slaughtering of young lives. I finished the lyrics by the end of 2021, but Russia’s invasion to Ukraine made Tragedy too topical and creepy, laments bassist Hannu Savolainen.

Murhenäytelmä is engineered and mixed by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studio, mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox during spring 2022. Cover art by Tiina Rikala and lyric video by Ville Lamminaho.

During 2023 Noumena begin touring again after Covid-19, and concentrate on writing and recording new material.


Murhenäytelmä is now available on digital music services. The lyric video is available in YouTube:

Season's greetings! Noumena shall release new song Murhenäytelmä ("Tragedy") on the 30th of December 2022. You can pre-save it here. Stay tuned!

Noumena shall return to venues in next January. Let's start 2023 with some melodic death metal as we play a couple of shows in Finland! Check Live-section for details.

Good news from the live show front! JVR Agency is our new booking agency in Finland. We are very thrilled and sketching plans for autumn and next year!

Noumena, melodic death metal band hailing from Finland, have released a new single Ihmisen tie (”The Journey of Man”). True to their style, Noumena offer a heavy and melancholic track with a flicker of hope.

- After ambient and vivid Anima album I felt like writing a song, which stems from our music in the early 2000’s. However, I wanted to utilize our diversified vocals, so addition to Antti’s growls this song includes lots of vocals from both Suvi and Markus, all the way from soft choruses to screams during the breakdown, describes guitarist Ville Lamminaho.

Lyrics look at the free will and the relationship between mind and body. Is the will of the man an exception in a deterministic reality, or is the sensation of free will only an illusion?

Ihmisen tie is engineered and mixed by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studio, mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox during spring 2022. Cover art by Tiina Rikala and lyric video by Ville Lamminaho.

Noumena shall release more new music during 2022.

Ihmisen tie is now available on digital music services. The lyric video is available in YouTube:

Noumena shall release a new single on the 17th of June, titled Ihmisen tie ("The Journey of Man"). Pre-save the track at your favorite platform now!

In the meantime, check out our beautiful music video of Joutsen from Anima album - in case you didn't notice!

Even though Covid-19 slump has slowed everything down, some nice things have happened and are happening in Noumena camp. We have written and rehearsed several new songs, and we are going to enter studio in not-so-distant future to record new stuff. Hopefully we can deliver those next year. In the meantime, we are also working with new music video. So there are both audible and visual experiences available in forthcoming months. Stay tuned!

One of our hugely loved tracks Misanthropolis hit one million mark in Spotify a couple of weeks ago. This really makes us humble and we want to thank You, our fans, for the long-standing support. Take care and enjoy the wintry silence and darkness...

The second single from the upcoming album Anima is out! Murtuneet is a 9,5 minutes journey through Finnish wartime and beyond.

– This song combines wistful and catchy melodies, versatile moods and a stark story. Even though there are several elements in this song, musical story arc stands firm, depicts composer, guitarist Tuukka Tuomela.

– Murtuneet deals with wars and their consequences, but from unconventional point of view. No heroes here, only victims. Wars leave behind dead, wounded and broken people. Long shadows fall and reach through decades and generations. Some use them for their benefit, some suffer from them, some just try to cope with them, analyses bassist Hannu Savolainen, the writer of the lyrics.

The lyric video of the song is based on the photos from Finnish Wartime Photograph Archive. The pictures from WW2 era-Finland encapsulate the atmosphere and the theme of the song.

Anima pre-ordering is up and running!

Anima bundle (digipak + T-shirt/Ladyfit/Ladies Tank Top) is available at Haunted Zoo Webstore. There is also other cool Noumena merchandise for you only a couple of clicks away!


If you would like to order only Anima digipak, we recommend e.g. Record Shop X.. Other webstores might sell it, too.

Noumena has released a new single Saatto (”Procession”), which is an impressive sample from the upcoming album. Band’s sixth full-length Anima will be released on the 4th of September 2020.

Guitarist Ville Lamminaho, the writer of Saatto, sheds light on the new single and the atmosphere of the upcoming album: ”Saatto is an epilogue of life and the first chapter of Anima. The album presents the darkest and the most melacholic Noumena so far. Saatto has been born out of sorrow, desperation and anger. I hope that these emotions pass on to the listener.”

We are very thrilled to announce booking cooperation with Heavy Metal Heart Agency! HMH will take care of our booking across Europe. See you on tour later this year.

Noumena is very pleased to announce that we are heading to China in November. We'll play six gigs as the headliner on tour organised by MORT Productions. This will be awesome! More details of the tour and the forthcoming album in Ville's interview at Metal Solstice website.

Noumena is participating Tuska-Torstai competition and will fight their way all the way to the stage of Tuska Metal Festival in Helsinki next summer. Please vote them here: TUSKA-TORSTAI

We have new and old Noumena merchandise available in Haunted Zoo webstore . T-shirts, tank tops and patches! Go and get 'em!

We have decided to strengthen Noumena with a seventh member. Markus Hirvonen will take care of guitar and vocal duties. He has already been in Noumena's live line-up for two years and shown great musicianship, attitude and spirit. After succesful Japan gigs it was a natural step to ask him to join Noumena. We have known Markus for many years, since he also comes from our hometown Ähtäri. He is a talented musician and songwriter, so his handprint shall be heard on our forthcoming material.

We have plans to write and publish new songs in the future, news about that shall follow!

Noumena's journey to Japan has begun! We shall play four gigs during Suomi Feast 2018 tour with Turisas, Beast in Black, S-Tool, Frosttide and Mors Subita. Great line-up for Japanese metal heads! We have lots of merchandise on the tour including exclusive Japan stuff. While waiting, you can reach the proper atmosphere with our new gig intro. Hark and behold!

Noumena is heading to Japan next May taking part in Suomi Feast 2018! Supporting Turisas, Beast in Black etc. we are going to perform live in Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo. This is an awesome start for Noumena's 20th anniversary year! More info at this point from Evoken de Valhall Production website: https://www.ev-pro.asia/

Our new album is finally available! We want to celebrate the release with an intriguing music video of the doomy and gloomy track Kirouksen kantaja.

- In "Kirouksen kantaja" dreamlike, slow melodies weave landscape over melancholic, downtempo song. Musical themes are given time to develop - in contrast to this hectic world where people's worth is measured by their ability to perform, analyzes guitarist Ville Lamminaho, the writer of the song.

- Lyrically the song is about overcoming obstacles and gathering strength, "finding the flame inside", to battle the curses that most people carry, in a form or another.

The music video reveals what kind of duties and incidents a Finnish park ranger faces, when searching for a lost metal bands in the woods. The story carries the audience into the heart of Finnish wilderness and mystery. The video manages to capture and visualize the themes and the atmosphere of "Myrrys".

Jack of all trades, Jyrki Muromäki came up the idea, directed, filmed and edited the video. He has collaborated with Noumena earlier, with the music video of "Sleep".

Myrrys is available in various digital music services (including Bandcamp) and in record stores as well. We'll update our website soon and all the shopping links in the same process.

After sweat, blood and tears, tons of cigarettes and too many bad jokes, we are finally on the verge of releasing our fifth album titled Myrrys.

As an appetizer, we want to serve you a single track Metsän viha in digital services and as a lyric video in YouTube.

- Metsän viha is an upbeat opening track of the album, which is a great choice as a single as well. The song combines catchy melodies, badass riffs, overwhelming drumming and Andy's and Suvi's merciless growls. Lyrics deal with the humanity's ability to destroy everything vital and dear, comments guitarist Tuukka Tuomela, who has composed the song.

The forthcoming album is an eloquent combination of 90's style melodic death metal and melancholic Finnish mollie tunes. The album is mixed and mastered by the metal visionary Dan Swanö, who has ensured wide and dynamic sounds. Myrrys offers a musical journey all the way from catchy upbeat moments to sturdy and desolate emotions.

With melodies, riffs, sounds and lyrics, Myrrys paints a picture of a mindscape filled with contradictions and Northern despair. The album title Myrrys (old Finnish) refers to ruckus, tumult or uproar. So far, Noumena has sticked to English as lyrical language, but the album themes, including Finnish nature and cultural heritage, and intimate stories required the use of Finnish. Every band member has contributed to songwriting, and the formidable cover art is crafted by Finnish young talent Otto Lehtonen.

Myrrys is released 28.04.2017 by Haunted Zoo Productions, which is an independent record label established by Noumena members. Distribution by Playground Music and Inverse Records. Released in Russia by FONO under the license from Haunted Zoo Productions. Album is released in CD/LP/DIGI.

Myrrys track list:
1. Kohtu
2. Metsän viha
3. Kirouksen kantaja
4. Sanat pimeydestä
5. Sanansaattaja
6. Roihu
7. Murhehuone
8. Pedon veri
9. Syvällä vedessä

Noumena re-releases the second and third albums Absence and Anatomy of Life on 29.4.2016. Albums are released in a double CD digipak with five bonus tracks previously available only on digital format. The digipak is reissued by Haunted Zoo Productions.

Absence (released in 2005) was widely acknowledged, and it was followed by band's third album Anatomy of Life already next year. These Spinefarm-era albums really defined Noumena's sound and style and enriched the melodic death metal genre with many remarkable songs.

- We decided to celebrate the 10th anniversaries of both the albums with this special release. Both the albums have been out of stock for several years, so this also is a favor to our fans. Five bonus tracks from original studio sessions are included on the digipak, and those songs have earlier been available only on Triumph and Loss digital EP, comments Hannu Savolainen, the head of Haunted Zoo Productions and bassist of Noumena.

Currently Noumena is working with new songs and getting ready for studio session. Band's next album will be released by the end of 2016.

Haunted Zoo webstore in now open! Noumena t-shirts and ladyfits, debut album Pride/Fall and more available. Just click "Store" in the navigation bar. Everyone buying Noumena products during November will receive Bandcamp download code for Death Walks With Me and Pride/Fall albums.

We are going to roam the snowy Finnish landscape during months to come. Noumena and Dark Flood shall tour a little bit in order to spread the melancholic melodeath for our fellow countrymen. Check the dates in Live-section!

We decided to release our debut album Pride/Fall on various digital platforms including Spotify, iTunes, Deezer and Google Play Music. There are several good news ahead of you concerning Noumena merchandise and older releases. So stay tuned and keep the scene alive!

Noumena's second album, highly appreciated Absence is finally available at Spotify, iTunes, Deezer and other digital music services! Enjoy, dear metalheads!

Noumena has joined forces with Austria-based booking agency Catapult Promotion. They'll handle all bookings excluding Finland. So stay tuned for gig announcements! There are good news coming up concerning the distribution of DWWM, too!

We want to celebrate the album release with a brand-new music video of Sleep. It is a lullaby for a deceased friend or close person. Acoustic passages, heavier parts and clean moments flow onwards with slow drum beat in a soothing manner. It is time to enter the theatre of life and death...

- The basic idea of the music video has been revolving in my head already for many years. To make a dreamlike, deliberate music video where we play in shades of red curtains well dressed, avoiding typical metal video manners. The background story supports Sleep's lyrics: people are born, they get older and eventually die, and for a major part they walk the road of life eyes closed trying to avoid this unavoidable fate, comments Ville Lamminaho, the writer of the song.

Noumena's fourth album Death Walks With Me is now released. You can find it in stores (Nordic countries and Baltic States, Russia and CIS states) and at digital marketplaces worldwide. We are working to expand the territory where you can buy CD's. In the meantime, feel free to order the album from Record Shop X. They ship it worldwide. We'll gather shopping links under Releases-section, but you can begin with BANDCAMP to stream and buy DWWM as a digital download.

You are also most welcome to our new website. You'll find the basic information (gigs, news, promo shots) here and links to other Noumena-related pages in the web.

For the first time ever, Noumena's debut album Pride/Fall is available for streaming and official digital download in Bandcamp for a low price of 3,50 euros (you can pay more if you want to). If you purchase the album, you'll get a previously unreleased track "Catharsis" left over from Pride sessions as a bonus.

While waiting for Death Walks With Me, enjoy the stream or throw us a few bread crumbs and get the files for yourself. Every cent earned here will go towards the recording of our next album.

NOUMENA @ BANDCAMP

Snare drum - what a perfect way to open the new album! You can enjoy Ilkka's snare fills in YouTube as the lyric video of Handful of Dust is now online.

Tuukka Tuomela, composer of the song, comments: "We needed an upbeat and catchy song for the album. Less than two months before the studio I promised bandmates to write such a track by the next rehearsals. The song came up quite easily. It's full of nice riffs and killer melodies, a good way to begin the album. Thematically it's an anthem for the band and our fans. Writer of the lyrics, bassist Hannu Savolainen described the song as Noumena's 'United', 'Heathen Tribes' and 'Wherever I May Roam'. Horns up for that!"

Want to listen how the new album begins? Handful of Dust lyric video is available at RECORD SHOP X. While listening you can pre-order "Death Walks With Me" CD or maybe the CD and limited T-shirt together. Catchy riffs and tasteful melodies ahead!

We are thrilled to announce that Noumena has begun working with Mist of Light Productions from Germany. With support on management and marketing etc. our conquest of Europe will be a lot easier than before!

Good times! Russian metal label FONO Ltd. has licensed "Death Walks With Me". This means the album will be released in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan on 18.4.2013.

We have opened the official Noumena page in VKontakte as well: NOUMENA @ VK.

Here we go! After a long and anxious waiting, Noumena is ready to release the 4th album titled Death Walks With Me.



- Our new songs are heavier and gloomier than Noumena's previous albums, both musically and thematically. We have broken our old patterns and barriers. But, there are Noumena trademarks ranging from catchy and melancholic melodies to aggressive and tranquil moments, of course, says vocalist Antti Haapanen.

- Great metal needs lots of forging, and we took our time. One reason for such a long pause in releasing was difficulty to find a proper label for us, Haapanen continues.

The new album also introduces the new member of Noumena: Suvi Uura. She is a talented and many-sided musician, who brings a final touch to Noumena's sound and live action. Suvi's vocal delivery is wide and deep, from touching and tender singing to brutal growling.

Death Walks With Me will be released by Haunted Zoo Productions and distributed by Playground Music. Release date (CD and digital) is 18.4.2013 for Nordic and Baltic countries (Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania), rest of the world is TBA at the moment.