Biography

Alase is an atmospheric modern metal/rock band from Finland. The band was founded in 2014, and its core concept has been to feature various guest vocalists - nearly 20 have taken part so far. While the band continuously keeps on experimenting and developing its musical style, atmospheric and progressive elements have remained as an essential part of their sound.

Currently Alase combines modern heavy music with atmospheric synths and electronic sounds, aiming to create emotional and compelling soundscapes. Musically, Alase has similarities with bands like A Perfect Circle, Tesseract, Allt and Periphery. Band's second album "A Matter of Time" was released in April 2023. A four song EP "Beyond Our Imagination" was released in early 2024. Since the release of that EP, Alase returned to releasing music as individual singles.

Current line-up:

Guitars: Janne Lunnas
Bass: Ari Miettinen
Drums: Ville Aatsinki
Lyrics: Ninni Swan

VOCALISTS ON SONGS RELEASED AS SINGLES 2025-2026:
On Hold / Hold On - Clean vocals: Juha Tretjakov, Screams: Ville Saloranta
The Essence - Matt Norriss

VOCALISTS ON “BEYOND OUR IMAGINATION” EP (2024):
Omar Zouiter: Broken Pendulum
Rioghan Darcy: Love Crime
Juha Tretjakov: When?, A Night to Remember
Janne Lunnas: screaming vocals on Broken Pendulum & male vocals on Love Crime

VOCALISTS ON “A MATTER OF TIME” ALBUM (2023):
Juha Tretjakov: Understanding The Waves, Clear Sky Is Not a Curse,
Unburden, Life Ahead, The Source, Out of Place & Ajan kysymys
Markus Hirvonen: Fate’s Intervention
Janne Lunnas: Feeling Free, screaming vocals on Understanding The Waves,
Unburden & Out of Place + ambient & backing vocals on several songs

VOCALISTS ON VASTAUS ALBUM (2019):
Markus Hirvonen: Vastaus, Näkyvä & Riisuttu
Ville Nisunen: Binary Stars
Jani Ala-Hukkala: Osa minua
Eemeli Bodde: Screaming vocals on Vapaaksi merkitty
Sami Honkonen: Clean vocals on Vapaaksi merkitty

VOCALISTS ON SONGS RELEASED AS SINGLES 2015-2021:
Unburden (2021) - Juha Tretjakov
Ajan kysymys (2021) - Juha Tretjakov
Vailla nimeä (2021) - Juha Tretjakov & Markus Hirvonen
Poissa silmistä (2020) - Juha Tretjakov
Jäljet (2020) - Markus Hirvonen
Vielä (2017) - Markus Hirvonen
On jatkettava (2016) - Growls: Ari Nieminen, Clean vocals: Ville Saloranta, Screams: Janne Lunnas
Kidukset (2016) – Mikko Kotamäki, Backing vocals: Markus Hirvonen
Utopian hellimät (2016) – Markus Hirvonen
Erehdykseni (2015) – Clean vocals: Juha Simola, Screams: Jouni Koskela
Sanaton syytös (2015) – Marko Eskola, Growls: Jukka Marjoniemi