25.07.07 - Limits, explanations & excuses vol. 79345
All of Bloodpit's gigs, including the European tour at the end of the year, have been cancelled and the band retreats to a comprehensive break. Last Friday's gig at Sunset Beach Party, which lasted only two songs, proved that the mental health of the members of the group is no longer in condition required for touring. We have worked together with this line-up for almost five years, and we have been through a lot as a group, but there is only so much the human mind can take. We have been on the borderline for quite some time, the limit has been close before, and now it has finally been crossed.

The situation we have fallen into is extremely frustrating and has to be solved no matter what. We well return to the stage as a band once we, as a whole, are in a condition worthy of our audience. Should this never happen, we reckon that for us, this was it. We will post news once matters develop one way or the other. However, it is clear that the break may be prolonged for a long period of time. For all the trouble we have caused, we apologise deeply to everyone concerned and above all to our fans.

An enormous thank you to each and every one of you for all things possible, perhaps we will see each other again someday!

-BLOODPIT-

11.07.07 -New shirt model in Bloodpit-shop
Bloodpit-merchandise family got a new member: Tank Top shirts for men and women. Order yours from here!

03.07.07– Meet & Greet @ Amphi festival
Bloodpit will do a meet & greet at Amphi festival in Cologne, Germany on Saturday July 21 at 5PM.

19.06.07 - Live at Provinssirock on Finnish TV
Bloodpit's show on last Saturday at Provinssirock in Finland will be shown on Finnish tv-channel Yle Extra on Wednesday, June 20 at 19:00PM (GMT +02:00) and on Friday, June 22 at 19:50PM.

08.05.07– Bloodpit <3 Mötley Crüe
Bloodpit has the honour of opening for Mötley Crüe at the Helsinki Ice Stadium on Monday, June 4 2007. Get your tickets here!

28.04.07– Webshop is open
Bloodpit's updated webshop is now open. The new merchandise includes for example the much desired hoodies. To shop and make use of the special opening offers, click here.

18.04.07– Off The Hook!
Bloodpit's long awaited second album, Off The Hook is now available in record shops in Finland. The limited first edition comes with special pasteboard covers, which will not be available with the following ones. The album, put together with producer Janne Joutsenniemi, presents the band just as it is at the moment. The young musicians survived the mental circus of their first album almost undamaged and are now fighting off their addictions, and the band notes that the new album is about recovery as well as the entailing new demons. To celebrate the event, Bloodpit now offers Rotten to the Core from the new album at the official MySpace page.

04.04.07– Pre-order Off the Hook!
Pre-order Off the Hook now from Record Shop X and have it delivered home on the official release date, April 18! For more Off the Hook treats, don't forget to visit Offthehookboogie.com website, where you can find for example Matthau and Aleksi's comments on the new songs - naturally with all the relevant song clips to illustrate.

08.02.07 – Hear the new Bloodpit single on Feb 16!
The first single from the new Bloodpit album, to be released in Finland in April, will be Wise Men Don't Cry. The first opportunity to hear the song will be on February 16 at 8.20 a.m. on the Finnish radio station YleX. The song can also be heard on Bloodpit's MySpace for 24 hours starting at 4 p.m. (Finnish time, GMT +02.00) the same day. The single will be officially released in late March or early April.

11.01.07– Bloodpit to join forces with Sony BMG
Bloodpit has happily joined forces with Sony BMG. In future, the music of the band will be released through Sony BMG, under the Beemvees-label of Merceedees Tuotanto. For Bloodpit, the choice between an indie and major record label has always been difficult.

"Now we get to combine the best parts of both. We were finally convinced of Sony BMG's good intentions because of the managers, who visited us and proved to be everything but a faceless machine. It feels great to continue recording the album when one knows for certain that everything functions in the best possible way in the background!", says Matthau.

"At the moment, Bloodpit is one the most potential Finnish rock bands and it is truly great to collaborate with them", says Kimmo Valtanen, Managing Director of Sony BMG Finland. "Bomfunk MC's and HIM were once broken through Sony and BMG's organizations, and Lordi was last year's biggest success story. For Bloodpit, Sony BMG intends to create a setting for similar kind of domestic and international success."

The forthcoming weekend, Bloodpit will perform at Eurosonic Festival in the Netherlands. The band has already begun recording their second album with the producer Janne Joutsenniemi, and the album is to be released in Finland in the spring. The album will be mixed by Jyrki Tuovinen and Hiili Hiilesmaa. The first single should in all likelihood be released in March.

10.01.07– Bloodpit goes Amphi
The first festival gig for the summer 2007 has been confirmed. Bloodpit will perform at Amphi Festival in Germany on Saturday, July 21. The details concerning the forthcoming Finnish spring tour as well as summer festivals in Finland will be announced later on.

08.12.2006 - New Year’s Eve @ Nosturi!
Bloodpit’s break from touring in Finland is having a hard time as they will hit the stage on New Year's Eve (31.12.2006) at Nosturi, Helsinki with SubUrban Tribe. Tickets cost just 10 Euros and you can purchase them in advance from here!

08.12.2006 - Live material on German TV
Cologne based TV-station Center.tv is airing some Bloodpit's live material on 13th December from 16.00 - 17.00 (German time). More details here!

05.12.2006 - German & Italian tour diary, part 2!
The second part of Matthau's diary of the German & Italian tour is now available here!

28.11.2006 - Charity gig and radio show in Moscow
Bloodpit will play an acoustic charity gig in Moscow on 16th December for the children’s homes. There are no tickets available for the event (starting at 2 pm in Gubkin Russian State University - more info here!), but if you want to get in there you can try to send an e-mail to rockmedia@rambler.ru and require yourself to be included on the quest list. On the same day Bloodpit will appear on a live radio show at 10 pm (Moscow time) and play some songs acoustically. You can join the show and have your questions answered by joining the chat on Live radio’s website! The best questions will be rewarded by Bloodpit-merchandise.

23.11.2006 - Signing session in Moscow
Bloodpit will be doing a signing session in Moscow on Saturday Dec 16, 2006 at 6 pm in Rock Gallery ZIG-ZAG (map). Tickets for the next day's gig in Tabula Rasa are also available from ZIG-ZAG. You have a chance to win yourself a free ticket or Bloodpit albums from the competitions on Laff, Time Out or Bloodpit Russia.

15.11.2006 - German tour diary!
The first part of Matthau's diary of the German tour is now available here!

14.11.2006 - Radio interview from Germany
Fhradio recorded an interview with Matthau last Sunday in Cologne, and it will air on Friday 17th starting at 6 pm (German time, GMT+1). Listen on 96,8 MHz (Germany) or open the livestream on Fhradio's site.

14.11.2006 - Kapanen.de
Official Bloodpit merchandise is now available at Kapanen.de. Be sure to check out the wonderful shop next to Reeperbahn while you're in Hamburg. The web shop also delivers mail orders worldwide.

03.11.2006 - Mental Circus in stores now in G/S/A countries!
Bloodpit's debut album, Mental Circus, is released in Germany, Austria & Switzerland today. The first German reviews of the album are also starting to pop up, check some out e.g. from Zillo or here. Bloodpit celebrates the release by kicking off their first German tour today in Angermunde. During the next two weeks the band will play 10 shows around Germany, after which they'll head for Italy. For those in Finland, YleX will interview the band by the phone this evening at 8.15 pm (Finnish time).

20.10.2006 - The final schedule for Germany & Italy
The gig in Weilerswist (Nov 12) has been moved to Access All Areas, Cologne. The Final schedule for Germany & Italy looks like this:

03.11. (GER) Angermünde, Alte Brauerei
04.11. (GER) Rathenow, Musikbrauerei
08.11. (GER) Hamburg, Studio One
09.11. (GER) Oelde, Alte Post
10.11. (GER) Berlin, Wild at Heart
         (also a signing session at XtraX from 16.00 - 17.00)
11.11. (GER) Lennestadt-Altenhundem, Stadtschänke
12.11. (GER) Cologne, Access All Areas
14.11. (GER) Munich, Monofaktur
15.11. (GER) Ludwigshafen, Climax Club
16.11. (GER) Stuttgart, Die Roehre
17.11. (ITA) Ronchi Dei Legionari, Rock club
18.11. (ITA) Pescara, First Floor Rock
19.11. (ITA) Bologna, Kindergarten

06.10.2006 - Germany release date changed
The release date of Mental Circus in G/S/A countries has changed. The new date is Friday 03.11.2006. On a very same date Bloodpit will start their tour in Germany. Also a new gig (Munich) added to calendar.

22.09.2006 - Signing session in Berlin
If you're lucky enough to live around Berlin then here's your chance to meet Bloodpit-guys while they are touring in Germany. Bloodpit will be doing a signing session on Friday 10.11.06 from 16.00 - 17.00 at X-traX-Shop in Berlin. The shop's address is XtraX, Schönhauser Allee 48, 10437 Berlin / Prenzlauerberg.

30.08.2006 - Out to Find You Sold Out!
Bloodpit's debut single Out to Find You, including its extra editions, is no longer in stock and is now officially sold out. Because new editions will not be printed, the odd copies found in record stores are the last ones left. Consequently, the single can no longer be ordered from the webshop either, so if you still want to add the single to your collection, it is a good idea to head for the record stores immediately!

15.08.2006 - German & Italian Tour
Bloodpit finished touring Finland last weekend but will do a brief round in Italy and Germany, where Mental Circus will be released on October 27. The album will also be available in Austria and Switzerland on the same date.

26.07.2006 - New recording and publishing deal!
Bloodpit has secured a recording and publishing deal for G/A/S (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) with German company Brainstorm's label netMusicZone. Deville Schober, the president of Brainstorm was tipped-off to the band by A&R Worldwide's Sat Bisla and signed the band after seeing them perform live at MUSEXPO 2006 in Los Angeles. In addition to the recording and publishing deal, Brainstorm will also help the band with booking dates across G/A/S. Brainstorm has already secured Bloodpit on a national eight-week TV campaign across Germany, which will include over the airing of over 1000 spots, with the band featured in them.

24.07.2006 - German compilation
Platitude will be featured on German TV station 13th Street's compilation "Sound Of Mystery". The compilation featuring also names such as Ministry and Type O Negative will be released on 28th July in Germany, Austria & Switzerland. Platitude video is also featured in TV-spots advertising the compilation in various TV channels in G.A.S-countries. You can pre-order your copy from here!

21.06.2006 - Bloodpit Song to NHL 07 Game
Bloodpit's Platitude is included on the soundtrack of the NHL 07 game that will be released worldwide. This is the first time that a Finnish artist appears on the NHL game series released by EA Sports.

NHL series by EA Sports is one of the most popular and best-selling video games in the world, and its most important market areas are Middle and Northern Europe and North America. The first game of the series was released in 1992. The latest version, NHL 06, was released for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. The soundtracks of the NHL series are known to be rock-oriented, and artists such as System of a Down, Faith No More, Franz Ferdinand, Queens of the Stone Age and Deftones have appeared on the previous versions.

14.06.2006 - Finnish single chart #1!
Sauna Päälle! EP jumped to the top of the Finnish single chart in it's second chart week! Thanks a lot folks. If you haven't bought the EP yet, you can order it from here or from CDON.com.

07.06.2006 - #2 in Finnish chart
In Finland last week released Bloodpit's Sauna Päälle! EP reached #2 in Finnish single chart on it's first chart week.

17.05.2006 - Sauna päälle! EP released on May 31
The Sauna Päälle! tour has ended, but an EP of the same title will be released to celebrate the summer. Sauna Päälle! EP, which will be released only in Finland, includes two new songs as well as live versions of the old tracks Bad Echo, Triangular and In A Furnace recorded during the New Year's HellDone festival at Tavastia. As if this wasn't enough, the EP also includes the Bad-Ass Blues music video! The EP will be released on May 31 across the country, and the gig to celebrate the release will be held at Nosturi in Helsinki on June 1.

03.05.2006 - US Deal!
Bloodpit has signed a licensing agreement in the United States. The deal, containing several records, was made with 456 Enterprises and covers both North and South America. Besides publishing albums, for Bloodpit this also means tours in America! The gig The Roxy on Sunseet Blvd. convinced the American music professionals, and Bloodpit's debut album Mental Circus will be released in the USA still this year. 456 Enterprises is an independent American company, and its shareholders include Bam Margera of MTV fame and the talk show host Carson Daly. Other Finnish bands signed to 456 Enterprises the 69 Eyes and Private Line. In Finland, Bloodpit's record company will continue to be Beemvees in collaboration with Scandinavian Playground Music.

26.04.2006 - Platitude on American TV!
Bloodpit's Platitude video is on the playlist of the US satellite channel IMF that reaches a whopping ten million households! Platitude is currently on power play and showed 20 times a week.

14.04.06– The Roxy, LA
It has been confirmed that the LA venue for Bloodpit is The Roxy on SunsetBoulevard. Bloodpit will play its first gig in the States in the Musexpo exhibition on Tue, May 2.

14.04.06– Bloodpit on TV!
Matthau and Paavo will appear in the Finnish TV2’s Ajankohtainen Kakkonen on Tue, April 18 at 9pm. They will talk about such things as how it feels to be a rock artist in the modern day Tampere and what it is like to hang around with other Tampere-based rockers from day to day. Also, the spanking new Bad-ass Blues video is on rotation on both MTV's Headbangers Ball and Voice TV!

20.03.06– Webshop is open!
From now on it is possible to order Bloodpit merchandise from all over the world. Bloodpit merch includes e.g. T-shirts, posters and woolly hats. Check them out here!

01.03.06– Bloodpit Goes LA!
Bloodpit will perform at the Musexpo exhibition in Los Angeles in late April / early May. About 750 most influential music business professionals in the United States will be attending the event. Altogether only 32 artists will perform at the Musexpo shows, which will take place in the most renowned LA clubs, for example Viper Room, Roxy and Key Club.

28.02.06– Sauna päälle! Tour Diary
You can keep up with the Sauna päälle! 2006 tour by reading Matthau's tour diary. The diary is updated weekly and shares all the essential events of the tour from Matthau's point of view. The first entry is now available here!

07.02.06– Best music video of the year!
Bloodpit's success in annual polls continues! Now Platitude has been chosen the best music video of the year by the readers of noise.fi. The band also enjoyed attention in other categories - altogether Bloodpit received 8 nominations in 6 different categories! Once again Bloodpit wants to thank everyone who voted. Read the poll results here (in Finnish).

30.01.06 – New tour and EP!
Bloodpit's Sauna Päälle! 2006 tour starts on Feb 24 from Tampere-talo and ends on April 22 in Mietaa, NS-Talo. A tentative schedule can be found from here. To culminate the tour, Bloodpit releases a new EP including new material and live tracks.

26.01.06 – Release date in Australia & New Zealand
The release date of Mental Circus in Australia & New Zealand is Feb 6. Pre-order it here before Feb 6 and you'll get free shipping within Australia.

13.01.06 – The making of Bad-ass Blues video
You can watch the making of Bloodpit's forthcoming video of Bad-ass Blues here.

13.01.06 – Platitude video on rotation in MTV Finland!
Platitude video is on rotation on MTV's legendary Headbangers Ball.

07.01.06– The official English forum finally opens!
Bloodpit's long awaited English forum is now open. Just click here and make yourself at home!

03.01.06 – The newcomer of the year!
Bloodpit was selected as "the domestic newcomer of the year" in the biggest Finnish youth magazine “Suosikki”. Once again thanks a lot to all the people who have voted for us!

02.01.06 – The freshest Finnish song of the year 2005!
Bloodpit's Out To Find You was selected as "The freshest Finnish song in 2005" on the Finnish radio station YleX's annual poll. Mental Circus was #2 in "The freshest Finnish album" -category. Bloodpit was also #3 in "The freshest young talent" and #5 in "The freshest domestic band" categories. Thanks a lot to all the voters.

23.12.05 – The young power of the year!
Critics of the Finnish rock magazine Rumba chose Bloodpit as "The young power of the year 2005" in their latest issue. Huge thank yous to the critics.

23.12.05 – From Italy with love
Bloodpit is now back in Finland from Italy. Thanks a lot you pizza fellows! A bunch of interviews were made, so you might want to check out the latest Italian Metal Hammer (which gave 5/6 to Mental Circus in their previous number), Rocksound Magazine, Flash Magazine, Cathouse.it and Metal Shock. Platitude-video is now in rotation also on Italian MTV and RockTV. Bloodpit wishes merry Christmas to everyone in Italy and elsewhere too!

22.11.05 – The most wanted!
Bad-ass Blues is now #1 in "the most wanted" list on Finnish radio station YleX!

15.12.05 – Bad-ass Blues in Finnish movie & soundtrack
You can find the latest Bloodpit-single, Bad-ass Blues, in a Finnish blockbuster movie FC Venus which hits the theatres in Finland on 30th December. The song can also be found from the movie's soundtrack, which was released in Finland yesterday by Universal Music.

11.12.05 – Finnish single chart #4
Bad-ass Blues reached #4 in Finnish single chart on it's first chart week.

14.11.05 – New Bloodpit shirts are now available!
New "Mental Circus" t-shirts are now available everywhere in the world from here!

31.10.05 – Webshop goes worldwide!
You can now order Bloodpit merchandise (including records) from all over the world. Just click here and buy yourself a piece of Bloodpit! You may also want to check out one hell of a fansite, Bloodpitonline (in Spanish).

19.10.05 - Today is the day in Sweden!
Mental Circus is now available in Sweden. So we suggest you, our fellow swedes, to go mental and buy yourself a copy of this great album right now!

05.10.05 – See Bloodpit livestream!
Watch next Saturday's show in Palatsi, Turku live here!

22.09.05 – Mental Circus goes worldwide!
Mental Circus will be released in Sweden on 19th of October. The album will be also released in Italy later this year where Bloodpit will play gigs in December. Bloodpit also makes it's first visit to our lovely neighbour, Russia, in October.

Next year the album will be released for example in Australia and in many European countries.

Next single from the debut album is Bad-Ass Blues, which will be released in Finland later this year. After the new year's gig in Tavastia the band will have a short break and new material will be released in spring 2006.

03.09.05 – Finnish album chart #4!
The First Bloodpit-album, Mental Circus, jumped straight to #4 in the Finnish album chart in its first chart week!

28.08.05 – Let's go fucking mental!
Bloodpit's debutalbum, Mental Circus, was released in Finland last week. You can listen to the samples from the album here. First reviews of the Mental Circus are readable here (so far only in Finnish). The album will be released for example in Italy and hopefully some other countries later on this year. Now you can order the album from CDON.com within the Scandinavia and the EU area.

Bloodpit will be touring all over Finland this Autumn. Stay tuned for gigs in others countries also!

14.08.05 – Mental Circus release will be delayed!
The Finnish release of Mental Circus-album will be delayed. The new release date is 24.8. The reason for that is Mr. Matthau Mikojan's hand, which he burned a week ago. Last tuesday's gig in Italy went well, Toni Ahonen from band called Oikosulku played Matthau's guitar parts.

29.07.05 – Watch Bloodpit-gig at your home!
You can watch Bloodpit-gig live today from Down By The Laituri-festival in Turku from here! The show starts around 10.30 P.M. local time.

24.07.05 – Finnish single chart #2
Platitude reached #2 in Finnish single chart in it's first chart week. Hurray!

14.07.05 – Platitude in stores now!
Platitude-single was released in Finland yesterday. If you live in Finland, then get yourself righ away to the nearest record shop and buy it. Within the EU-area you can order the single for example from cdon.com.

29.06.05 – Pictures from Platitude-musicvideo
The new Platitude-video got it's world premier yesterday in Finnish television. Here are some pics from the video!

29.06.05 – Mental Circus!
Bloodpit's debut album, which will be released in Finland 17th August, has finally got a name. Mental Circus will tell you about the mental state of four unbalanced musicians recording their first album and living their unbalanced life. Now there are only few months to get your medication working! .

21.06.05 – Bloodpit in Finnish television.
If you are anxious to hear some new rumours and confessions about Bloodpit and you happen to live in Finland and you are able to understand Finnish, you could watch a TV-show called Summeri at 10 AM 28th June in Finnish TV2.

09.06.05 – Platitude-single out on the 13th of July.
Bloodpit's second single, Platitude, will be released in Finland on the 13th of July. The single includes also a song called Triangular which you won't find from the Bloodpit's debut album next August.

31.05.05 – Kasisali cancelled!
Bloodpit-gig in Lahti 11.06.2005 is cancelled for the reason that band can't affect. We're sorry.

30.05.05 – One More Time digisingle! And for free!
To celebrate the end of May, Bloodpit releases a new single in digital
format in co-operation with CDON.COM. To download a live version of One More Time from CDON.COM, click here. The cover art for the digisingle can be downloaded from here. To get the single free of charge, you must register to CDON.COM and use the voucher code "bloodpit" when making the purchase. One More Time was recorded at Kaapelitehdas, Helsinki in April 2005. A studio version of the song will be included in Bloodpit's debut album next Autumn.

13.05.05 – Europe Official Top 100
Out To Find You is number 61 on the Europe Official Top 100. Yeah. Is this something we should be happy about?

06.05.05 – Any questions?!!?
Ask -section is now opened. Get yourself ready to ask the most hazardious questions and the band will answer to you!

06.05.05 – Scandinavian release
Out To Find You -single will be released in other Scandinavian countries on wednesday 25.5. Get ready!

10.04.05 – Finnish single chart #1!
The First Bloodpit-single, Out To Find You, jumped straight to the top of the Finnish single chart in its first chart week! Get on! Get in!

01.04.05 - Tuhma-competition!
There is a Bloodpit-competition in Tuhma magazine (in Finnish). Show your knowledge about Alarik Valamo's past and win a Bloodpit hat & the Out To Find You -single!

30.03.05 - Today is the day
Today is the day we have been waiting for a few years: the first official Bloodpit single is in record stores in Finland. Out To Find You -single is available from the record stores only in Finland for the moment, but within the EU-area you can order the single for example from cdon.com. To celebrate the first single Bloodpit will do an unplugged gig at the Free Record Shop Tampere at 5 pm. There will also be three Release Special live shows in Helsinki (The Cable Factory 8.4.), Tampere (Yo-Talo 12.4.) and Kaarina (Vapari 15.4.). There is no age limit to these gigs. The limited amount of tickets is available from the Free Record Shops and Anttilas in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. When purchasing the single from these record stores you'll also get a ticket to a specific Release Special gig.

23.03.05 - Listen to the sample!
30 seconds of Out To Find You sounds like this >>. If you would like to hear the whole song, you can request it to radio stations, for example YleX, Radio City and SuomiPop. The Out To Find You single will be released on 30.3.

01.03.05 - The new Design
Bloodpit's new webdesign, by Niko Bauer, is here. It looks nice so big thanks to him. This English section may not be updated as often as the Finnish one, but don't worry, we will try to keep you up to date as well. There is also the English forum for which the thanks goes to Kim in Germany.

28.02.05 - Out To Find You
The cd-single "Out To Find You" will be released in Finland on the 30th of March! Read the studiodiary