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Pressure Points (album done - looking for a label)

About Me

The history of Pressure Points goes back to the late summer of 2004, Heinola, Finland. Kari and I shared the same musical interests and on one night he talked to me about his idea of starting a little project. I was immediately excited about it. Soon we were jamming together and noticing that this might work. As it started to do so, some of Kari’s old riffs and jam-sessions ended up finding their places in lengthy songs. Enthusiasm grew and we started to take the idea a little more seriously than in the very beginning, no longer a side-project among the others. We started to look for a bass player and quickly found one, Janne Parikka. He joined in the fall, after a few months from the start. With this setup we played for half a year and made our first demo, until it was time to recruit more members because we had to start thinking about gigging. After some time and thinking we managed to get Juho Suortti as a permanent member on the second guitar. On behalf of keyboards, it was not until the beginning of 2007 when we found what we had been looking for so long, Veli-Matti Kyllönen. He fulfilled the position not only as a player, but as a mental and practical supporter of the band.
There are lots of elements in our music. We have not limited it to certain boundaries or borders. We are just being honest to ourselves – you can not go terribly wrong by doing what feels right. This way, music should feel genuine, not superficial. We do not have to think about making compromises in our work because almost everything fits in. The toughest part is to make it whole and intertwined. However, metal is where it all begins and it is the most recognizable style in our music.
The atmosphere in the band is very good-spirited. If that works, everything else comes along, including arrangements, deals, time-tables, the use of equipment etc. Chemistry is the driving force among band members. The best example is when we just come to practice on cold winter nights, we might say to each other that “let's jam a bit to get this chill out from our bodies.„ And soon we notice that we have a song on the table. We keep on surprising each other, which brings a certain freshness to the business. Like Gene Hoglan says: "If you surprise your band mates over and over again, then you rock!"
We sincerely hope that our energy, sense of music and real characters can be felt through our music which definitely is our best medium of expression – it's like a second language.
- Written by Vili Auvinen
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Member Since: 12/01/2007
Band Website: www.pressure-points.net
Band Members: Kari Olli - Vocals, Guitars
Juho Suortti - Guitars
Janne Parikka - Bass
Vili Auvinen - Drums
Veli-Matti Kyllönen - Keyboards
Influences: Akercocke, Dream Theater, Katatonia, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Rush, Pink Floyd, Anathema, Faith No More, Kansas, Pain Of Salvation, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Gentle Giant, Strapping Young Lad, Dixie Dregs, The Cure, Tool, etc...
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Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Debut album teaser online

Hello folks!It seems like an endless struggle with the making of our first album. But now it's almost at its final form. We have uploaded a teaser for you. Go check it out.Now we will concentrate on f...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:21:00 GMT

Pressure Points to support Keep of Kalessin on Frozen Tour 2009.

At first, we shall reveal the title of our upcoming album. It will be called Remorses To Remember.We are honoured to join Frozen Tour 2009 with Keep Of Kalessin and Pantheon I as a supporting act. Ou...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:22:00 GMT

New live photos uploaded & new gigs added

Go check 'em out from the corresponding sections.
Posted by on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:23:00 GMT

Recordings for debut album have started & studio diary opened

The debut album recordings began yesterday, 10th of August. We have opened a studio diary: http://pressure-points.blogspot.com/(in Finnish)
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:45:00 GMT

Pressure Points starts to record their debut album in August!

Kari shares his point of view on this: During these last four years, we have created a lot of promising material for storage. Now it's time to record some of it. I'm sure that the true brotherhood b...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:43:00 GMT

The present and the future

We will do a few gigs before our well-deserved summer break from gigging. We will definitely not deactivate ourselves. A handful of (festival?) shows may be performed but other than that, we will conc...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:29:00 GMT

Interview with Finnish Metal Webzine

Vili was recently interviewed very thoroughly by the Finnish-German webzine Finnish Metal. Click here to read it in its entity!
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:23:00 GMT

Pain Dimension on CD!

Pain Dimension -single is finally released on a CD! It consists of the self-titled song and Edge of Endurance as a bonus track from 2006. Order it by e-mail (5 ¬ + shipping) or buy it from the gigs!
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:20:00 GMT

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS TOUR 2007 starting off!

Our tour with Crystalic and Gloria Morti is starting off tomorrow, from Helsinki. The venue is On the Rocks. Full tour schedule is as follows:Tu/ti 30.10  HELSINKI, On The RocksWe/ke 14.11  TURKU, t...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 06:36:00 GMT

New gig photos added and a remarkable live show confirmed

We are glad to announce that Pressure Points will be performing in Lutakko, Jyväskylä on 28th of September with Demigod and Mustan Kuun Lapset. The event is titled "Viimeinen Laulu Kuolemasta" and is ...
Posted by on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:03:00 GMT