From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Widescreen Mode
Widescreen Mode
Widescreen Mode porting bands like Paradise Lost, the Cardigans, Anathe-
ma, and Die Krupps. In 2006, Widescreen Mode made it to
the final round of the MTV-E unsigned competition out
of 1,700 competing bands. Since then they have amassed
69,000 fans worldwide on MySpace and rank among the
online community’s four most popular Finnish bands
along with HIM, Children of Bodom, and The 69 Eyes.
Widescreen Mode’s debut record Until the End was
mixed by Anssi Kippo, who has engineered gold albums
for Children of Bodom and Finnish Idol winner Hanna
Pakarinen.
Widescreen Mode in 2009. From left to right: Janne
Lahtinen, Samu Brusila, Janne Aaltonen and Janne Stenroos. Until The End
Background information Until the End debuted in the Finnish Top 40 at #34 after
Also known as WSM its release on November 14, 2007. Widescreen Mode re-
leased two singles from the album. Everlasting Bomb was
Origin Riihimäki, Finland the first single and reached #1 on the official Finnish
Genres Rock, heavy metal download chart. It was also #1 on iTunes in Finland for
sixteen consecutive weeks in 2007. The second single,
Years active 2003 - present
Dead Inside, reached #1 on the Finnish Top 40 singles
Labels Dark Sentiments Records chart for five consecutive weeks and eight weeks overall.
Playground Music Scandinavia For several weeks in 2008, both Everlasting Bomb and
Website Official MySpace
Dead Inside were in Finland’s Top 10. The music video for
Official Website Dead Inside also received airplay in the United States on
MTV2 and Fuse in 2008.
Members
Samu Brusila
Janne Aaltonen
The Hanging Man
Janne Stenroos On January 25, 2009, Widescreen Mode announced their
Janne Lahtinen second album The Hanging Man which will be released
on April 9, 2009 through Dark Sentiments Records and
WSM)
Widescreen Mode (commonly abbreviated as WSM is a Playground Music Scandinavia. The debut single Sero-
heavy melodic band from Riihimäki, Finland. tonin will be released on February 20, 2009, along with a
video by director Markus Aaltonen.
History
Widescreen Mode’s members are no strangers to playing Fallen From The Sky
together, the four-some originally formed the band Fair- On December 7, 2011, Widescreen Mode released their
lane until career decisions in the 1990s forced them to third studio album Fallen from the Sky. Album features
split up and move on. When drummer Janne Aaltonen the song If Tomorrow Comes, which had a music video
and singer Samu Brusila both moved back to Riihimäki released during 2010. First single to be released from the
they began discussing the possibility of forming another album is Loaded Gun, which also has a music video made
band. But, in the words of singer Brusila they were just out of the song
that; discussions. Finally Aaltonen’s fiancé intervened;
tired of hearing them discuss it but never do anything
about it.
The band was once again together, and in 2005 they
released a demo EP and soon were playing important fes-
tivals and shows both in Finland and around Europe, sup-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Widescreen Mode
Band members Music videos
• "Another Day" from Another Day EP
Current line-up • "Everlasting Bomb" from Until the End
• "Dead Inside" from Until the End
• Samu Brusila - Vocals
• "Serotonin" from The Hanging Man
• Janne Lahtinen - Guitar
• "If Tomorrow Comes" from Fallen from the Sky
• Janne Aaltonen - drums
• "Loaded Gun" from Fallen from the Sky
• Janne Stenroos - Bass guitar
Singles
Discography • 2007 Everlasting Bomb (Dark Sentiment Records)
Date of Release Title Label • 2008 Dead Inside (Dark Sentiment Records)
• 2009 Serotonin (Dark Sentiment Records)
November 14, Until the End Dark Senti-
• 2011 Loaded Gun (Dark Sentiment Records)
2007 ments
April 9, 2009 The Hanging Man Dark Senti-
ments External links
December 7, 2011 Fallen from the Dark Senti- • Official website
Sky ments • Official MySpace Page
• Official WSM Forum
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Categories:
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• Finnish heavy metal musical groups
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