Ruoska

Ruoska (Finnish for "whip") is a Finnish metal band from the Juva municipality.

Ruoska
Ruoska performing in 2006
Background information
Origin	Juva, Finland
Genres	Industrial metal, alternative metal
Years active	2002−present
Labels	EMI, Kråklund
Members	Patrik Mennander Samuli Rimmi Miika Kokkola Teemu Karppinen
Past members	Kai Ahvenranta Sami Karppinen Timo Laatikainen Mika Kamppi

History

Ruoska was formed in 2002 with some of the same members from the comedy rock band Natsipaska. They released their debut album Kuori the same year.

In 2005, Radium was released.

Ruoska recorded Amortem in 2006. The singles "Mies yli Laidan" and "Alasin" were turned into music videos. The album itself debuted at sixth place in Finnish radio charts for almost 10 weeks.

Ruoska's fifth album, Rabies, was released in April 2008.

Members

Current members

• Patrik Mennander − lead vocals
• Samuli Rimmi − guitar, backing vocals
• Miika Kokkola − bass, backing vocals
• Teemu Karppinen − drums

Former members

• Sami Karppinen – drums
• Kai Ahvenranta − guitar, backing vocals
• Timo Laatikainen − drums, percussions
• Anssi Auvinen – guitar, backing vocals
• Mika Kamppi − bass, backing vocals

Discography

Ruoska performing in 2019

Albums

• Kuori (2002)
• Riisu (2003)
• Radium (2005)
• Amortem (2006)
• Rabies (2008)

Singles

• Aurinko ei Nouse (2002)
• Darmstadt (2003)
• Veriura (2004, released digitally)
• Tuonen Viemää (2005)
• Mies yli Laidan (2006)
• Pure minua (2006)
• Alasin (2006)
• Pirunkieli (2007, released digitally)
• Helvettiin Jäätynyt (2008)
• Lihaa Vasten Lihaa (2008, released digitally)
• Ei Koskaan (2008, released digitally)
• Runno (2021)
• Kade (2022)
• Silti Syntinen (2022)

Music videos

• "Kiroan" (2002)
• "Epilogi" (2002)
• "Tuonen Viemää" (2005)
• "Mies yli Laidan" (2006)
• "Alasin" (2006)
• "Ei Koskaan" (2008)

External links

• Official website (in Finnish)
• Ruoska at AllMusic