The 69 Eyes

THE 69 EYES were honored by the "Export" Award at this year's Emma Gaala (Finnish Grammy equivalent), which was held February 4 in Helsinki! The band has sold closer to million albums worldwide. The annual event was televised and can be streamed online in its entirety at the YLE Areena web site. THANK YOU FINLAND!!!

Meanwhile The 69 Eyes will continue their BACK IN BLOOD EUROPEAN TOUR in the next week. They already played 24 shows in 11 countries in the Central Europe last month. "Houses were full and fans were great - see you soon at the summer festivals!"

The second part of the tour will be:

March 01, 2010 SP - Madrid - Caracol
March 02, 2010 SP - Barcelona - Salamandra 1
March 03, 2010 FR - Lyon - Marché Gare
March 05, 2010 FR - Paris - Nouveau Casino
March 06, 2010 BE - Vosselar - Biebob
March 07, 2010 NL - Arnhem - Luxor Live
March 08, 2010 LU - Esch/Alzette - Rockhal
March 09, 2010 UK -  London -  Islington Academy
March 10, 2010 UK - Manchester -  Academy 3
March 11, 2010 UK -  Glasgow -  King Tuts
March 12, 2010 UK - Nottingham -  Rock City

The other bands on the bill will be Mandragora Scream (IT) and from Belgium to Nottingham also Lacrimas Profundere (DE).  In Spain EmbellisH (SP) is also on the bill. The tickets are already available.

And the tour continues:

March 20, 2010 RU - Glav Club -  Moscow
March 21, 2010 RU -  Glav Club -  St.Petersburg

March 27, 2010 FI -  Radio Rock Cruise Helsinki-Tallin - Tallink Silja Baltic Princess
April 1, 2010 FI - Levi -  Hullu Poro
April 2, 2010 FI - Oulu - Club Teatria

April 23, 2010 GR - Thessaloniki -  Block 33
April 24, 2010 GR -  Athens -  Gagarin 205

The 69 Eyes featured in INKED Magazine's February 2010 issue in which Kat Von Dee was a guest editor.

The 69 Eyes will also be featuring in KERRANG! out on the week # 9.

The second single from the new 69 Eyes album is "Dead N' Gone". The band shot a video for it with Bam Margera directing in San Francisco on the weekend before their US tour in October 2009. "This is the coolest video we're ever done, San Francisco is such an amazing background for it!" says Jyrki. The video also features Good Charlotte's Benji Madden who also contributed backing vocals on the song. See the video here!

The 69 Eyes were on a 5-week & 23-show tour in the North America in October and early November. During the tour singer Jyrki 69 was as a guest on both FOX NEWS TV channel's "Red Eye with Greg Gutfield" and CNN's "BackStory". Click the links to see the interviews. The band also performed live for Fearless TV in New York City their songs "Lost Boys" and "Dead N' Gone" which were aired on November on FOX- see them here!

The 69 Eyes are also on SAW VI soundtrack with the song "We Own The Night" (from "Back In Blood").

The 69 Eyes' new album "Back In Blood" was released Sept.15th in the US. It landed straight at number 14 on the US Top New Artist Albums! The album came out Europe a couple of weeks earlier landing straight at number 3 on the Finnish and number 32 on the German album charts! Thank YOU fans!

The 69 Eyes and Nuclear Blast's 69 Eyes Tattoo Competion has ended! After MORE THAN 130 submissions legendary tattoo icon KAT VON D (L.A. Ink) picked her TOP 5 and the final winner. Congrats and FANGS for all! See the AMAZING tattoo gallery here!

"Back In Blood" has already got VERY successful reviews in the biggest European rock magazines:

Soundcheck:
ZILLO D # 2
SONIC SEDUCER D # 2
METAL HAMMER D # 5
ORKUS D - Act Of The Month

Reviews:
4 / 5 KERRANG UK
8 / 10 METAL HAMMER UK
9 / 10 GOTHIC D
9 / 10 ORKUS D
9 / 10 POWERMETAL.de
8 / 10 ROCK HARD D
8 / 12 HEAVY MAG D
5 / 7 METAL HAMMER D
5 / 7 METALNEWS.de D
7 / 9 ROCKCITY NEWS D
7,5 / 10 ROCK IT D
3 / 4 BRAVO D
85 / 100 AARDSCHOK NL
4,5 / 6 SPARK CZ
4,5 / 5 METAL HAMMER PL
7 / 10 Close Up SWE
4 / 5 SOUNDI FI

The album is produced by American, Grammy awarded producer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Monster Magnet). The album was recorded in Los Angeles, USA during the spring. "This record rocks ten times harder than anything The 69 Eyes have previously done!" says the producer. "It's like when Rick Rubin helped The Cult discover themselves on ‘Electric' - we made a similar spiritual journey with Matt," continues the vocalist Jyrki69.

The track listing:

THE 69 EYES:"BACK IN BLOOD"

1. Back In Blood
2. We Own The Night
3. Dead N' Gone
4. The Good, The Bad & The Undead
5. Kiss Me Undead
6. Lips Of Blood
7. Dead Girls Are Easy
8. Night Watch
9. Some Kind Of Magick
10. Hunger
11. Suspiria Snow White
12. Eternal

Like the song titles refer, the album is heavily influenced by horror movies and when it comes to the Helsinki Vampires, as the band is also called, naturally by the realm of the undead. "Goth'n'Roll, Vampire Rock, it's all the same - on this album blood is the new black!" the singer puts it.

The album cover art is designed by the world famous LA based artist Estevan Oriol and his SA Studio. This gives the final touch for the album - back in blood.

The first single cut will be the hard & dark rocking "Dead Girls Are Easy" of which the band shot a video with Bam Margera as a director. The MTV skate superstar has earlier directed the band's classic video of their anthem "Lost Boys".

The worldwide premiere of their new video was on  PLAYBOY.COM! The partnership with Playboy.com for the worldwide premiere is the most perfect union for The 69 Eyes' sexy vision. The video made its official debut on Friday, July 17, 2009 at http://www.playboy.com/69

The 69 Eyes has also teamed with the new international teams to get the best possible forces behind the album: Nuclear Blast Records is the new label representing the Helsinki Vampires in Mainland Europe, UK and Ireland and The End Records in North America. EMI Finland is still the main bell tower in Helsinki and operates with all the new partners as well as with the EMI affiliates in Latin America and South East Asia.

"Back In Blood" is a stunning new chapter in the career of the Goth'n'Roll over-lords. This is the album they've been planning all their lives. And this is the album the world has been waiting from them. Back in blood: The 69 Eyes.

 Follow "The Making Of..." clips from the band's own YouTube channel!

Helsinkiläinen 69 Eyes julkaisi uuden odotetun albuminsa "Back In Blood" elokuun 26. päivä. Albumi nousi suoraan Suomen listalla ensimmäisellä viikollaan sijalle 3! Saksan listalla levy nousi suoraan sijalle 32!

"Back In Blood" on saanut erinomaisen vastaanoton musiikkilehdistössä - mm. Saksan johtava goottirock-lehti Orkus valitsi sen kuukauden levyksi, englantilainen KERRANG! 4/5 ja kotoinen Soundi samoin 4/5!

Uusi levy esittelee bändin entistä rokimpana ja iskevämpänä. Bändi äänitti uuden albuminsa amerikkalaisen Grammy-palkitun tuottaja Matt Hyden johdolla. Hyden aiemmat tuotannolliset meriitit Slayeristä Monster Magnetiin vakuuttivat bändin siinä määrin, että levytyssessio siirrettiin suoraan Los Angelesiin kalifornialaistuottajan studiolle.

"Tämä levy rokkaa kymmenkertaisesti verrattuna mihinkään mitä he ovat aiemmin tehneet!" tuottaja sanoo. "Oli taas aika mennä eteenpäin ja uusiutua - Matt toi rankkuuden kehiin, jonka LA äänitysympäristönä vahvisti," laulaja Jyrki Linnankivi jatkaa. "Tämä on se levy, jota meiltä on aina odotettu. Nyt se on valmis."

THE 69 EYES:"BACK IN BLOOD"

1. Back In Blood
2. We Own The Night
3. Dead N' Gone
4. The Good, The Bad & The Undead
5. Kiss Me Undead
6. Lips Of Blood
7. Dead Girls Are Easy
8. Night Watch
9. Some Kind Of Magick
10. Hunger
11. Suspiria Snow White
12. Eternal

Kuten jo kappaleiden nimistäkin voi päätellä, sijoittuu levy keskiyön paremmalle puolelle vampyyrien valtakuntaan. "Jossain taas kysyttiin mitkä ovat bändin vaikuttimet, ja vastasin että Elvis ja Dracula. Siinä on myös hyvä viitekehys koko levylle!" sanoo myös teksteistä vastaava Linnankivi.

Levyn kansitaiteesta vastaa losangelesilainen huippuvalokuvaaja Estevan Oriol, joka on tehnyt kansia aiemmin mm. Cypress Hillille ja Snoop Doggille.

Ensimmäinen single levyltä on "Dead Girls Are Easy", jonka videosta vastaa MTV-tähti Bam Margera. Hän ohjasi myös levyn toisen singlelohkaisun "Dead N' Gone" -videon, jossa vierailee Good Charlotte-yhtyeen Benji Madden. Molemmat videot on kuvattiin Yhdysvalloissa.

Bändin levy-yhtiökattaus on myös uusittu ja hiottu huippuunsa: Nuclear Blast Euroopassa ja The End Records Amerikassa. Varsinainen Pääkalloluola sijaitsee edelleen EMI Finlandin tiloissa Helsingissä.

Kesäkuussa 2009 69 Eyes soitti Download-festivaaleilla Englannissa, The Rock-festivaaleilla Saksassa sekä kiersi ensimmäistä kertaa Australiassa, jossa olivat bändin viime vuoden juhannuskeikat. Heinäkuussa 69 Eyes esiintyi myös englantilaisen KERRANG! -lehden sponsoroimalla keikalla Lontoossa. Loka-marraskuussa 69 Eyes kiersi viisi viikkoa Pohjois-Amerikassa ja sitten loppuvuoden Suomessa. Vuosikymmenen viimeiset keikat olivat Tavastia-klubin Helldone-festivaaleilla.

69 Eyes palkittiin vuosittaisessa EMMA GAALAssa helmikuussa VIENTI-EMMAlla!!! Syvä kumarrus ja kiitos!!!

Uusi 69-vuosikymmen on alkanut pitkällä Euroopan kiertueella, keväällä on myös vielä kaksi keikkaa Suomessa:

27.3.  Radio Rock Cruise Helsinki-Tallin - Tallink Silja Baltic Princess
1.4.  Levi  - Hullu Poro
2.4. Oulu - Club Teatria

Long Cold Winter...