Where Victims Lie is a five-piece thrash metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland. The band started as a project band in early 2000, when Petosalmi and Hakkola shared their vision to play aggressive thrash metal and soon asked Rahikainen to join them. All of them were strongly influenced by bands like Death, Slayer, At the Gates, Stone, Sepultura and Morbid Angel.
In 2003, soon after composing first songs, they recruited Häkkinen to play drums and decided to record their first demo in the spring. Nils Ursin (then of Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus) agreed to play bass for the demo. The first demo got some very promising feedback and after few successful (sold-out) concerts, band found their final style.
After a promising start, due to overriding priorities with other bands Where Victims Lie was going on hiatus with the status of a project band.
During these years, with constantly growing demand and promising feedback from audience, Where Victims Lie was resurrected to become a full-time band in 2006. Once again Petosalmi and Rahikainen, both having a similar musical background, easily composed new songs and decided to record a new promo. After recruiting Salonen as the new bass player, the new cd saw daylight in the beginning of 2007. The reactivation of WVL led the band to arrange a few live appearances immediately after the release.The success and excitement among the audience was overwhelming!
Line-up:
Teijo Hakkola – vocals (ex-Alghazanth, ex-Sotajumala, ex-Unveiled)
Jarkko Petosalmi – guitar (Timo Rautiainen, Dark Days Ahead, Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus (RIP), Paraxism (RIP), ex-Sacred Crucifix)
Simo Rahikainen – guitar (Atakhama, Soulfallen, Funeris Nocturnum (RIP)
Jukka Salonen – bass (Dark Days Ahead, ex-Count De Nocte, ex-Gloria Morti, ex-Riverside Syndicate, ex-Maiden Hell)
Timo Häkkinen – drums (Sotajumala, ex-Atakhama, Funeris Nocturnum (RIP)
New promo 2007 was recorded and mixed in 4 days at Tonebox Recording Studio in Oulu. The songs were written between 2004-2006 by Petosalmi & Rahikainen. There already was a lot of material to choose from and these songs represent both the melodic and the aggressive nature of Where Victims Lie. Soon after the release it got immediate positive response and reviews and was also chosen as “demo of the month” in the most popular internet zine in Finland, Imperiumi (www.imperiumi.net). Where Victims Lie has just only begun it's aggressive onslaught of neckbreaking, uncompromising thrash metal!
