Amortem is Finnish

Finland

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 industrial metal

Industrial metal

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 band Ruoska

Ruoska

Ruoska is a Finnish metal band from the Juva municipality. Singer Patrik Mennander combines low, growling vocals with conventional singing. Ruoska's music and vocals are often compared to those of the German Industrial Metal band Rammstein. The lyrics are exclusively in Finnish.Before becoming...

's fourth album, and was released on June 14 2006. The meaning of this title is unclear, especially because all of Ruoska

Ruoska

Ruoska is a Finnish metal band from the Juva municipality. Singer Patrik Mennander combines low, growling vocals with conventional singing. Ruoska's music and vocals are often compared to those of the German Industrial Metal band Rammstein. The lyrics are exclusively in Finnish.Before becoming...

's lyrics are in Finnish and "Amortem" does not have any meaning in Finnish

Finnish language

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, but it is probably a combination of both latin

Latin

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 words "Amor

Amor

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" (Love) and "Mortem" (Death).

Track listing

1. "Intro" – 1.55
2. "Amortem" – 5.02
3. "Pure minua
   Pure minua
   Pure minua is the second single from the Ruoska album, Amortem and was released in 2006. In Finnish, "Pure minua" means Bite me.-External links:* *...
   
   " – 4.09 ('Bite Me')
4. "Taivas palaa" – 4.21 ('The Sky is Burning')
5. "Järvet jäihin jää" – 4.45 ('The Lakes Remain Frozen')
6. "Sika" – 3.44 ('Pig')
7. "Viiden tähden helvetti" – 3.27 ('Five-star Hell')
8. "Mies yli laidan
   Mies yli laidan
   Mies yli laidan is the first single from the Ruoska album, Amortem. In Finnish, "Mies yli laidan" means Man overboard.-External links:* *...
   
   " – 3.32 ('Man Overboard')
9. "Tuonen orjat" – 4.21 ('Slaves of Tuoni')
10. "Alasin
    Alasin
    Alasin is the third single from the Ruoska album, Amortem. In Finnish, "Alasin" means Anvil. This single also features the music video for Mies yli laidan.-External links:* *...
    
    " – 4.23 ('Anvil')
11. "Kesä tulla saa" – 4.23 ('Summer may Come')

Personnel

• Patrik Mennander – vocals
  Singing
  Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
  
  
• Anssi Auvinen – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Kai Ahvenranta – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  
• Mika Kamppi – bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Sami Karppinen – drums
  Drum kit
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Music videos

These are the songs from this album that were made into a music video:

• Mies yli laidan
• Alasin