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Rise is the 10th album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus. It is their first album after five years of inactivity, and is a continuation of their previous album Dark Matters (2017).

2022 release. Rise is the 10th album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus. It is their first album after five years of inactivity, and is a continuation of their previous album Dark Matters (2017).

Melancholia never sounded as sweet as the dance-able beats of Dark Matters, the newest offering from Finland’s The Rasmus the collection blends paradise and Pop, darkness and dance. Finnish rockers The Rasmus originally formed in 1994 in Helsinki while still in high school. Over the next eighteen years, the boys would release eight studio albums from 1996’s Peep to 2012’s The Rasmus with album sales totaling more than 2.3 million units worldwide. Furthermore, 2003’s Dead Letters would prove a break-out international hit for the band especially here in the U.S. thanks, in part, to the single “In The Shadows.” The album made the Top 10 in ten countries, and reached No. 1 in Germany, Austria, and at home in Finland. A favorite across the globe beloved for their unique brand of Nordic melancholia The Rasmus have won numerous awards across the span of their career, and have a proudly die-hard international fan-base.

The Rasmus is the eighth, self-titled studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus, which was released in Finland on 18 April 2012. The album received two EMMA (Finnish Grammy) awards for "Best Album Cover" & "Best Music Video (I’m a Mess)". After Lauri Ylönen finished touring for his debut solo album, the band entered the studio in the summer of 2011 to begin writing and recording their eighth studio album. On February 25, 2012 The Rasmus debuted the lead single "I'm a Mess" at the finals of UMK in Finland. The song was released on March 5, 2012. In February the band announced that the upcoming album would be self-titled, and would be released on April 18. 'The Rasmus' is set to be re-issued in Autumn 2012, featuring a new track titled 'Mysteria', which will also be released as a single.

Hell of a Tester (sometimes written Hellofatester) is the third studio album by The Rasmus, then called Rasmus. It was released in 1998 by Warner Music and received Gold status in Finland. The most popular single was Liquid, which was released in September, getting into the Top 40 on MTV Nordic. It was voted Single of the Year for 1998 by music critics and fans and the video won an award in 1999 at the Finnish Music Video Awards. The booklet and cover art has braille dotting of lyrics from the songs inside and "Hellofatester" on the cover.

Into (English: Enthusiasm) is the fourth studio album by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus (after Peep, Playboys and Hell of a Tester), and the first studio album to be released under the name "The Rasmus". It was originally released on October 29, 2001 by Playground Music. It is the band's first studio album with their new drummer Aki Hakala, who replaced Janne Heiskanen in 1999. The (international only) singles taken from it were "F-F-F-Falling", "Chill", "Madness" and "Heartbreaker/Days". All of these were released in 2001 apart from Heartbreaker/Days, which was released in 2002. For this fact and the name's change, some fans consider this album the first of "The Rasmus". The album has sold double platinum in Finland and was the first album by The Rasmus to be released in other European countries such as France and Spain. They won four EMMAs in 2002 (the Finnish equivalent of Grammys) for Best Group, Best Album, Best Pop/Rock Album and Best Song (for "F-F-F-Falling"). On February 20, 2007, the album (Special Edition) was for the first time released in the United States by the record label DRT Entertainment. It did not contain any extra tracks.

Playboys is the second studio album by Finnish rock band The Rasmus (known as just "Rasmus" back then) which was released on 29 August 1997 on Warner Music Finland. It was certified Gold in Finland, and the single "Blue" also went Gold when it was released in May the same year. The album was not as popular outside their homeland Finland. Besides the band, there were many additional musicians (see below) that appeared on Playboys. This made the album sound very different from regular rock. With the singer Lauri Ylönen's rap vocals, it became more like rapcore.

Peep is the debut album by Finnish alternative rock band The Rasmus (named just "Rasmus" back then), released on 23 September 1996 on Warner Music Finland. They met their first manager and record producer, Teja Kotilainen in 1995 and signed with Warner Music Finland in February 1996. They released their first EP, called 1st, on Teja G. Records, in December 1995, which featured the songs "Frog", "Myself", "Funky Jam" and "Rakkauslaulu". The album was first released in Finland, where it went Gold, and later in Estonia and Russia, and subsequently worldwide.