Letters in The Dark

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.