Biography

Operating under the flag of modern metal, the Finnish band What Awaits Us is ready to test the limits of this genre by bringing together a unique musical blend. The band's music combines melancholic melodies with hard hitting guitar riffs while taking elements from metalcore and melodic deathcore sub-genres. In 2014 the band released their self-produced debut album "Awake" via Sliptrick Records which gained praises both from critics and listeners. An EP named "Anomaly" followed this up in 2018 introducing a more technical, faster and brutal side of the band's music. What Awaits Us has delivered its energetic live shows to many venues in Finland and toured the Baltics warming up the British deathcore act Black Tongue during their tour in 2016. 2021 was the beginning of a new era and the band has actively worked on new material and pushed out new releases. In August the band hit the audience with a self-produced and completely re-recorded version of the song "Ascend", which received a very warm reception from fans and critics alike. Soon after, in October and followed right after in December, two successive brand new tracks called "Remedy" and "Borderline", mixed and mastered by Buster Odeholm (Odeholm Audio / Vildhjarta / Humanity's Last Breath), saw the light of the day. What Awaits Us is: Aleksi Kiianlehto (Vocals), Olli Korpela (Guitars & backing vocals), Miika Pouttu (Guitars), Eetu Mellin (Drums)