ArtistInfo

Ravage Machinery

*2004
Rock

Ravage Machinery was born in autumn 2004, when Rauli Alaruikka formed the band Replicators, which played only cover material from artists like Godsmack, Drowning Pool, Slipknot etc. The first performance of Ravage Machinery was in January 2006 at Rovaniemi, in the venue Pub Kellari. Ravage Machinery was warming up the bands Maple Cross and Diamanthia. The rest of the year had a few drastic changes, and therefore Ravage Machinery moved to a new training facility, and decided to throw away all current songs in order to start anew. In March 2007, Ravage Machinery was warming up Maple Cross again in two consecutive shows, after which Ravage Machinery got more recognition in its home city, Rovaniemi. Ravage Machinery released its first demo in 2007, which is the only release that contains the very original Ravage Machinery line-up. In 2008, Ville Kantola decided to quit the band because of the compulsory Finnish military service. Shortly after, Joonas Rissanen (ex-Forbituary, ex-Primal Hatred, Maggotworks, Suicide Symbiosis, Kruor) replaced him as the drummer. The rest of the year went on by performing around Rovaniemi and Oulu, entering a couple of band contests and earning a final slot in both of them. In July 2009, Ravage Machinery released its second demo, "Reigning Disease", which generally got better reviews than the previous release. Before the release of the new demo, Ravage Machinery had a few gigs, warming up for example Rotten Sound. After the summer 2009, Joonas Rissanen left the band, and was replaced by Jani Suopajärvi (Sethery, Absessi, Sub-Humanus). In autumn of the same year, Ravage Machinery released its first music video of the title track of the demo "Reigning Disease". In 2010, the band had few but important performances, warming up acts like Profane Omen and Zero Nine. In summer 2010, Ravage Machinery got its greatest achievement by becoming part of the Nummirock roster, which was awarded to the band after entering the Nummirock Demosetä-band contest.