Track By Tracks: Post-Pulse - Lupaus (2026)
Introduction
Sam Roon (Bass): Who gives a fuck about some Finnish metal band they’ve never heard of? There’s so much great music in the world today, and Post Pulse is one of millions fighting to invade your ear-holes for a brief moment in time. All you want to do is listen to something that sounds great.
Why should you care about Post Pulse?
We’ve had the same lineup since day 1, and we’ve put the work in to create our sound. You may love it or hate it, but it’s done well enough for you to experience Post Pulse the way we intend.
We don’t sound like anyone else. You may hear an influence from a metal band here, a rock band there, or even some electronic group sprinkled in somewhere- but the overall sound of Post Pulse is unlike anything you’ve heard before.
We genuinely care what people think of our music. (OMG! Did he just say that out loud???) That’s right. There are a million bands in the world that say they don’t care what people think of their music. Unfortunately, that lack of caring comes across in their music. Post Pulse doesn’t write music for anyone other than ourselves, but we still care very much about the opinions of people who might enjoy our art as much as we do.
I gave you three good reasons to give Post Pulse a chance. I challenge you to listen to three minutes of Post Pulse, then DM us on Instagram to tell us your honest opinion.
Not sure where to start? Our Drummer, Anttoni, has written a track-by-track overview of the songs on our new album, Lupaus. Give this a quick read, and let us know what song you decide to try first.
1. Not My War:
On our previous album, ‘Return to the Halls’, we had an intro track. This time, we get straight to business with the opening track ‘Not My War’.
Not My War has familiar Post Pulse-signature tricks, like switching time signatures while still punching. What makes it fresh is layers of melodies which come from the programmed synths and clean singing by our vocalist, Tapani (Rantanen).
Not My War is a heavy song with catchy tunes and grooves. It is not only the first song of the album, but Antti (Karhu) wrote the demo for it before we started this band 11 years ago!
2. Lupaus:
The first and only song in our native language! Our guitarist Antti came up with the idea of doing this song in Finnish, and we immediately nodded our heads, giving him the green light.
Lupaus captures the mood of the album: a space that grows tighter moment by moment, desperate actions, fear, arrogance, dominance, addictions, and ultimately, death.
Musically, we wanted to grow Lupaus from the first hit to the very last chord. I had the opportunity to do some crazy drumming in the middle part of the song. Generally speaking, I think I never felt this free playing the drums on a record, and I am very happy with the outcome. Juhis Kauppinen made some dark sorcery with the mix, and it punches!
3. Incredible Creatures:
Incredible Creatures was the first song we wrote while working on ‘Lupaus’. A week before we entered the studio, we demolished most of the song and re-wrote it!
I got a lot of anxiety about restructuring Incredible Creatures, but I trust my bandmates, and I kept my mind open. Now that it’s done, I’m really happy that I trusted the hunch the other guys in the band had.
Incredible Creatures is a very heavy track, and maybe the most ‘meta’ song of the album. Tapani delivered some raw and sick vocal lines- I’ve never heard him do screams like in the verses on this track, even though we have been operating this band for over 10 years.
4. A Strategy of Peace:
A Strategy of Peace is an instrumental track with John F. Kennedy’s speech, ‘A Strategy of Peace’ as the focal point. The song has one riff, one melody, one beat, and it grows huge by the end (with a guitar solo!). A Strategy of Peace closes the “side-A” of the album.
A Strategy of Peace is a very emotional piece of music that fits the mood if you want to sit in the corner of a dark room, or have a morning coffee outside while the sun is out. But that’s what we want in this life: peace.
5. The Hole:
This is the song where the album originally started. After ‘Return to the Halls’, our main songwriter, Antti, had writer's block. He broke out of it when he got inspired to compose an over 20-minute-long song.
For Post Pulse, not having compromises in songwriting and expressing ourselves through music is our way. And with The Hole, we didn’t want to rush into pattern after pattern, but carefully and naturally progress into the next part.
What can you expect from a 22-minute-long song?
Changing odd time signatures?
Super technical patterns?
Sounds of whale farts? (Spoiler alert: “no”.)
The Hole is a journey. It’s a story. We all fall into a hole, but not everyone rises up from its darkness.
Summary:
(Sam, the bassist back again for the summary.) Damn Anttoni! Way to bring it down!
He’s kind of right, though- the album expresses many emotions. Sometimes, emotions are dark, depressing, and even agonizing. That’s certainly not the theme of the whole album, but it is a part of how we tell the story.
Fair warning: you will feel The Hole if you have the time to listen to it front-to-back. That song has received the most positive feedback so far, which I didn’t expect. (What do I know? I’m just a bass player…)
Lupaus is an album we’re proud of. It’s not a recording of a bunch of songs we threw together, but a cohesive body of work with purpose and conviction.
We are real people making real music for the real world. We made this album for all of us, and we hope you enjoy it.
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