RYLOS

In 2013 Minutian-vocalist Mikko Heino started to recall his childhood and youth. Years with the music of Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, WASP and Helloween rolling in his head repeadetly. As Mikko looked back he realized that he was yearning for that kind of music also with his role as a vocalist. In the beginning of 2000, while living in Jyväskylä, Mikko was building up a proggressive rock band, calling themselves ”Rylot”, which is kind of word-trick in finnish. Rylot means a bunch of rylos. ”Rylo” means nothing, but as pronounced the word ”rylo” sounds like finnsh word ”railo”, which means rift. As Mikko moved away from Jyväskylä, ”Rylot” continued as band called Leverage. Rylos felt natural name for Heino´s new, 80´s and 90´s rock music hailing band. At this moment Mikko had no idea how many rifts he have to pass with this band. Almost simultaneously with the name, visual side of Rylos appeared. The youth controlled by Hard Rock had strong presence of 8-bit consoles with platform games. From the world of game aroused carrot-figure Ned the Carrot, to play role in cover art.



by the courtesy of INVERSE RECORDS