Biography
Rioghan is a fresh breeze to progressive metal scene from Finland. The band consists of singer Rioghan Darcy, multi-instrumentalist Teemu Liekkala (Red Eleven), guitarist Tero Luukkonen (Red Eleven) and bassist Antti Varjanne (Joviac, Time Primer) and drummer Valtteri Revonkorpi (Leverage).
Their debut album ‘Different Kinds Of Losses’ was made in collaboration with Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous) and Teemu Koskela (ex-Celesty), and it was rolled out during 2022. The singles got airtime in Finland and also internationally, and after the album release in December, Rioghan’s monthly listeners on Spotify peaked at 40 000. The songs also got into multiple Spotify editorial playlists.
Live-line up was established at the time of the album release, and Rioghan has set their live performance debut to 15th November at On The Rocks Helsinki. New demos are also in the making, and they have already started to piece a new album together, to be released by end 2024. In wait for the new album, a new EP Covers III was released in December 2023.
Rioghan started out as a solo project by singer and poetess Rioghan Darcy, based in Lapua, Finland. After years of writing poetry and lyrics, Rioghan was founded in 2019 with an intention to fleshen up some of her words with music. After a while, it grew into a trio with Teemu Liekkala (guitars, bass, keys, production) and Valtteri Revonkorpi (drums) added as permanent stars for the band. Rooted deeply in both gothic and progressive metal scenes, we sure should bring something interesting on the table.
Their debut album ‘Different Kinds Of Losses’ was made in collaboration with Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous) and Teemu Koskela (ex-Celesty), and it was rolled out during 2022. The singles got airtime in Finland and also internationally, and after the album release in December, Rioghan’s monthly listeners on Spotify peaked at 40 000. The songs also got into multiple Spotify editorial playlists.
Live-line up was established at the time of the album release, and Rioghan has set their live performance debut to 15th November at On The Rocks Helsinki. New demos are also in the making, and they have already started to piece a new album together, to be released by end 2024. In wait for the new album, a new EP Covers III was released in December 2023.
Rioghan started out as a solo project by singer and poetess Rioghan Darcy, based in Lapua, Finland. After years of writing poetry and lyrics, Rioghan was founded in 2019 with an intention to fleshen up some of her words with music. After a while, it grew into a trio with Teemu Liekkala (guitars, bass, keys, production) and Valtteri Revonkorpi (drums) added as permanent stars for the band. Rooted deeply in both gothic and progressive metal scenes, we sure should bring something interesting on the table.