Lordi have shared a new track called “Retropolis.” That track will appear on their new album “Limited Deadition,” which is set to be released on March 21. Mr. Lordi commented:
“This title nearly became the name of the album as it would pretty much sum up the context of the album: Musically it’s all built around this main riff which was written by our guitar player Kone. It’s very ‘happy’ sounding and has an almost U.D.O.’s ‘Faceless World’ album style to it. I was thinking of how to best build a vocal line around it, without making it sound totally cliché. This would be the main riff, so the song kind of wrote itself.
Lyric-wise, it’s painting a picture of an ’80s feeling that shows like ‘Knight Rider’, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ or ‘Masters Of The Universe’ brought on. It’s a very visually inspired song, bringing back the cover art of Iron Maiden’s ‘Somewhere In Time’ in my brain. It doesn’t really tell a story, it just gives off an overall ’80s post-apocalyptic vision in a way. That being said, I really miss those days. Everything was better back then… everything was better in neon lights!”