KYPCK Ground Zero





Photos from Club Orlandina, St. Petersburg added to Gallery. Warm thanks to Nadezhda Vshola.


The music video for the song Stalingrad has been added to GroundZeroTV.


A new video, The Making Of Cherno: Summer Holiday, has been added to the Engine Room. You can also view it at GroundZeroTV.


Photos from Club Tochka, Moscow added to Gallery, courtesy of darkside.ru.


It is now confirmed that KYPCK will play at Club Orlandina in St. Petersburg, Russia, on May 29th, 2009! Details added to Shows.


KYPCK show times at Helldone will be as follows:

December 29th, Club Teatria [Oulu] - 21:25 December 30th, Pakkahuone [Tampere] - 20:15 December 31st, Tavastia [Helsinki] - 22:55


KYPCK has won the "The Heavy" category in Rumba's yearly critics' poll. Rumba is one of the biggest music magazines in Finland.


It has finally been confirmed that KYPCK will play their first-ever Russian concert in January! KYPCK will play a co-headlining show together with Swedish Katatonia at Club Tochka, Moscow, on January 17th, 2009. Details added to Shows.


E. Seppänen will appear in the Finnish TV-show Popkult on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008. The show starts 22:15 on YLE Teema.


Now added to Merchandise - KYPCK Gas Masks.


KYPCK will join HIM and 45 Degree Woman to play the Helldone Festival on December 29th - 31st, 2008. With these three bands the festival goes on the road for the first time in its history and hits three Finnish cities: Oulu, Tampere and Helsinki. Details added to Shows.


Another song from Cherno added to KYPCK Myspace - Chernaya Dyra.


KYPCK's debut album Cherno has been released today in Russia! The album is released by Fono, in co-operation with Century Media. Cherno is the first Russian-singing album made and released by a non-Russian band. Here's another little piece of news for KYPCK's Russian friends: the band's first Russian shows are currently being booked.


KYPCK Merchandise is available again in all sizes at Northern Tribe Home Camp. A new item has also been added - a long-cut ladyfit tank top.


Now launched: KYPCK Doomsday Party. Join the official KYPCK street team and support the band by spreading the word. Click here to read more.


Added to Gallery, live photos from Nummirock and Tuska 2008.


More photos, details and specifications of Lopashnikov have now been added to the Engine Room.


Photos from Sauna Open Air 2008 added to Gallery.


Added to the Engine Room, the first glimpse of S. S. Lopakka's custom baritone guitar, Lopashnikov, made by Amfisound Guitars. A full report and more photos coming soon.


The KYPCK camp is thrilled to announce that Cherno has been licensed to Century Media Records and will be released worldwide in the near future!

European release dates have already been set as follows:
* GERMANY / AUSTRIA / SWITZERLAND / BENELUX: July 18th, 2008. * SPAIN / PORTUGAL: July 22nd, 2008. * SWEDEN / HUNGARY: July 23rd, 2008. * ITALY: August 29th, 2008. * UK / FRANCE / GREECE / DENMARK / NORWAY / REST OF EUROPE: July 21st, 2008. * RUSSIA / BELARUS / UKRAINE: September 3rd, 2008.


A new video, The Making Of Cherno: Lunch Break, has been added to the Engine Room. You can also check the clip out at GroundZeroTV.


KYPCK has been confirmed to play the Kalajoen Juhannus festival, details in Shows. Also, photos from the show in Nosturi added to Gallery.


A couple of new reviews of Cherno online at Sputnikmusic (in English) and Visions Underground (in German).


KYPCK has been confirmed for Tuska 2008 - details in Shows.




The Engine Room updated with links and photos.


All products and all sizes of Merchandise available again at Northern Tribe Home Camp.


Photos from KYPCK's first-ever live show at Club Teatria added to Gallery.


Black T-shirts and girly T-shirts added to Merchandise.


S. S. Lopakka and K. H. M. Hiilesmaa were recently interviewed by Imperiumi (in Finnish) and E. Seppänen by Darkside (in Russian).


Now released - exclusively at Ground Zero: the sing-along lyrics of Cherno! Click here to read the album's Cyrillic Russian lyrics transliterated to the Western alphabet. Link added also to the Music section.


Cherno enters the official Finnish album charts at #11!


KYPCK has been confirmed for Jalometalli 2008, details in Shows.


On live shows the KYPCK crew will be strengthened by Sami Kukkohovi, playing the second guitar.


An interview with E. Seppänen and S. S. Lopakka on Radio X3M's Metalrepubliken. They are interviewed also by Musiikki-TV (YLE TV2) tomorrow, Tuesday March 18th. E. Seppänen was also recently interviewed in Russian by Yle Po-Russki.

In reviews, read Imperiumi's review of Cherno here, and that of Savon Sanomat here.


The video of the song 1917 is now finished. Check it out at GroundZeroTV.


Reviews of Cherno at Kaleva and StalkerMusic (in Finnish).


Recent interviews can be read online at Kaleva and Korroosio. S. S. Lopakka is also interviewed in the latest issue of Rumba (all in Finnish).


Cherno pre-listening party tonight at Oulu's PSK Kaupunni (Uusikatu 24, 90100 Oulu). The whole band will be present. Doors open at 8 PM.


Added to Shows: Nummirock on June 20th, 2008.


E. Seppänen was recently interviewed by The MetalList Webzine (in English). Also, reviews of Cherno at Korroosio and Keskisuomalainen (both in Finnish).


You can now order KYPCK's debut Cherno in advance, and receive it on the release date or very soon after! Details and links in the Music section.


Now available: KYPCK Merchandise.


Now opened in YouTube: GroundZeroTV. For starters you can view a teaser of KYPCK's first video 1917.


KYCPK's K. H. M. Hiilesmaa was recently interviewed by Helsingin Sanomat. Read the interview here (in Finnish).


A KYPCK video interview (in Finnish) is now online at GetInThePit.fi.


Finnish readers can find thorough KYPCK interviews in the latest issues of Inferno and Soundi. Upright, the updated cover of February's Inferno.


The Engine Room is updated with photos of K. H. M. Hiilesmaa's drum set.


KYPCK has been confirmed for Sauna Open Air 2008. The festival takes place in Tampere, Finland, on June 6th - 8th. The exact date and time of KYPCK's show will be announced later.


A gig at Helsinki's Nosturi on March 29th has been added to Shows.


The Engine Room is updated with photos of J. T. Ylä-Rautio's 1-stringed bass, KYPCKLOP.


The cover art of Cherno has been released today, take a look at it in the Music section.


The single 1917 has reached the 1st position in MTV3's Most Downloaded. 1917 is also the song of the week ("Tehobiisi") in the Finnish national radio show X-Ryhmä (YleX).


The first confirmed KYPCK show, at Oulu's Club Teatria on March 22nd, has been added to Shows.


On the right: the February issue of Inferno, the biggest metal magazine
in the Nordic countries. Release date: February 22nd, 2008.


The download-single of the song 1917 has now been released in Finland.
Links in the Music section.


A few more links have been added to the Engine Room link list.


The Engine Room is now updated with photos of KYPCK Lada, currently cruising in Helsinki, Finland.


Two songs from the upcoming album, Stalingrad and Demon, have been uploaded to KYPCK Myspace. Check them out here.


The gates of KYPCK Ground Zero have been opened today at 18:00 Moscow time - you are warmly welcome! Take a look around, browse through the galleries, dive into KYPCK Abyss the official forum, leave a comment in the Red Book, expose yourself to the propaganda section, visit the infamous Engine Room... KYPCK Ground Zero is updated regularly - do keep visiting.