Lordiversity
Lordiversity is a box set by the Finnish hard rock band Lordi. The box set contains their eleventh to seventeenth studio albums: "Skelectric Dinosaur", "Superflytrap", "The Masterbeast from the Moon", "Abusement Park", "Humanimals", "Abracadaver" and "Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular". It is a follow-up to the band's previous release "Killection". The box set was released on CD and vinyl formats on 26 November 2021 via AFM Records. The albums were published on digital platforms separately from November 2021 to February 2022. Production. After the COVID-19 pandemic had postponed their tour in support of "Killection", the band decided to use  the extra time to start working on more material to release a week after the postponement. Mr Lordi stated: "It was clear that it is the time to start planning the new album, even though "Killection" was released not even two months before. I was thinking that the most boring thing we could do after "Killection", is to do another basic Lordi album. And I was very much enjoying the different styles of song writing, recording and production on "Killection", but another boring idea would have been to do a part two." On 6 April 2021, it was announced that  Lordi would be releasing no less than seven studio albums in October 2021. In the statement regarding the albums, the band said: "The albums will sound all different from each other, they're all in different styles and fictional eras in the "Killection" timeline. Five of the seven albums are already done, by the way, and number six is well on the way." Mr Lordi originally wanted to do ten albums for the boxset, but the label told him that it was too much and that seven albums were fine. On 19 August 2021, the band had released their single , "Believe Me", and had at the same time announced "Lordiversity". The second single, "Abracadaver", was released on 24 September 2021. The third single "Borderline", was released on 22 October 2021, along with a music video. On 24 November 2021, the fourth single "Merry Blah Blah Blah" was released. On 17 December 2021, the fifth single "Demon Supreme" was released. On 7 January 2022, the sixth single "Day Off of the Devil" was released. Composition. Influences, style and themes. For "Skelectric Dinosaur", the band used the influences of early Kiss and Alice Cooper. "Superflytrap" is inspired by the bands Earth, Wind  & Fire, Boney M. and Bee Gees. On "The Masterbeast from the Moon", the band was influenced by Rush and Pink Floyd. Set on a fictional timeline of 1983 and 1984, "Abusement Park" has a classic heavy metal sound influenced by W.A.S.P., Twisted Sister, Kiss, and Scorpions, and includes a Christmas-themed single, the aforementioned "Merry Blah Blah Blah". The AOR influenced sound in "Humanimals" is influenced by Bon Jovi, Desmond Child and Alice Cooper. Set on a fictional timeline for 1991, "Abracadaver" is inspired by Anthrax, Metallica, and Pantera. The last record from 1995, "Spooky Sextravaganza Spectacular", is machine-made . The fictional release years for the various albums are as followed: 1975, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1989, 1991 and 1995. Personnel. Credits for "Lordiversity" adapted from liner notes. Lordi Additional personnel Backing vocals Children vocals Production