{{Infobox album | name = Amortem | type = Album | artist = Ruoska | cover = Amortem_sticker.jpg | alt = | released = 14 June 2006 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Industrial metal | length = 44:00 | label = EMI | producer = Tero-Pekka Virtanen | prev_title = Radium | prev_year = 2005 | next_title = Rabies | next_year = 2008 }} '''Amortem''' is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's fourth album; it was released on 14 June 2006.
==Track listing== {{expand section|songwriters|date=October 2017}} #"Intro" – 1.55 #"Amortem" – 5.02 #"Pure minua" – 4.09 <small>('Bite Me')</small> #"Taivas palaa" – 4.21 <small>('The Sky is Burning')</small> #"Järvet jäihin jää" – 4.45 <small>('The Lakes Remain Frozen')</small> #"Sika" – 3.44 <small>('Pig')</small> #"Viiden tähden helvetti" – 3.27 <small>('Five-star Hell')</small> #"Mies yli laidan" – 3.32 <small>('Man Overboard')</small> #"Tuonen orjat" – 4.21 <small>('Slaves of the Death')</small> #"Alasin" – 4.23 <small>('Anvil')</small> #"Kesä tulla saa" – 4.23 <small>('Summer may Come')</small><ref>[http://www.findance.com/arvostelut.php?id=2467 Amortem at Findance.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711003021/http://www.findance.com/arvostelut.php?id=2467 |date=July 11, 2011 }}</ref>
== Personnel ==
*Patrik Mennander – vocals *Anssi Auvinen – guitar *Kai Ahvenranta – guitar *Mika Kamppi – bass *Sami Karppinen – drums
==Singles== "Mies yli laidan" is the first single, it reached number ten on Finnish Singles Charts,<ref name="Charts-Mies">{{cite web |title=Ruoska - Mies yli laidan |url=https://ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/ruoska/kappale/mies-yli-laidan/ |website=Musiikkituottajat |access-date=27 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623095432/https://ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/ruoska/kappale/mies-yli-laidan/ |archive-date=23 June 2025 |language=Finnish |url-status=live}}</ref> "Pure minua" is the second single, "Alasin" is the third single. ''{{ill|Findance.com|fi|Findance.com}}'' gave "Mies yli laidan" and "Alasin" a ratings of seven out of ten and "Pure minua" a rating of eight out of ten.<ref name="Findance.com1">{{cite web |last1=Niemelä |first1=Antti |title=Ruoska: Mies yli laidan (EMI) |url=http://www.findance.com/arvostelut/2352/ruoska-mies-yli-laidan |website={{ill|Findance.com|fi|Findance.com}} |access-date=26 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606020348/http://www.findance.com/arvostelut/2352/ruoska-mies-yli-laidan |archive-date=6 June 2008 |language=Finnish |date=6 April 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Findance.com2">{{cite web |last1=Niemelä |first1=Antti |title=Ruoska: Alasin (EMI) |url=http://www.findance.com/arvostelut/2741/ruoska-alasin |website={{ill|Findance.com|fi|Findance.com}} |access-date=26 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606020409/http://www.findance.com/arvostelut/2741/ruoska-alasin |archive-date=6 June 2008 |language=Finnish |date=9 October 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Findance.com3">{{cite web |last1=Niemelä |first1=Antti |title=Ruoska: Pure minua (EMI) |url=http://www.findance.com/arvostelut/2583/ruoska-pure-minua |website={{ill|Findance.com|fi|Findance.com}} |access-date=26 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080606020358/http://www.findance.com/arvostelut/2583/ruoska-pure-minua |archive-date=6 June 2008 |language=Finnish |date=31 July 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Music videos== These are the songs from this album that were made into a music video: *Mies yli laidan *Alasin
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080113104353/http://www.ruiskukka.org/maej/ruoska/ English fansite]
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Category:Ruoska albums Category:2006 albums