{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Short description|Finnish metal band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Misterer | image = Misterer-Nosturi-11102019.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = Misterer performing in 2019 | origin = Helsinki, Finland | genre = Thrash metal, groove metal | years_active = {{start date|2017}}–present | label = Three Chords Music | current_members = {{unbulleted list|Mikko Herranen|Juhani Flinck|Timo Hänninen|Beavis}} | website = {{url|www.misterer.rocks}} }}
'''Misterer''' is a Finnish thrash/groove metal<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jerman |first=Peter |date=23 December 2020 |title=REVIEW: Misterer – Under Attack |url=https://tuonelamagazine.com/review-misterer-under-attack/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |website=Tuonela Magazine}}</ref> band from Helsinki.
== Biography == Misterer was founded by multi-instrumentalist, singer and producer Mikko Herranen in Helsinki in the fall 2017. Herranen (RUST, Velcra, Mauron Maiden) is joined by Juhani Flinck (Dead Shape Figure, Hope) on guitar, Timo Hänninen (Iiwanajulma, Cro Loner, Velcra) on guitar and Beavis (Of All Times) on bass.<ref name="Article on Kaaoszine">{{cite web | title=Mikko Herrasen Misterer kääntää ajatukset vanhoihin hyviin aikoihin|date=26 March 2019 |url=https://www.inferno.fi/uutiset/mikko-herrasen-misterer-kaantaa-ajatukset-vanhoihin-hyviin-aikoihin-esikoislevy-ulos-huhtikuussa/}}</ref>
Misterer's first single and a music video for ''Backrage'' was released worldwide in March 2018. The second single ''Disconnected'' followed in May. Released in August 2018, their third single ''Perkelation'' tells a tragicomic story on how the Finns get hammered every weekend and occasionally express their feelings in a drunken brawl in queue for the grill or a taxi.<ref name="Article on Imperiumi">{{cite web | title=Mikko Herrasen Misterer vääntää vanhan liiton thrashmetallia.|url=https://www.impe.fi/articles/1/2513/}}</ref>
Misterer releases its debut album ''Ignoramus'' on digital download and streaming services and as a CD and a cassette on 24 April 2019.<ref name="Ignoramus/Kaaoszine">{{cite web | title=Mikko Herrasen Misterer julkaisee debyyttialbuminsa "Ignoramus" huhtikuussa|date=25 March 2019 |url=https://kaaoszine.fi/mikko-herrasen-misterer-julkaisee-debyyttialbuminsa-ignoramus-huhtikuussa/}}</ref>
On 18 December 2020, Misterer released their second full-length album ''Under Attack''. The first two singles ''We Kill'' and ''Totalitarian'' featured guest musicians Samy Elbanna and MC Raaka Pee respectively. Other guests on Under Attack include Marko Hietala, Matias Kupiainen, Petri Lindroos, Ben Varon and Niki Jurmu.<ref name="Under Attack/metal-archives.com">{{cite web | title=Misterer Discography|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Misterer/Under_Attack/908282/}}</ref> The album has been reviewed to feature ''interesting turns and dynamics that change the soundscape'' as well as ''groove with thrash and industrial elements''.<ref name="Album review by Tuonela Magazine">{{cite web | title=Under Attack review|date=23 December 2020 |url=http://tuonelamagazine.com/review-misterer-under-attack/}}</ref>
== Members == * Mikko Herranen – lead vocals, drums * Juhani Flinck – guitars, backing vocals * Timo Hänninen – guitars, backing vocals * Beavis – bass, backing vocals
== Discography == '''Singles''' * Backrage (March 2018) * Disconnected (May 2018) * Perkelation (August 2018) * I Am a God (April 2019) * Money (September 2019) * Perkelation (August 2018) * We Kill (October 2020) * Totalitarian (November 2020)
'''EPs''' * Fierce Retaliation (February 2020)
'''Albums''' * Ignoramus (April 2018) * Under Attack (December 2020)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.misterer.rocks/ Official website]
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