{{Infobox album | name = Riisu | type = Album | artist = Ruoska | cover = Riisu_cover.jpg | alt = | released = 9 September 2003 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Industrial metal<br />Alternative metal | length = 42:17 | label = Kråklund Records | producer = Tuomo Valtonen | prev_title = Kuori | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = Radium | next_year = 2005 }} '''Riisu''' is Finnish industrial metal band Ruoska's second album; it was released on 9 September 2003. There were no music videos for this album.
==Background== In an interview, Patrik Mennander said the name ''Darmstadt'' (which is a city in Germany) and the chorus "Darmstadt - Road to heaven" originates from a dream former band guitarist Kai Ahvenranta had, in which he saw a sign saying "Darmstadt - Road to heaven", which inspired the song. He later remembered seeing the name Darmstadt on the wheels of a vehicle being used while he was working in the timber industry.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.nordische-musik.de/artikel/ruoska.php/ | title = Ruoska » Nordische Musik » Artikel » Finnland | accessdate = 2010-10-10 | publisher = Nordische Musik | archive-date = 2017-03-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170329142004/http://nordische-musik.de/artikel/ruoska.php/ | url-status = dead }}</ref>
==Track listing== #Elon tiellä <small>('On Life's Road')</small> – 3:18 #Puhe <small>('Speech')</small> – 3:57 #Darmstadt – 3:32 #Kuka luopuisi kuolemastaan <small>('Who Would Abandon Death')</small> – 3:41 #Synkät soinnut, rujot riimit <small>('Dark Chords, Ugly Rhymes')</small> – 3:22 #Riisu <small>('Disrobe')</small> – 3:56 #Työmiehen haudalla <small>('On Worker's Grave')</small> – 4:46 #Rauta valittaa <small>('Iron Laments')</small> – 4:00 #Airut <small>('Herald')</small> – 3:50 #Maailmanlopun pyörä <small>('The Wheel of the End of the World')</small> – 2:55 #Piruparka <small>('Poor Sod')</small> – 4:48
==Band members== During the album recording, these were the band members: *Patrik Mennander (vocals) *Anssi Auvinen (guitar) *Kai Ahvenranta (guitar) *Mika Kamppi (bass) *Sami Karppinen (drums)
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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:2003 albums