Finnish melodic death metal band Defiled Serenity released a stunning cover of Rihanna’s ‘Unfaithful’

Finnish melodic death metal band Defiled Serenity is set to release their long-awaited debut album Within the Slumber of the Mind on February 21st 2025 via Inverse Records. The third single is Rihanna cover ‘Unfaithful‘ and this track also features Karisma on vocals. 

WATCH Unfaithful video: https://youtu.be/gdX5VsLCrVM 

Vocalist Paavo Laapotti comments: 

”I’ve always loved making cover songs and especially when you do a metal cover of a pop song. I heard this song when I was younger and the melody got stuck in my head. This song is very suitable as a melodeath cover and I got the vision for it pretty quickly. We also got a very talented singer Sonja Lindberg to do a feature for this track. I met her while filming The Voice Of Finland program. She did an excellent job and I really like her unique sound a lot.”

LISTEN to ‘Unfaithful” on streaming services: https://push.fm/fl/defiled-serenity-unfaithful 

Defiled Serenity is a melodic death metal band from Loimaa, Finland. It was founded by the vocalist and Before The Dawn frontman Paavo Laapotti in 2021. The band’s music is for the fans of old In Flames, Amorphis, Amon Amarth, Dark Tranquillity etc. Their sound relies heavily on the 90’s melodeath sound, but with modern twists. The songs are filled with low growls, chunky guitars, beautiful melodies and tight rhythm sections.

They released their first stand-alone single ”Voices from the Void” in 2022 and it has reached over 25,000 streams on Spotify alone. Since then, the band has been writing new material and now it’s time to unleash their long-awaited debut album!

Defiled Serenity CD/VINYL/MERCH Pre-Orders from HERE 

Track list:
1. Alkutaival (feat. Juha Tapio) 
2. Voices from the Void
3. Exiled to Infinity
4. Death
5. Mortal
6. Within the Slumber of the Mind
7. Through the Chaos
8. Your Worst Enemy
9. Tears of Black
10. Unfaithful (Rihanna cover) (feat. Karisma)

• Recorded & mixed by Lauri Seppälä
• Mastered by Juho Räihä / SoundSpiral Audio

Album cover by Nikos Stavridakis / VisionBlack

Line-up:
Paavo Laapotti – Vocals 
Jarkko Mäkelä – Lead guitar 
Lauri Seppälä – Rhythm Guitar 
Mikko Sormunen – Bass 
Arttu Airo – Drums