Frontman Tuomas Saukkonen says about "Skull Soldiers": "I wanted the first single to be as heavy and crushing as possible in our standards so it would reflect the theme in the best possible way. The lyrics also are heavily connected to the Skull Soldiers themselves, and Petro from Ukrainian band Wolfanger provided awesome guest vocals in his native language, adding another level to the brutality."
Saukkonen about the EP's concept: "I did a lot of research about the Winter War for the Wolves of Karelia album, but after the album was out, a few reporters gave me some additional details during the interview cycle and it turns out I managed to miss some really cool hidden gems. One of them was a small "elite group", or "Winter War special unit", who called themselves Skull Soldiers - ninja level soldiers who painted skulls and skeletons on their helmets. I really felt that I had to write some kind of a sequel for Wolves of Karelia, and since lockdown brought a lot of free time, we decided to make an EP while waiting for the world to open up again for touring."
Track listing as follows:
SIDE A
01. Skull Soldiers
02. Hereditary
SIDE B
01. Aeon Of Cold (acoustic)
02. Reaper (live)
SIDE A
01. Skull Soldiers
02. Hereditary
SIDE B
01. Aeon Of Cold (acoustic)
02. Reaper (live)
