RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE MOST TALENTED GUITARISTS OF HIS GENERATION IN THE HEAVY METAL HEAVEN THAT IS FINLAND, VALOVIRTA HAS STARRED IN NUMEROUS DOMESTICALLY PRAISED BANDS SUCH AS GODSPLAGUE AND DRIVE.

HIS FIRST TASTE OF INTERNATIONAL RENOWN EUGE GOT AS THE GUITARIST OF SUBURBAN TRIBE, BUT THE EASY-GOING BLOKE THAT HE IS, FOR THE LONGEST TIME HE HAS HAPPILY SETTLED INTO HIS ROLE AND GARNERED ACCOLADES AS THE ACE HIRED GUN ON THE ALBUMS OF METAL LUMINARIES LIKE CHILDREN OF BODOM, HEVISAURUS, ENSIFERUM AND OTHERS TOO MANY TO MENTION.

VALOVIRTA FINALLY STARTED TO GET INTERNATIONAL FAME AS THE GUITARIST OF THE SWEDISH MASTERS OF DARKNESS, SHINING, WHERE HE WORKED ALONGSIDE WITH NIKLAS KVARFORTH AS SONG-WRITING PARTNERS BETWEEN 2010-2017.

NOWADAYS HE IS MANNING THE LEAD GUITAR OF SWEDISH MELODIC METAL BAND CYHRA AND AS A SOLO ARTIST.

HE ALSO HAS A SELF-TITLED YOUTUBE - CHANNEL AND A STUDIO IN HELSINKI, FINLAND  WHERE HE DOES RECORDING, PRODUCING, MIXING & MASTERING FOR HIS 
OWN MUSIC / BANDS AND FOR OTHER ARTISTS / BANDS AROUND THE WORLD.

ABOUT CYHRA:

AS THEY APPROACH THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR, CYHRA HAVE CARVED OUT A NOTABLE PLACE IN THE METAL SCENE SINCE THEIR FOUNDING IN 2016 BY JAKE E (AMARANTHE CO-FOUNDER) AND JESPER STRÖMBLAD (THE HALO EFFECT, FORMERLY IN FLAMES). THEY WERE SOON JOINED BY DRUMMER ALEX LANDENBURG (KAMELOT, LUCA TURILLI’S RHAPSODY), GUITARIST EUGE VALOVIRTA (SUBURBAN TRIBE), AND BASSIST PETER IWERS (THE HALO EFFECT, FORMERLY IN FLAMES).

THEIR DEBUT ALBUM LETTERS TO MYSELF WAS RELEASED IN 2017 TO GLOWING REVIEWS, CATAPULTING THE GROUP TO GLOBAL STAGES, CROWNED WITH A MASSIVE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SUPPORTING SABATON AND KREATOR.

FOLLOWING IWERS’ DEPARTURE, VALOVIRTA ALSO TOOK OVER BASS DUTIES, AND THE BAND RELEASED THEIR SECOND ALBUM NO HALOS IN HELL IN 2019, WHICH BLENDED GROOVY METAL WITH A POPPY FLAIR AND FEATURED THE HIT SINGLE "OUT OF MY LIFE," AMASSING ABOUT 11 MILLION STREAMS ON SPOTIFY. THEIR SUCCESS CONTINUED WITH A EUROPEAN TOUR WITH BATTLE BEAST, UK DATES ALONGSIDE DELAIN, HEADLINE SHOWS IN SELECT COUNTRIES INCLUDING FINLAND AND JAPAN, AND PERFORMANCES AT MAJOR FESTIVALS LIKE MASTERS OF ROCK, BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR, SABATON OPEN AIR, AND 70,000 TONS OF METAL.

IN 2020, GUITARIST MARCUS SUNESSON (RONNIE ATKINS, THE CROWN) JOINED, EXPANDING THE LINE-UP. THE PANDEMIC PAUSE ALLOWED THE BAND TO CRAFT THEIR THIRD ALBUM THE VERTIGO TRIGGER, RELEASED IN 2023. THE ALBUM’S TOUR BROUGHT THEM BACK TO FINLAND TO OPEN FOR SMASH INTO PIECES AND TO HEADLINE SHOWS IN EARLY 2024.

CYHRA ENDED THE CYCLE WITH A SCANDINAVIAN TOUR WITH EVERGREY, AND LEADING INTO 2025 AND THROUGH TO 2026 THE BAND BEGAN TO INTRODUCE THE NEW ALBUM WITH A SERIES OF SINGLE RELEASES. REQUIEM FOR A PIPE DREAM IS OUT NOW VIA REIGNING PHOENIX MUSIC.