Lordi is a Finnish rock band formed in 1992 by the band's lead singer, songwriter and costume-designer, Mr Lordi. The band is known for wearing monster masks and using pyrotechnics during concerts. They rose to domestic success in 2002 with their first single, "Would You Love a Monsterman?". The band's eleventh through their seventeenth studio albums were released as part of the box set Lordiversity.
Albums Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications FIN AUT BEL (FL) FRA GER NOR SWE SWI UK USHeat. Get Heavy Released: 1 November 2002 Label: BMG Finland, Drakkar Formats: CD, LP, digital download 3 — — — 70 — — — — — IFPI FIN: 2× Platinum The Monsterican Dream Released: 14 April 2004 Label: BMG Finland, Drakkar Formats: CD, digital download 4 — — — — — — — — — IFPI FIN: Platinum The Arockalypse Released: 10 March 2006 Label: Sony BMG, Drakkar, The End Formats: CD, LP, digital download 1 11 13 98 7 21 1 8 100 17 IFPI FIN: 3× Platinum GLF: Gold Deadache Released: 23 October 2008 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 5 51 — 168 33 — 42 73 — 13 Babez for Breakfast Released: 10 September 2010 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 9 71 — 113 66 — — — — 43 To Beast or Not to Beast Released: 1 March 2013 Label: Sony Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 8 67 — — 56 — — 95 — — Scare Force One Released: 31 October 2014 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP, digital download 13 — — — 62 — — — — — Monstereophonic (Theaterror vs. Demonarchy) Released: 16 September 2016 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP, digital download 10 — — — 52 — — 83 — — Sexorcism Released: 25 May 2018 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP, digital download 19 74 — — 20 — — 64 — — Killection Released: 31 January 2020 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP, digital download 8 — — — 13 — — 24 — — Lordiversity Released: 26 November 2021 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP, digital download 15 — — — 48 — — — — — Screem Writers Guild Released: 31 March 2023 Label: Atomic Fire Formats: CD, LP, digital download 7 — — — 28 — — 86 — — Limited Deadition Released: 21 March 2025 Label: Reigning Phoenix Music Formats: CD, LP, digital download 28 64 — — 55 — — 47 — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Compilations Name Release date The Monster Show Zombilation – The Greatest Cuts Scarchives Vol. 1
Video albums Market Square Massacre (2006) Bringing Back the Balls to Stockholm (2007) Recordead Live – Sextourcism in Z7 (2019)
Singles "Would You Love a Monsterman?" (2002) "Devil Is a Loser" (2003) "My Heaven Is Your Hell" (2004) "Blood Red Sandman" (2004) "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (2006) "Who's Your Daddy?" (2006) "It Snows in Hell" (2006) "They Only Come Out at Night" (2007) "Beast Loose in Paradise" (2008) "Bite It Like a Bulldog" (2008) "Deadache" (2008) "This Is Heavy Metal" (2010) "The Riff" (2013) "Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein" (2014) "Hug You Hardcore" (2016) "Your Tongue's Got the Cat" (2018) "Naked in My Cellar" (2018) "Shake the Baby Silent" (2019) "I Dug a Hole in the Yard for You" (2019) "Like a Bee to the Honey" (2020) "Believe Me" (2021) "Abracadaver" (2021) "Borderline" (2021) "Merry Blah Blah Blah" (2021) "Demon Supreme" (2021) "Day Off of the Devil" (2022) "Spear of the Romans" (2022) "Reel Monsters" (2022) "Lucyfer Prime Evil" (2023) "Thing in the Cage" (2023) "Dead Again Jayne" (2023) "Made of Metal" (2024) "Syntax Terror" (2024) "Retropolis" (2025) "Hellizabeth" (2025) "Pantamera (Pan-Tah-Meh-Rah!)" (2026) "Hold Me Now" (2026)
Videos Music videos "Would You Love a Monsterman?" (2002) "Devil Is a Loser" (2003) "Blood Red Sandman" (2004) "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (2006) "Who's Your Daddy?" (2006) "Would You Love a Monsterman 2006" (2006) "It Snows in Hell" (2006) "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (Eurovision Song Contest, 2007) "Bite It Like a Bulldog" (2008) "This Is Heavy Metal" (2010) "The Riff" (2013) "Scare Force One" (2014) "Hug You Hardcore" (2016) "Naked in My Cellar" (2018) "I Dug a Hole in the Yard for You" (2019) "Believe Me" (2021) "Abracadaver" (2021) "Borderline" (2021) "Merry Blah Blah Blah" (2021) "Reel Monsters" (2022) "Dead Again Jayne" (2023) "Hellizabeth" (2025) "Pantamera (Pan-Tah-Meh-Rah!)" (2026)
Lyric videos "The Riff" (2013) "Nailed by the Hammer of Frankenstein" (2014) "Your Tongue’s Got the Cat" (2018) "Shake the Baby Silent" (2019) "Like a Bee to the Honey" (2020) "Demon Supreme" (2022) "Better Hate Than Never" (2022) "Lucyfer Prime Evil" (2023) "Thing in the Cage" (2023) "Syntax Terror" (2024) "Retropolis" (2025)
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