The Rasmus – Weirdo 2025

6x Platinum and 8x Gold-certified, record-breaking Finnish rock outfit The Rasmus hold nothing back on their new track, the toxic love-themed “Break These Chains” (feat. Niko Vilhelm of Blind Channel). It’s out today (May 16) via Better Noise Music and Playground Music.

Driven by the band’s signature blend of dark atmospheres and anthemic melodies, the emotionally gripping song is taken from the new studio album “Weirdo”. It arrives September 12th, 2025, marking their 11th studio album and first for Better Noise Music.
Most of the songs on “Weirdo” were written by Lauri Ylönen, Desmond Child (who contributed to the band’s “Black Roses” and “Rise” albums and has worked with Bon Jovi, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, among countless others) and Marti Fredriksen (Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne, Black Veil Brides) in Folegandros, Greece. That’s where Lauri and Desmond met up to work on material that Lauri brought. The Rasmus then did full band demos of all the tracks in Finland in July 2023, with production led by Frederiksen and Child.

1. Creatures of Chaos
2. Break These Chains
3. Rest in Pieces
4. Dead Ringer
5. Weirdo
6. Banksy
7. Love Is a Bitch
8. You Want It All
9. Bad Things
10. I’m Coming for You