Vilppula, Finland · est. 1978

Finnish hardcore punk since 1978

Short songs, sharp edges and the same hostile energy that shook basements across the world. 25 countries toured, nearly five decades loud – and still going.

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29.01 Fri · 2027 Rio de Janeiro, RJ Circo Voador · Brazil w/ Ratos de Porão, Hirax Gig info Tickets

30.01 Sat · 2027 Belo Horizonte, MG Mister Rock · Brazil w/ Ratos de Porão, Hirax Gig info Tickets

31.01 Sun · 2027 São Paulo, SP Vip Station · Brazil w/ Ratos de Porão, Hirax Gig info Tickets

04.02 Thu · 2027 Limeira, SP Mirage · Brazil w/ Hirax Without Ratos de Porão Gig info Tickets

05.02 Fri · 2027 Curitiba, PR Stage Garden · Brazil w/ Ratos de Porão, Hirax Gig info Tickets

06.02 Sat · 2027 Florianópolis, SC John Bull · Brazil w/ Ratos de Porão, Hirax Gig info Tickets

Bréa Extreme Tour 2027 poster – Hirax, Ratos de Porão and Rattus in Brazil

29.1.–7.2.2027 · 7 cities

Brazil, we're coming back

Rattus returns to Brazil in January 2027 on the Bréa Extreme Tour with Ratos de Porão and Hirax – from Circo Voador in Rio de Janeiro to Alcatraz in Porto Alegre. Rattus has toured Brazil again and again since 2007.

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Latest album · 2023

Rikki

13 new songs plus classics re-recorded with guest vocalists. Out on LP and CD via Finnish Hardcore, and as a double CD in Brazil via Criminal Attack Records & Sacrilégio Records.

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Releases

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Rikki 2023 · LP · CD · 2×CD

Rattus – Brothers In Boots (A.R.D. / Rattus) (2020) cover

Brothers In Boots (A.R.D. / Rattus) 2020 · Cassette

Turta 2013 · CD · LP

Kuningas 2012 · 7" EP

Rattus / Doom 2011 · CD

Rattus – Rattus / Holokaust (2011) cover

Rattus / Holokaust 2011 · 7"

From a boiler room in Vilppula

Rattus was formed in 1978 in Vilppula by guitarist Jake and drummer V-P, soon joined by Jake's brother Tomppa. Through Poko Rekords and labels around the world the band became one of the founding names of Finnish hardcore – and kept touring from Europe and the USA to Mexico and Brazil.

1978Formed in Vilppula by guitarist Jake and drummer V-P, soon joined by Tomppa.
1980First single Khomeini-Rock on Hilipili Records.
1983Debut album WC Räjähtää on Poko Rekords, cover by Pushead.
1984Touring Europe and Scandinavia; LP on Rat Cage Records, USA.
2001Back on stage after more than a decade of silence.
2023Album Rikki and a 12-show tour of Brazil.
2027Bréa Extreme Tour across Brazil with Ratos de Porão and Hirax.