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An [[Alternative Rock]] band from Finland, [[Poets of the Fall]] consists of vocalist Marko Saaresto, guitarist Olli Tukiainen, and keyboardist Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen, who also produces the songs. When touring, the band is supported by three additional members: bassist Jani Snellman, rhythm guitarist/supporting vocalist Jaska Mäkinen, and percussionist Jari Salminen.
 
Shortly after the band was formed in 2003, Sami Järvi, a friend of Saaresto’s and a scriptwriter working at Remedy, asked him to turn a poem Järvi had written into a song for ''[[Max Payne 2]]''; this would turn into "Late Goodbye", which serves as the game’s end credits theme and a recurring motif. Additionally, Kaarlonen had previously worked at a software company, which contacted them to use the song "Lift" in a benchmark program. Both of these helped expose the band to a wide audience. Their debut album, ''Signs of Life'', entered the Finnish charts in the number-one spot and remained in the Top 40 for over a year.
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Fun fact: their first two albums were produced in Kaarlonen’s living room.
 
==== {{Discography ====}}
* ''Signs of Life'' (2005)
* ''Carnival of Rust'' (2006)
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* ''Temple of Thought'' (2012)
 
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=== This band contains examples of: ===
* [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration]]: ''Revolution Roulette''
* [[Ballad of X]]: "The Ballad of Jeremiah Peacekeeper"
* [[Breakaway Pop Hit]]: "Late Goodbye" from ''[[Max Payne 2]]'' and "Lift" from benchmark software 3DMark.
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* [[No Export for You]]: Their albums tend to be released only in countries around Finland, although ''Carnival of Rust'' was also released in Australia. Fortunately, they’re all available on iTunes.
* [[Power Ballad]]: "The Poet and the Muse"
* [[Purple Prose]]: They do this with a few songs, while proving that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: "The Ultimate Fling" has nods to two of [[Dirty Harry]]’s quotes; specifically, "Make my day," and "Do [[Beam Me Up, Scotty|you]] feel lucky?"
** The title of ''Signs of Life'' is a nod to [[Pink Floyd]]’s instrumental of the same name.
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{{reflist}}
[[Category:Musicians]]
[[Category:Turn of the Millennium/Music]]
[[Category:Poets of the Fall]]
[[Category:MusicFinnish Musicians]]
[[Category:TurnMusicians of the Millennium/Music2000s]]
[[Category:Musicians of the 2010s]]