HOKKA - Unleash Debut Record 'Via Miseria IV' Today

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A new force in modern rock has arrived.

HOKKA today release their highly anticipated debut album, Via Miseria IV  via Nuclear Blast Records. To celebrate the release, the band have also unveiled the official video for the album’s haunting title track, 'Via Miseria'.

Forged from the meeting of two towering creative forces in Finnish rock, HOKKA unites Joel Hokka, former frontman of the internationally acclaimed nu metal phenomenon Blind Channel, with Pauli Rantasalmi, the iconic guitarist and songwriter behind The Rasmus, whose influence has helped shape Nordic rock for almost three decades.

Completing the line-up is the formidable young drummer Jimi Aslak, bringing a fresh intensity and dynamic edge to the band’s cinematic, emotionally charged sound.

With Via Miseria IV, HOKKA step boldly into dark and deeply human territory - an album that explores vengeance, love, grief, and the fragile beauty born from pain. Rich in atmosphere and driven by soaring melodies, crushing riffs, and raw emotion, the record journeys into the heart’s most shadowed corners.

Each track unfolds like a bloody rose in bloom: beautiful, aching, and edged with the thorns of loss.

At the emotional core of the album lies the defining line: “I found a beauty in the pain.”

That lyric serves as the spiritual centrepiece of Via Miseria IV - a powerful statement of resilience and emotional truth. Here, suffering is transformed into something transcendent, and vengeance becomes less about destruction and more about revelation.

Alongside today’s album release, HOKKA have shared the breathtaking official video for 'Via Miseria', a visually striking and cinematic piece that perfectly captures the album’s themes of darkness, longing, and redemption.

Watch the video for 'Via Miseria': https://youtu.be/4ezf6emV8lI
Listen to the album Via Miseria IV: https://hokka.bfan.link/via-miseria-iv