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Bassist and founding member of Battle Beast Eero Sipilä recently talked about the inclusion of Marina La Torraca and the resignation of longtime frontwoman Noora Louhimo in a new interview with Australia’s Metal Mal, as per Blabbermouth. Noora announced her retirement from Battle Beast in December, stating that she was leaving the band “to focus on her solo career.” La Torraca, a Brazilian singer from São Paulo, is best known as the frontwoman of modern metal band Phantom Elite and as a member of the symphonic metal project Exit Eden. The group said that it was “excited” to collaborate with her. When Metal Mal asked Eero when he first learned that Noora was planning to leave Battle Beast, he responded as follows.
I don’t remember the exact date, but, yeah, she announced that she wanted to leave, and then we really tried to talk her over to do these shows [in Japan, Australia and China] that had been already set [and] arranged [for March 2026]. But, eventually it just didn’t turn out [like that]. And here we are now. That’s life, I guess.
When asked what he thought when Noora expressed her desire to leave Battle Beast, Eero responded as follows.
Well, first reaction was absolute shock, because it totally came out of the blue, completely random to me. But, yeah, after that, slowly over time, I just kind of started thinking that this band has been around before [Noora], so why couldn’t it be afterwards? I’ve been in this band for 17 years. I’m gonna keep going. And that was the common mood. And then we just really started actively searching for new singers. And, yeah, Marina’s name came on top of our list. We called her. She was interested. We flew her over to Finland. Stuff worked out. And now we have a new singer. That’s how it kind of went down, in a nutshell.
Eero also discussed how Marina was added to Battle Beast in a hurry and didn’t have much time to practice before being announced as the band’s new vocalist.
Yeah. It is a trial by fire. Nobody knows exactly what’s gonna happen, but the mood in the band is super high, motivation is high. We are now, during this week, rehearsing every single day. So we are putting all the work and the effort and the focus we can to make this tour success. And I don’t have any doubts in my mind on why it wouldn’t be great. The atmosphere is there, the energy is there, the music is there, so it’s gonna be great. And for the fans, I think it’s not gonna be kind of a stadium class — it’s not like you’re gonna see Metallica, which is super polished and oiled up. This is gonna be something raw and exciting and a fresh, new energy for everyone to witness.
Upcoming shows:
March 6, 2026 – Tokyo, Japan – WWWX
March 7, 2026 – Osaka, Japan – Shinsaibashi Sunhall
March 10, 2026 – North Perth, Australia – Magnet House
March 11, 2026 – Adelaide, Australia – Lion Arts Factory
March 13, 2026 – Melbourne, Australia – Max Watts Melbourne
March 14, 2026 – Sydney, Australia – Manning Bar
March 15, 2026 – Brisbane, Australia – Crowbar
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