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Poets of the Fall is an independent rock band from Finland. The members are Mark (vocals/guitar), Ollie (guitar/bass guitar), and Captain (producer/keyboard/programming). The Poets released the singles "Late Goodbye" and "Lift" before releasing the full-length album "Signs of Life". The album went gold by selling 15 000 copies in only a couple of months and has sold more than 30 000 copies until now. It rocketed the Finnish Top 40 chart, being the number one in April and July 2005 and has spent there more than a year, which makes it one of the most successful albums in history of Finnish music in terms of having self-produced and self-distributed albums.

Poets of the Fall was formed in 2002 in Helsinki, Finland, starting with Mark and Ollie, and later joined by Captain. Dilmar Moda
Mare. The song "Late Goodbye" should be mentioned as the beginning of the band's popularity, which was featured in Max Payne 2 as the game's ending song, as well as a recurring theme in the game. The second single, "Lift" is featured in the computer benchmarking program 3DMark05 by Futuremark which has got close ties with Remedy Entertainment, the producers of Max Payne 2.

The Poets have released a music video for "Late Goodbye", which has been seen through out Europe. A music video for "Lift" has also been made and can now be viewed online.

The single Carnival of Rust was released on 22 March 2006, containing the title song of their second album, "Carnival of Rust" and an exclusive live recording of "Don't Mess With Me".