LAHO releases seven-track album ‘Death Machines’ with a Depeche Mode cover
Finnish dark electronic project LAHO released the seven-track album “Death Machines” on June 26, 2026, with a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Behind the Wheel”.
LAHO, the Finnish dark electronic project of Konsta Vehkala, released the seven-track album “Death Machines” on June 26, 2026. The digital release gathers three of the project’s 2026 singles with four new tracks, among them a cover of Depeche Mode’s “Behind the Wheel”.
LAHO blends industrial, EBM, futurepop and darkwave, with lyrics centred on dystopian themes and the darker side of human behaviour. Vehkala writes, programs and produces the project alone from Jyväskylä, Finland.
“Death Machines” is the first LAHO album to feature vocals. Vehkala built the project’s earlier catalogue as instrumental work before resuming LAHO in 2024 after a 13-year break. The single “Programmed”, released on February 12, 2026, opened the new phase, followed by the singles “The Great Collapse” and “Last Rays of the Sun”.
LAHO ‘Death Machines’ tracklist and the Depeche Mode cover
“Death Machines” runs seven tracks: “Programmed”, “The Great Collapse”, “Cold New World”, “Decimated Memories”, “Fading Out”, “Last Rays of the Sun” and “Behind the Wheel”. The first, second and sixth tracks appeared earlier as standalone singles, while the other four are new to the album. The closing track reworks Depeche Mode’s “Behind the Wheel”, written by Martin L. Gore and first issued on the 1987 album “Music for the Masses”.
Vehkala recorded, programmed and produced the album himself. He has tied the project’s lyrics to technology and modern life, describing the opening single “Programmed” as “a heavy hitting electronic track about our life in the ever-growing synthetic world.” The album is available digitally through Bandcamp.
About LAHO
LAHO is the solo project of Finnish musician and recording engineer Konsta Vehkala, based in Jyväskylä. It began in 2006 under the name Lahonnut Konkelo, a run of electronic and industrial experiments, with the name soon shortened to LAHO. The first EP, “The Other Side”, appeared in 2007 as a self-released CDr and was later reissued by the Italian netlabel Ekleipsi.
Ekleipsi also issued the debut album “Escape from the Dying Star” in April 2009, a ten-track record made between 2007 and 2008 that mixed electro-industrial, synth work and distorted guitar. Vehkala followed it with the standalone track “The World in Flames” (2009), the single “Mechanigod” (2011) and the one-off digital release “Walking in the Air (1984 mix)” in December 2021.
The project then went quiet for 13 years while Vehkala focused on other work. He resumed writing for LAHO in 2024 and added vocals as a permanent element, ending a previously instrumental catalogue. The 2026 singles “Programmed”, “The Great Collapse” and “Last Rays of the Sun” introduced the new direction. Alongside LAHO, Vehkala plays drums in the Finnish melodic metal band Psychework and has performed and recorded with Gian, Vipermilk and Lojohh, while contributing recording, mixing and mastering work to other Finnish acts. “Death Machines”, released on June 26, 2026, is the project’s first vocal-led album and its first full-length since 2009.
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