The music of Teräsbetoni has a martial air to it, with lyrics glorifying a pagan warrior lifestyle and a "brotherhood of metal".
[1] The most famous songs of the band include "Taivas lyö tulta", "Vaadimme metallia", "Voittamaton" and their Eurovision entry "Missä miehet ratsastaa".
Jarkko Ahola, Arto Järvinen, and Viljo Rantanen met each other in 2002 and decided to form a band.
They were published on the band's homepage in the summer of 2003 and were called "Teräsbetoni", "Teräksen varjo" (trans.
In 2004, Teräsbetoni performed their first concert and a live version of "Taivas lyö tulta" (trans.
In their first concerts they used to play cover versions of Ronnie Dio's "Rainbow in the Dark" and Manowar's "Metal Warriors".
During its first week on the Finnish single list, it rose to the top, followed by plentiful radio time and the band becoming more widely known.
Taivas lyö tulta was later chosen to be the goal song for the Finnish ice hockey national team A in the Karjala Cup tournament.
In the year following the release of their fourth studio album, the group announced that they would cease band activity.