Lordi Reel Monsters Slot Review, Demo Play, Payout, Free Spins & Bonuses

Lordi Reel Monsters Review

We’re certainly not experts in the heavy metal genre, but it’s pretty obvious that the Finnish ensemble that calls themselves Lordi is a highly unusual band. Not only did they become the first Finnish band to win Eurovision (in 2006), but this also made them the first heavy metal band ever to achieve that feat. Their winning song is called “Hard Rock Hallelujah”, and you get to hear it, amongst others, in this branded Play’n Go release called Lordi Reel Monsters.

Lordi consists of 5 band members, and they’re famous for wearing monster masks and horror-inspired outfits in all their performances. The 7x7 grid is set in a misty graveyard, and you get plenty of band member animations and audiovisual effects to liven things up. Mr Lordi himself (aka lead singer Tomi Petteri Putaansuu) is seen on the left, and on the right is the all-important Monster Charger that leads to modifiers and eventually the bonus rounds.

Lordi Reel Monsters Slot - Reels Screen

Lordi Reel Monsters Slot Features

You win by landing 5 to 15+ matching symbols in a cluster anywhere on the grid, and winning symbols are removed via the Cascading mechanic. New and/or existing symbols drop down to fill the gaps, and this leads to indefinite repeat wins on the same spin. The 5 band member premium symbols, consisting of Mana, Hiisi, Amen, Hella and Mr Lordi, pay 100 to 250 x your stake for 15+ in a cluster.

The horned skull Wild does not pay anything on its own, but steps in for pay symbols to help create cluster wins.

All winning symbols are collected in the Monster Charger seen on the right-hand side, and each winning symbol charges the meter by +1. You need to collect 15 symbols to unleash a Monster modifier, and filling the meter with 40 collected symbols awards the Bonus Round. The Monster modifier is awarded at the end of the cascading sequence, and the band member specific modifier is randomly chosen:

• Mr Lordi - spreads 5 to 8 wilds randomly across the grid.
• Hella - removes all symbols except wilds and 1-2 symbol types.
• Amen - transforms 2 to 5 symbol types to different symbol types.
• Hiisi - creates a winning cluster from a randomly selected symbol.
• Mana - turns a random symbol type into wilds.

The Bonus Round is triggered when you collect 40 winning symbols in the same cascading sequence, and you get only 1 free spin. However, you can choose 2 different modes, and each mode comes with guaranteed modifiers that are bound to prolong the bonus round of your choice:

Lordi Reel Monsters Slot - Free Spins

The ‘Reel Monster’ Bonus Round comes with a win multiplier that starts at x1, and the multiplier increases by +1 per cascading win. What prolongs the feature is the fact that you’re guaranteed 2 Monster modifier triggers.

The ‘Better Hate Than Never’ Bonus Round comes with 3 guaranteed Monster modifier triggers, and all winning wilds are collected.

Once all 3 monster modifiers have played out, collected wilds are added onto the grid in batches of 5 to 10 at a time. This goes on until all wilds are used up.

The 200 Spins Lordi Reel Monsters Slot Experience

Our 5:33-minute highlights video starts in the middle of the action, just as a longer cascading sequence takes us all the way to the bonus round. We went with the Better Hate Than Never feature first, and then we try our luck with the Reel Monster bonus round at 3:41 into the video. You can see it all for yourself by hitting the play button below.

Review Summary

Play’n Go has done a great job capturing the ambiguous spirit of this rather weird Finnish cult band. They’re kind of hard to take seriously as a heavy metal band, but the 2006 Eurovision victory proved that they’re capable of producing catchy hit songs in their own unique and highly strange way. The audiovisual presentation is engaging, even for non-fans like this reviewer, and the game follows the typical Play’n Go grid slot recipe.

This can be good or bad, depending on whether or not you’re craving innovation, but at least it’s highly unusual to only get 1 free spin when the bonus round triggers. It’s not all that hard to collect 40 winning symbols though, and both features come with guaranteed modifiers to prolong the cascading action. The band is still active to this day, although well past their prime, and this branded effort is definitely worth a whirl or two even if you know nothing about the band from before.

Pros

• Cascading win symbols collection Monster meter
• 5 unique band member Monster modifiers
• 2 unique bonus round w/ guaranteed modifiers
• Win up to 4,000x your stake

Cons

• Beware of customizable RTP ranges
• Max win probability is 1 in 1 billion

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