Ajattara

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The Finnish band Ajattara is the sound of primordial nightmare. Attempting to describe their music in less abstract terms, one could always mention it is predominantly mid-tempo, riff-heavy black metal with distant, astral synths. Yet that is just a lame scratch on the surface when dealing with such a true enigma as Ajattara undoubtedly are.

As those fortunate enough to have heard the obscure demos the main man Ruoja (guitar, vocals) created in his lone cabin in the woods during late nineties know, the Ajattara sound has been decidedly constant. Ruoja is Pasi Koskinen, the singer of Amorphis until their second newest album “Far from the Sun”. The line-up was finally completed with Malakias I (drums) and Atoni (bass) in preparation for the recording of the first album “Itse” (“self”). The album made a remarkable impact on the public with its brutal, yet crystal-clear sound and the sheer strength of the material itself.

Special heed must be given to Ajattara’s lyrics, remarkable for being cliché-free and poetic, yet disturbing and haunting as only a bad dream arising from deep dank soil of the local woodlands can be. Blood-feud, murder, moons rising crimson… to begin with. As with those who partake of the flesh of gods, the listeners of Ajattara will never be quite the same again.

The release of “Itse” also brought Ajattara out as a live-band, complete with additional three live-session musicians for maximum impact.

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Vaitti wrote:
Friday morning

Yhtäkkiä, Ajattara. Melkein unohdin että on näin hyvää tavaraa :P

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VikingAxt wrote:
last week

good

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Ozz1_M wrote:
last week

Ei kyllä ne on ihan live-kamaa.

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Heigen wrote:
last week

herää kysymys onko Naimalaulun panemis äänet äänitetty studiossa? :)

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ISA3ELLE wrote:
16 days ago

noitumaa..love it

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summoning89 wrote:
16 days ago

awesome band

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Lahiri wrote:
19 days ago

I don't understand why they aren't more famous. Great band in my opinion and very inspiring for me. Please listen to my stuff http://www.last.fm/music/And+This+Again FREE DOWNLOAD

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DarklingAnubiss wrote:
24 days ago

Naaras FTW |w/,

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the_flame_ wrote:
25 days ago

omg.. i fucking love this shit... strangely i checked out this band a couple of months ago and couldn't get into it O_O

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the_flame_ wrote:
27 days ago

mother of devil }:)... cool :)

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ThrashMachine wrote:
27 days ago

the_flame_: Ajattara means Ajatar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajatar

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Uranus90 wrote:
28 days ago

It's evil god of the forest in finnish mythology, which leads people astray.

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the_flame_ wrote:
28 days ago

what does their band name mean?

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Coivisto wrote:
last month

SIKA!

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Ozz1_M wrote:
last month

Cityhipit ja Ajattara erikseen jookos. All hail Dionysus!

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Slammer4000 wrote:
last month

splendid band, like them much

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decorer wrote:
last month

never have a bad song <3

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ElectricFlower wrote:
last month

Ахрененны мужики! Доставляют)

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dmdrummer wrote:
October 2009

Noitumaa on kyllä pettymys:(. ei oikein tuo akustinen soundi iske -_-

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metalegghead wrote:
October 2009

@Legioona: Harsh. But who am I to argue, I have to imagine you would know pretentiousness when you see it.

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