Band:

Seremonia

by Gast
BiografieThere are a few bands from Finland that play some sort of old school psychedelic hard rock, but none of them sing in their native language.



The debut album by Seremonia (Finnish for ceremony) features fuzz-laden guitar riffage, out-of-control drum grooves, spacey synthscapes, eerily beautiful female vocals and esoteric and apocalyptic lyrics sung in Finnish.


Seremonia's hard rocking is influenced by the muddy sounds of Anglo-American proto metal, the weirdly fuzzy grooves of Latin psychedelic rock, the experimental ideas of Finnish progressive rock and universal D.I.Y. punk rock ethics. The guitar riffs are doomy and the lyrics are dark, but Seremonia rolls on with an uplifting spirit. The band plays with uncontrollable abandon, furiously stumbling through the songs. Upon the wild fuzz jams vocalist Noora Federley delivers the lyrics in a chillingly cold blooded manner.


Boring modern production standards don't seem to interest Seremonia at all. Their albums continue the great and age-old lineage of eccentric rock 'n' roll.



Although Seremonia's music is informed by the heavy rock of the past decades, it is music for these apocalyptic times. Visions of environmental catastrophes or themes of natural and supernatural evil have never been more current topics.


Love for nasty guitar riffs and demented rocking are never out of fashion.




On their sophomore album ihminen (finnish for human) the band both continues the primitive pounding of their eponymous debut and expands their trademark sound into more epic directions.



Seremonia's influences still come from the most psyched out acid vinyls the 60's, 70's and 80's have to offer. On ihminen, the influence of old finnish punk and prog rock is more audible than before. The prevailing theme in Ilkka Vekka's lyrics is the lunacy and evil in man. It's not a concept album with a clear storyline, but every single song paints a coherently pessimistic picture of these dark times we're all living in.



Their eponymous debut album was released by Svart Records in 2012. Since then, the band has played their creepy brand of psych rock on very different venues, be it small punk rock dives or bigger festivals like Finland's Tuska, Denmark's Heavy Days in Doomtown or Holland's Roadburn.Quelle: https://www.facebook.com/Seremonia666/infoDiscografie2012 - Rock'n'Rollin Maailma/Nämä Kesäiset Päivät (Single)

2012 - Seremonia

2013 - Ovi/Vastaus Rukouksiisi -7" (Single)

2013 - Ihminen
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Reviews

Ihminen - Cover
Das vor eineinhalb Jahren veröffentlichte, selbst betitelte Debütalbum der Finnen war eine streckenweise hörenswerte, aber beileibe keine essentielle Angelegenheit, nach der man hoffen durfte, dass da
Seremonia - Cover
Bands, die den verrauchten, psychedelischen 70ern huldigen, schießen momentan wie Pilze aus dem Boden.