The Finnish Black/Dark Metal band
Ajattara was formed in 1996, in Helsinki, Finland. The sound has been described as 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 album "Far from the Sun". The l...
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