Aarni - biography
Aarni's music bears similarities to funeral doom metal (in Reaching Azathoth, for example) and has sometimes similarities to folk metal (The Weird of Vipunen).The lyrics of Aarni include varied themes such as Finnish folklore, transhumanism, Lovecraft, paganism, parapsychology, psychoanalytical theories and mythology.Sample of "Pandemia"
Problems listening to the file?Master Warjomaa is also an active member of a doom metal band called Umbra Nihil, playing lead guitar.Aarni released a demo in 2001, and a split album with Umbra Nihil the following year.Aarni has announced the future release of a second album, called Tohcoth, and given a tentative release date of January 2008.Band members
On Aarni's official website, the band section contains four members (also referred to as "Responsible Cultists"), as well as information concerning each of them.Warjomaa commented on this in a 2004 interview:
The number of Aarni is five and five is the number of Aarni.Think a while about this and you will see...Aarni consists of four personalities plus me.Qabbalistic worlds, four limbs of the human body, four main themes in Aarni's songs, four basic human brain circuits of Timothy Leary's theory etc.According to the band's official website, Warjomaa was born in 1974.Along with many other artists, Warjomaa has named Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Hawkwind, King Crimson and Van Der Graaf Generator as his musical influences.In a fan interview in June 2006, Warjomaa stated:
"While I prefer a female unicorn deity to a gaseous alpha male vertebrate of cosmic heft anytime, I'd rather choose no deity or deities at all.Comte de Saint Germain
Le Comte de Saint Germain (translated from French: "The Count of Saint Germain") is one of the members of Aarni.It is not stated whether le Comte de Saint Germain was an actual individual that lived centuries ago or if he is an entirely fictional character.It is written that Doomintroll belongs to the "Duumipeikko" species.Mistress Palm (also referred to as Mrs.Palm) is the fourth claimed band member.She is depicted as a rather elderly woman in an apron holding a dish brush and opening her mouth in dismay.On the news page (also referred to as the "Unspeakable Tidings"), the news are listed chronologically.However the dates are said to be written in the form corresponding to these in the Discordian calendar.YYYY" form, as stated on the official website.In "Squaring The Circle", the lyrics say "zero equals two".In "The Thunder, Perfect Mindfuck", it is said "I am the shameless and I am ashamed" as well as "I am falsehood and I am truth".Demo 2001 was released independently by Aarni in 2001.It was the first CD release of Aarni.Umbra Nihil Split was released through Firebox Records in 2002.Duumipeikon paluu was released independently by Aarni in 2002."Visita interiora terrae rectificandoque invenies occultum lapidem" in Latin, meaning "Visit the innermost of the earth and by rectifying what is there, you will find the hidden stone."The Thunder, Perfect Mindfuck refers to the gnostic poem The Thunder, Perfect Mind.Pandemia
Pandemia is the name of a song by Aarni that was only released on internet, available only on the official Aarni website.See Copyrights for details.The Finnish word "aarni" has many meanings, for more information on them, see here.Aarni appeared on the Skepticism tribute album Entering the Levitation covering the song Untitled.Oneiroskopos
Squaring The Circle
Quinotaurus (Twelve Stars In Sight)
Kivijumala
V.Please read the disclaimer.This year marks the 10th anniversary of Aarni, in its current form at least.Aarni itself has of course always existed and will exist, because it has arrived here from outside existence itself.This feels hard to express verbally and to comprehend...Anyway, I indeed initiated the current Aarni back in 1998 ev (as the less retarded among you possibly already surmised), but didn't bother with releasing any music until 2001 ev.Preferably to Aarni, because that way everyone wins...After all we don't need very much money anymore as all the Aarni members have reached the grade of Knight Of The Outer Void in Antimasonry and we have taken a vow of mental and physical poverty.We don't want to change the future so we probably will.Yea, Aarni appears "officially" now on Last.Aarni discussion group there for some charming and balanced pleasantries.Doomintroll banters there every now and then, repressing nothing and oppressing everything.It has likewise been written that curious factoids regarding Tohcoth have been revealed on the Works page here at the Aarni webshite.In the near future I shall probably offer better ones for UN's upcoming album.Meanwhile, we continue our work of inventing musical cures for nonexistent diseases and three future Aarni albums have already been planned...Nest) currently busies himself applying crowning touches to the album booklet and covers.Now it has more clarity, presence, bottom end and blah blah.More "eccentric", HC, counterculture and UG again(?Currently Aarni mixes 'Tohcoth' to hopefully get it released before Yule.The Skepticism tribute double album has been released!Oh, how the tears will flow then...Aarni also contributes a track to the forthcoming Thergothon tribute album (release by Solitude Productions) out probably in early 3174.Liber Aarni issue, out soon.The year kicks off with Aarni making slow
process with the second album...Aarni probably wouldn't exist in the shape it does today.Ta very much, Frater Mordecai fnord!Aarni (not to be confused with the Austrian Oaf) can also be taken to signify the Shadow archetype of Jungian analytical psychology and the demon Choronzon of Hermetic parlance.Aarni' has a Gematric value of 262.Kalevala avantbarde', 'progressive doom metal', 'Yanni with distorted guitars', 'primitive black metal', 'underground progressive rock', 'shit', 'space doom metal' and 'original as fuck'.Aarni's lyrics take form in the language believed most suitable for the song's subject: usually in Finnish, Classical Latin or English and occasionally in French, Ancient Egyptian, Glossolalic, et cetera.Inevitable due to the usual artistic conflicts common to mammalian musicians.Soon Comte de Saint Germain appeared to him and immediately joined Aarni.Simultaneously the first letter of M.Aarni currently resides on a primitive planet named 'Earth' by some of its past primate inhabitants.
