CERESIAN VALOT just released ‚Ajattomuus / Rajattomuus‘ („Timelessness / Infiniteness“) as the first single taken from the forthcoming debut full-length „Uumen“ („Depth“). Complete with lyric video, this introduces the first album of the Finnish heavy alternative band that is rising from the ashes of GHOST BRIGADE: Ceresian Valot – Ajattomuus / Rajattomuus [Official Lyric Video]
CERESIAN VALOT’s Wille Naukkarinen writes: „Our first single ‚Ajattomuus / Rajattomuus‘ quite sets the tone for both the album and Ceresian Valot as a band“, the guitarist and main songwriter explains. „When Ghost Brigade went on an indefinite hiatus in 2015, it was quite a challenging time for me. Playing in bands had been my life since I was a teenager and suddenly I was without that element in my life. Feeling lost and having an identity crisis at the same time. For many years, I did not touch a guitar and I believed that playing in bands was over for me. With time, wounds started to heal. I grabbed my guitar and slowly started writing again. Some of the first riffs that I wrote back then are featured in this song. When I completed the instrumental version and sent it to the other guys, I thought that I might have written the best piece of music of my musical journey so far. This song became a gateway for me getting musically active again. It has many familiar characteristics that I often use in my compositions: Sabbath’ian undertones, sludgy doom, tons of cold Northern melancholia, and delicate, fragile quietness.“
Joni Vanhanen adds: „The electronic beats in the middle part of ‚Ajattomuus / Rajattomuus‘ contain certain elements that are a tribute to Massive Attack’s ‚Mezzanine‘ which is an important record to some members in the band“, writes the keyboard player. „With my roots in 90s trip hop and instrumental hip hop, this was a very interesting experiment and turned out quite awesome as combining acoustic drums with electronic beats can be quite challenging.“
Panu Perkiömäki concludes: „The lyrics of ‚Ajattomuus / Rajattomuus‘ are inspired by the Ouroboros symbol, which depicts a serpent that is eating its own tail“, the vocalist reveals. „This song revolves around the eternal cycle of life and how by some means everything is connected, death is followed by birth, separation is followed by unification and so on.“
If the new Finnish band CERESIAN VALOT were to adopt a symbol, the Ouroboros or the Phoenix would be excellent candidates. Both mythical creatures symbolise the cyclical aspect of nature that means: every end is also a new beginning.
When four former members of much loved but sadly disbanded Finnish metal act GHOST BRIGADE got together for a conversation in their hometown Jyväskylä in late 2020, things escalated quickly into an unexpected direction that ultimately led to the birth of CERESIAN VALOT.
When the four former GHOST BRIGADE musicians came together at the aforementioned meeting, they found common musical ground again and at first the idea of a studio project took shape. Once bass player Ville Angervuori and vocalist Panu Perkiömäki joined soon after, they were six and the new band was born. As CERESIAN VALOT include song writers, graphic designers, producers, mixing & recording engineers, and even a mastering engineer in their ranks, it is hardly a surprise that the band employs a strong DIY-ethos.
During 2023 and 2024 the six-piece recorded their debut album. CERESIAN VALOT embark on an exciting new musical journey with „Uumen“ that weds something old, something new, something borrowed, something dark, and a golden talent for songwriting in their hands: Surrender to the unknown and enjoy its beauty!
