Biography
Blackened death metal band from Seinäjoki/Vaasa/Turku/Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 2017.
Ripped from their Facebook page:
Progeny of Sun's fundamental ideology, lyrics and
themes circle around satanism, freedom,
individualism as well as stand against the by-
products of religion. Lastly on the menu is mental
health mixed with some theatrical twists. In the
same vein the band name Progeny of Sun is an
allusion to people who have a desire to pray and
devote themselves to something external. These
people are the ones who blindly follow orders, do as
they are told, don't dare to think for themselves and
act out of fear.
In the beginning Progeny of Sun was a two-man
band formed by Jaakko Hautamäki and Niko
Aroma. Jaakko was responsible for instrumentals,
mixing and mastering, and Niko handled vocals,
lyrics, media etc. The songs Jaakko introduced were
very versatile. Some had speed, some were slow,
some painted a picture with their atmosphere, and
some were more straightforward bangers. Despite
the diversity in style everything worked
exceptionally well in tandem and from this premise
the band started to develop and pave its own way
forward.
To start with Progeny of Sun created a 6 song self-
titled EP and discovered the music they do is met
with great reception. They also found a very good
publisher for the EP from Inverse Records. The duo
behind the band did all the mixing, mastering,
videos and artwork themselves. The project as a
whole was very fun and rewarding to work with.
After the EP release Jaakko and Niko began to think
that something more was still needed. They still had
the burning desire to go and spread their music
around the world but with 2 people it would've been
impossible.
Subsequently Jaakko found 2 guys who were local
musicians around Seinäjoki area: Joni Kiviniemi
(guitar) and Juha Peura (drums). Joni and Juha
were at first taken on board just to offer vision and
play their assigned instrument for new material.
Soon however it began to feel like they are a part of
the family, and so it was decided that they will be
full-fledged members in the squad and become a
part of the band's story. Not long after Tuomo Tolkki
(bass) was also welcomed to join in, so in matter of
few months the full line up was formed. The first
release with the full line up involved, a 3 track EP
'Dark Wanderer', was released in 2021. Next in line
was single releases Worthless and Anguish which
were released in spring 2022. Songs Eclipse,
Worthless and Anguish are currently or have been
featured in Spotify's Black & Dark Metal editorial
playlist. Eclipse and Worthless have already gained
5-figure streaming stats each, and our newest
creation Anguish is in the same path as it crossed
the 1k mark in only first 5 days of its existence.
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