Colosseum

芬兰葬礼厄运乐队   COLOSSEUM is a project with the aim to create the most bleak and funereal atmospheres through music.   Darkest hymns for a forlorn souls, diving into the deepest abyss of mind. Drones of delirium and doom are taking their caustic form and the conjurations for the debut album are being prepared.   Dark waters stir...   The Gate of Adar has been opened and there's no turning back....   _______________________________________________________________     The idea of COLOSSEUM was born in 2006 when the mastermind of YEARNING started due to his frustration towards mostly everything to create extremely slow and heavy material. After composing five full-lenght cd's under the name of YEARNING he wanted to do something extremely dark and powerful. Mixture of darkest kind of Funeral Doom Metal with the strong influences from both Dark Ambient and Orchestral Works melted together from the very first beginning.   The idea was to mix together the rich and colourful chord progressions of classical music, the soundscapes of Ambient and total darkness and heaviness of extreme Doom Metal.   Dauntless slowness and power of Funeral Doom genre mixed with influences from such acts as Dead Can Dance,Lustmord etc.   New songs began to take their form quite easily and finally the compositions were finalized with the lyrics wandering in the realms of suicidal depression,delirium,Sumerian/Lovecraftian myths and ghastly depths evoked by the dismal atmosphere of the music.   Some demo material was sent to a few labels and the interest was quite immediate from the underground labels around the world.   At this point the band was completed with Olli Haaranen(guitars/production) and Janne Rämö(bass) both sharing a strong commitment towards the dark arts and also a long backround in underground metal.   After a while of search they got in touch with Sameli Köykkä(drums) to complete the line-up.   Material was constantly evolving and after the few offers from the labels COLOSSEUM finally accepted the one offered by Firedoom Records in 2007.   _______________________________________________________________   The debut album Chapter 1: Delirium was recorded at D-Studio, Klaukkala in May 2007 and released in November 2007.   The album gained a positive response from the fans and the press and the first pressing was quite quickly sold out.COLOSSEUM also did live appearances in Riga, Liepaja and Finland.   New material was born and in July 2008 the band headed to D-Studio again to record Chapter 2: Numquam.With subjects such as death,hatred,paranoia,depression,suicide,darkness and doom the album will offer musically wider spectrum and new angles to Funeral Doom.   Symphonic and Ambient influences blended with heavier approach and also more variety between songs.Album features also session musicians on violin,cello,trumpet and flute.Chapter 2: Numquam is to be released in January 2009 through Firedoom Music.It's a masterwork of dark ambience.   The year 2009 included also the release of Colosseums's one and only music video, Towards the Infinite. The video shows depression, solitude, mental struggling and darker side of human mind in a nightmarish context.   Juhani's inspiration was endless as he continued to compose new, even more extreme material. The first song which was composed for Colosseum's next release was a gigantic funeral doom epic, namely Dilapidation and Death. Also one funereal ambient song and three doom compositions were created for next full-lenght album which would be called Chapter 3: Parasomnia.   In April 2010 Colosseum entered D-Studios again. This time there were no rehearsals before the studio sessions and the band targeted to even more extreme and sick result. After two weeks of recording, including numerous session musicians, the effort was finished.   Few weeks after the studio sessions, Juhani Palomäki was found deceased. That shocking event hamstrung the rest of the band for long time, but it was clear from the very beginning, that Juhani's last creations had to see the light of the day. The album was mixed and mastered in autumn of 2010 and will be released once again through Firedoom Music during the first quarter of 2011.