10/07/2010 20:19

ArthemesiA

ArthemesiA quit

"ArthemesiA is dead, Hail ArthemesiA!

Sometimes things get an abrupt end, sometimes things just slowly fade away. But for now, ArthemesiA bids farewell to all of you. The ride has been mostly good.

First of all, a wholehearted thank you for our members: Mikael, for standing with me when everyone else left the band. Meggadeath, for coming to help us in the studio and playing live - we know that you have a tight schedule with all those bands!

Then the new members whom we never had time to introduce: Thasmorg (guitar), Lord Eurén (synth) and Timo (bass). You guys gave us the last touch. Without you we couldn't have had played any live shows. You all had a role on the 3rd album, but as they say, shit happens.

Anyway... 16 years is a long time for any band. ArthemesiA wasn't the most productive band, but at least we were able to create some dark gems for you to listen to - which is always a nice perk for a band to accomplish in this quantity-plagued scene full of unimaginitive bands. ArthemesiA seemed to hit its lows quite often, but somehow we managed to keep it together. Kudos for that.

And lastly, to get few things clear (and to cut the wings from any speculations), there was no drama in the decision to put ArthemesiA in hiatus, it was a common case of gathered clichés; people grew apart. The whole musical view wasn't that clear anymore. I was writing more and more socially unaccepted lyrics which caused some talk inside the band (ArthemesiA has always been an unpolitical band, but when I see my homeland, Finland, going straight to gutter, I felt I had to write some verses about the degradation of the masses).

Then there was the live shows. I have never liked to perform in front of audience. I'm mostly a solitary man, a lone wolf, so the live shows were giving us some unwanted tension and stress.

So, for now... we have to part our ways and see how the future treats us. For most of us there will be other bands. For me, I like it silent for a while. There might be something bubbling up in the psychedelic ArthemesiAn cauldron in the future. But for now, a few verses from the mighty Johan Edlund:

And now that we're dead
We've learned how to live
Our failures taught us how to forgive
And now that we've risen from the ashes of me and you
All our dreams shall come true

Floating in circles
Stars shine a light our way
To meadows and fields, green as the grass
Where we lay down
Forever...

See you in the pub,

Valtias"

(source: ArthemesiA)