2007

I quitted active tracking around 2004 / 2005 - in 2007 the last Armagon release was planned and I participated to the release by making few songs.

This song was a small musical statement for animal rights - or especially pointing out the insanity of the so-called intensive farming. That's why animals "sing" in this song.

Cover stuff:

http://www.mikseri.net...

2007

I quitted active tracking around 2004 / 2005 - in 2007 the last Armagon release was planned and I participated to the release by making few songs.

2007

I quitted active tracking around 2004 / 2005 - in 2007 the last Armagon release was planned and I participated to the release by making few songs.

Inspired by Bolt Thrower's "world eater / cenotaph / etc" song series. The idea is pretty much the same, though in this so-called 'sanity' song series the structure of song (and as a result also the length) is very similar from one song to another. First came 'beneath the sanity', then came 'back to the sanity' and finally 'breaching the sanity'. All were part of Armagon music disks.

2004

Vocals: Unbird

In 2004 there was this EP idea which was planned together with Grindire. Few songs from Grindire and few songs from Aeuk & Unbird. The idea was to create as extreme death/grind material as possible and the theme was of course zombies (well at least it was in our songs "against the undead" and "fear of amputation"). The end result made all the participants satisfied.

2004

Vocals: Unbird

In 2004 there was this EP idea which was planned together with Grindire. Few songs from Grindire and few songs from Aeuk & Unbird. The idea was to create as extreme death/grind material as possible and the theme was of course zombies (well at least it was in our songs "against the undead" and "fear of amputation"). The end result made all the participants satisfied.

2003

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

By 2003 cooperation work with Unbird had reached its' peak point. This song is yet another good example of that.

2003

Vocals: Unbird

This song was originally created by Hybrido. The original tracked metal piece didn't have vocals / lyrics from what I remember (the song was done in late 1990s I think) so Unbird came up with lyrics and vocals. Tribute to a primitive tracked grindcore song. RIP Hybrido.

2003

The original tracked metalscene song was composed by Violator (around 1998 or so). Excellent grind piece which was entertaining to remake as a tribute to Violator.

Vocals: Unbird

2003

2001 Inspired by Bolt Thrower's "world eater / cenotaph / etc" song series. The idea is pretty much the same, though in this so-called 'sanity' song series the structure of song (and as a result also the length) is very similar from one song to another. First came 'beneath the sanity', then came 'back to the sanity' and finally 'breaching the sanity'. All were part of Armagon music disks.

2003

Another Unbird cooperation gem. :)

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

Inspired by finnish TV-show 'Popstars'. Read the lyrics at your own risk. The lyrics reveal tiny bits of our back then attitude when it came to TV-programs like 'Popstars'. ;)

2003

The original tracked metalscene song was composed by Violator (around 1997-98 or so). Original song had no vocals so as we decided to do this tribute to Violator by remaking his fine "old school death metal" song, we made it all the way - Unbird crafted fitting lyrics and so this tribute version has also vocals.

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

2003

More Unbird cooperation gems.

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

2003

More Unbird cooperation gems.

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

2002

The strongest (and the best) original song by Aeuk - according to artist himself.

This song found its' way also to Relapse's "Drum Machinegun" compilation, even that the bogey artist name was "Mecha Bongzilla" and also the song title was referring to processors or something (both of these not invented by Aeuk).

http://www.discogs.com...

2002

This song was later re'recorded as a song for Scumfusion with same title but with lyrics included - it can be found from 2002 release "the awakening".

2001

Occasionally between the more common death/grind/thrash material one had to craft something different: This was an experimental tune which was extremely inspired by 1) Dead Kennedys and 2) Gorguts ("obscura" album).

2001

More Unbird cooperation gems.

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

2001

Inspired by Bolt Thrower's "world eater / cenotaph / etc" song series. The idea is pretty much the same, though in this so-called 'sanity' song series the structure of song (and as a result also the length) is very similar from one song to another. First came 'beneath the sanity', then came 'back to the sanity' and finally 'breaching the sanity'. All were part of Armagon music disks.

2001

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

This song was created only a week or two after the September 2001 WTC terror strike. Anti-terrorism song.

2001

Around these times the cooperation (which turned out to be smooth) with Unbird was started. In the beginning the teamwork was perhaps bit hit and miss by both parties, and the soundscapes weren't always the best ones, but even during those early days as relaxing material as this song was born. ;) ... our first cooperative song was probably Death cover done in late 2000.

Vocals (and lyrics): Unbird

2001

Rare but true; punk/hardcore song.

2001

This song was later re'recorded as a song for Scumfusion with new title and lyrics - "the silent howl" - it can be found from 2010 release "a Lossidian threnody".

2001

Example tunes for showcasing guitar sounds which kept slowly getting better.

2001

Example tunes for showcasing guitar sounds which kept slowly getting better.

2000

This song was later re'recorded as a song for Scumfusion with new title and lyrics - "in weary light" - it can be found from 2006 release "under exoriant light".

2000

Sewer grind.

2000

Growls: Violator

2000

Around the turn of millennium I developed a vocal style which I labelled as "sewer vocals" (as it sounded like some imagined creature living in the sewers). Sang while breathing inwards. The vocal style was inspired by 1) zombie movies and 2) early Fallout games (which have ghouls living underground).

This song is a good example of the sewer vocal style as it gets going. The vocalstyle became pretty much a trademark in metal tracks by Aeuk (when it was Aeuk himself singing) - it was unique vocal style if nothing else.

1999

Another "sewer death metal" experiment (read "eternal souls below" description below).

1999

In late 1999 / early 2000 there was this "how much and brutally can I downtune my guitar" thing going (with combination of tuning the actual instrument + added software'based extra downtuning with computer) ... it was getting really close to whether there was any sense at all anymore. :) As a result few easily recognizable "sewer death metal" songs were born, as this song here. The best thing in these hilariously downtuned songs were that they worked as an inspiration for forming Scumfusion in summer 2000.

1999

This tune from Summer '99 was definitely step to next level in many ways personally; 1) my own guitarsamples were the best ones I had made up until that and playing was tight, too 2) cooperation with other vocalists (in this case Violator) worked clearly better than my own vocal experiments and 3) I started to genuinely believe that tracked metal can be truly extreme metal too, in a believable way.

1999

In 1999 I started actively using 100% own guitarsamples in my tracked metal pieces. In the beginning the quality and sound of my own guitars was rather lofi / horrible, but these songs do have their own kind of nostalgy element. Musically speaking the songs started to be closer to my own metal music taste, meaning a combination of death metal and grindcore.

1999

Growls: Violator

Guitar samples' quality continued getting better (thanks to Betrayer among others) and also cooperative tracking started getting more common. In my case coop'work meant that I took care of the music and other fella took care of vocals. As in this song's case where Violator has been let loose doing some massive growls.

At the same time my own attitude in one matter started changing dramatically: Tracked metal can be brutal / extreme in a believable way, instead of just sounding like some Amiga era computer game music, relaxed rock/heavy style stuff. This song using...

1999

Straightforward thrash metal inspired by 1980's Sodom material - and utilizing Betrayer's guitar samples.

1999

One of the very last "Amiga-style" heavy/rock songs which I tracked. This was an outro in one music package.

1999

Experimental song, which has slight electronic elements thrown in. During late 1990s I was occasionally doing experimental electronic music with nickname Quetzalcoatl - that material can be found from here in Mikseri with artist name ATQ. Just saying, since this metal song happens to have clearly "quetzalcoatl" vibe to it.

1998

Musically speaking very similar song than "in the name of C0rpse" below; same technical idea about using the Betrayer's and C0rpse's guitar samples in the same song, craft some lyrics on top of it all and sing it by yourself. Funnily I recall that the song title was about Bill Gates who was cashing in with back then awful Windows software and the lyrics were meant to be about this matter, too. Well, imagination took over and the lyrics tell about something else ... (check em out). :-) After these vocal experiments I started finding good vocal contacts through tracked metalscene and...

1998

Next a small piece of tracked metalscene history from my point of view: Back in 1997 I stumbled across russian dude nicknamed C0rpse who had crafted some stylish tracked metal music with his own tremelo style guitar samples (gathering him fame in the scene as years passed). I was doing bunch of C0rpse style experiments myself back in 1997-1998 like so many else but around Summer 1998 Betrayer's guitar samples started to dictate the scene (they were so much above others) ... around this time I got an idead to make a zombie themed tribute song for C0rpse, a song where I'd use...

1998

Example song about two things: The Amiga era guitarsamples (really ancient ones) were truly coming to their end in tracked metal use, yet somehow I still ended up using them here and there, as in this song. This song is quite a weird combination of those Amiga era guitarsamples and 1997-98 guitarsamples done by Corpse - with some guitarsamples recorded by myself thrown in. Quite a chaotic mixture. Well, this fits in a t twisted way ... for the another matter for which this song is a good example: Behind that certain kind of "Amiga" styled heavy/rock tunes you can sense the growing...

1998

In 1998 the quality of samples started getting notably better and my own guitarsamples started appearing in my tracked pieces - like in this song. Experimental material, no longer sounding exactly "Amiga-music" either.

1997

While looking through archives it's soon evident that 1997 was clearly the last tracking year for "Amiga style" heavy/rock material. Both musically and especially when it comes to those samples (some of them date back to late 1980s, Amiga 500 games). Songs like this one were bubbling out from me rapidly in 1997, at craziest times few songs per week during several months in a row. While studying. Balancing factor for studies, ehh?

1997

Even that the sample quality (and samples in itself) started getting better bit by bit, the sound of my tracked metal pieces in 1997 was still pretty much based on Amiga style guitars etc. As this song showcases.

Tracking skills were improving though, and extra channels gave room for trying new things technically speaking.

1996

This was so-called "sequel" and decidedly last piece in the virtual live song series. Everything was supposed to be bigger and better than in "Live inside pentium" song (1995) - except the drum solo which was replaced with overall way more complex and uptempo drums throughout the song. This is otherwise a pure Amiga styled heavy/rock piece except the tempo which makes the song bordering thrash metal genre. Whoa. Wonder if I accidentally thought back then that it could actually be possible to create extreme metal with computer only?

1996

In this song the amount of extra channels doesn't add too much, mainly a nod wider general sound and yes - "vocals" (or some grunts). As tracking software developed, the size and quality of samples that could be used, started to raise fast, too. Resulting into more realistic sounding tracked metal instead of "just some computer music".

From 2004-2005 forwards the tracking software in use has been mainly Modplug Tracker / Open Modplug Tracker. From dos-based software into Windows-based software.

1995

I started using Impulse Tracker in around 1995-1996 - from 4 channel tracking into 16 channel tracking and in only few years as much as 64 channel tracking.

The first tracked metal tune with 16 channels in use. This was also my first ever "singing experiment" (back then the computer specs were extremely limiting the amount of vocals though). It's a humor song with a song title that depicted nerd's (yours truly) dream of getting Intel Pentium PC someday - gig inside pentium. And as it was a virtual live song, of course it contains a ridiculous drum solo, too.

1994

Pretty much a song in the same series (read: Amiga style) than the example song from previous year ("slowly dying melody" 1993). The biggest difference is that this song contains numerous technical tricks (tracker based, simple tricks) and aiming for certain kind of longevity structurally speaking. Originally a song built for looping smoothly.

1993

Still Amiga era guitar samples in use and it's also done with the 4 channel tracking software. Rough'n'retro.

1992

One of the first tracked metal pieces done with PC. Still 4 channel tracking. From Sound Tracker (Amiga) into Scream Tracker (PC) at this stage.

1991

Primitive song, 100% inspired by Autopsy's "mental funeral". Still done with Amiga 500. Rough lofi sounds and also out of tune in some places, but it's a piece of personal metal tracking history.

1989

The only remaining song from my tracking career's early years (done with Amiga 500). Song title tells all there is to say.