Progeny of Sun

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.