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A dark star in a sea of monotonously predictable heavy bands, Medeia has stuck to one clear objective since its founding in 2002: creating a fresh, brutal sound rich in content and uncompromising in nature. Solely positive reviews for their self-produced and now sold-out debut album Quantum Holocaust: World Domination and the gut wrenching follow-up label release Cult stand as a loud testament to the success of that mission.
Following the success of their label debut (which also took Medeia around Europe alongside The Ocean), Medeia released the final instalment of their thematically twisted trilogy in May 2011, dubbing it Abandon All. Though lyrically picking up the tale of nuclear devastation from where “Cult” left off, musically Medeia again progressed by leaps and bounds, embracing whole new elements in their impassioned brand of aural battery and ensuring it sounds nothing short of exceptional. After the release of "Abandon All" Medeia spent an action-packed summer performing at all the top-of-the-line music festivals in Finland, solidifying the band's status as one of the top metal outfits in the country.
Medeia has made a point of bringing their trademark jaw-dropping energy to audiences across Finland and beyond, touring relentlessly and playing shows alongside such notable acts as Ozzy Osbourne, As I Lay Dying, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Between the Buried and Me, Entombed, Animals as Leaders, Decapitated, Raised Fist, Terror and Insomnium. They released their fourth album, Iconoclastic, during the band's European tour with Children of Bodom in October 2013. The tour consisted of 49 shows in 25 countries - the longest European tour ever undertaken by a Finnish band - and concluded with an eleven-show Finnish tour in support of Iconoclastic.
The rapid outburst of 60 shows eventually proved too much for their lead singer Keijo Niinimaa who had practically been living on the road for the past couple of years and, in the spring of 2014, Keijo decided to leave Medeia. Keijo's departure brought on a line-up change with internet sensation Frans Aalto taking over vocal duties. Also known as Finowa, Frans is a talented multi-instrumentalist with a huge online following and an impressive skill set. Bolstered by his addition, the re-energized group hit the stages again alongside the best metal acts in Finland and released Manning the Helm, the hardest hitting EP of 2015.
...And the energy didn't stop there. Immediately after the acquisition of Frans Aalto, Medeia began making grand plans for an album that would be known as their crown jewel and the definition of alternative death metal. XENOSIS would thematically be the prologue to Medeia's album trilogy, while musically displaying everything that the band has to offer. The record turned out so ambitious that it kept the band in the studio for nearly two years, pushing the main song writer Samuli Peltola to his limits. Now the wait is over, and Medeia is ready to proudly present their own altered Genesis: Xenosis.
Members:
Frans Aalto
Samuli Peltola
Laura Dziadulewicz
Samuli Kuusinen
Janne Putkisaari
Pekko Mörö
www.medeiaband.com
Manifestation
Medeia Lyrics
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Jim Jones: "Living--you're looking at death and it looks--living is much, much more difficult. Raising up every morning and not knowing what's going to be the night's bringing. It's much more difficult. It's much more difficult."
Jim Jones: "It's never been done before, you say. It's been done by every tribe in history. Every tribe facing annihilation. All the Indians of the Amazon are doing it right now. They refuse to bring any babies into the world. They kill every child that comes into the world. Because they don't want to live in this kind of a world."
Christine Miller: "Well, I don't see it like that. I mean, I feel like that--as long as there's life, there's hope. That's my faith."
Jim Jones: "Please. For God's sake, let's get on with it. We've lived--we've lived as no other people lived and loved. We've had as much of this world as you're gonna get. Let's just be done with it. Let's be done with the agony of it."
Jim Jones: "I made my manifestation, and the world was ready, not ready for me. Paul said, "I was a man born out of due season." I've been born out of due season, just like all we are, and the best testimony we can make is to leave this goddamn world."
The lyrics of Medeia's song "Manifestation" reference excerpts from the Jim Jones suicide tape, which is a disturbing audio recording of Jones' final moments with his followers in Jonestown, Guyana. Jones was the leader of the Peoples Temple cult, which ended in tragedy when he led over 900 of his followers in a mass suicide in 1978.
The lyrics are a commentary on the desperation that can drive people to such extremes, and Jones' words are used as an example of the kind of delusion that can result from this kind of mindset. The first verse specifically highlights the difficulty of living, with the uncertainty and unpredictability of daily life contributing to a feeling of hopelessness. The subsequent verses reference Jones' twisted logic, which suggests that death is the only way to escape the evils of the world.
Overall, the lyrics of "Manifestation" are both haunting and thought-provoking. Through the use of this historical reference, Medeia forces her listeners to confront the fragile nature of the human psyche, and the devastating consequences that can result from unchecked despair.
Line by Line Meaning
Living--you're looking at death and it looks--living is much, much more difficult.
The struggle of coping with everyday life is harder than the thought of death.
Raising up every morning and not knowing what's going to be the night's bringing. It's much more difficult.
Waking up each day wondering what struggles will arise is harder than the finality of death.
It's never been done before, you say. It's been done by every tribe in history.
The act of choosing one's own death has been practiced by many cultures throughout history.
They kill every child that comes into the world. Because they don't want to live in this kind of a world.
Some tribes choose not to bring life into this world due to the harsh realities they face.
Well--some--everybody dies. Some place that hope runs out because everybody dies. I haven't seen anybody yet didn't die.
Death is inevitable for everyone, and at some point, hope fades because everyone eventually dies.
And I'd like to choose my own kind of death for a change. I'm tired of being tormented to hell, that's what I'm tired of. Tired of it.
Jim Jones is exhausted by the hardships of life and wants to choose his own kind of death.
Please. For God's sake, let's get on with it. We've lived--we've lived as no other people lived and loved. We've had as much of this world as you're gonna get. Let's just be done with it. Let's be done with the agony of it.
Jones argues that they have experienced life and love in a way that no one else has and they have had enough of this world's struggles.
I made my manifestation, and the world was ready, not ready for me. Paul said, "I was a man born out of due season." I've been born out of due season, just like all we are, and the best testimony we can make is to leave this goddamn world.
Jones believes he was born at the wrong time and his manifestation was ready, but the world was not ready for him. He feels it is best to leave this world as a testimony to his beliefs.
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