Miseria Ultima

After discussing for a couple of years about forming an electronic music band Miseria Ultima was formed in the Lapland area of Finland, by Aleksi Martikainen and Kimmo Huhtala in 2016. The music of Miseria Ultima combines EBM, aggrotech, and dark electro with spices from other electronic music genres. After forming Miseria Ultima made a demo called” Unfocus” and released it as a digital version in the beginning of 2017 which got good response from the audience and from the labels. The debut album "Phosphor" was released in 2017 and after this Miseria Ultima played multiple shows in Finland and abroad — with bands like Nachtmahr, King Satan, etc. The second album "Graygarden" was recorded between the years of 2018 and 2019. After a while of waiting, it was released in early 2020 by Advoxya Records and Inverse Records. The second album also got a good response from the audience and media. The band inked a deal in 2022 with electronic music veteran label Alfa Matrix and the third album called “In Colors of Void” was released. And later on the fourth one followed, carrying a name "Arctic Esotericism". The main concept behind the band is and has been to combine themes and landscapes from sorrowful atmospheres and northern coldness to their music. In addition to show themes of melancholy, through poem, philosophy and introspection influenced lyrics and grief ridden melodies to create their own path of Dark Electro / EBM music.