Brazen Forgery, built upon a core of tight, metallic band instrumentation, lets the side notes be heard with their new track. 

The song is a symphonic instrumental arrangement of the first two songs, "Karjalasta" and "Kajahtaa," from Karelia Suite EP, released in the autumn of 2024. As metal music is often perceived solely as aggression and sweaty screaming, I want to bring forth the other side of the music—the melodiousness and grandiosity—which Brazen Forgery's sound heavily relies on.

Karelia Suite EP was released on September 19, 2024, marking exactly 80 years since the Moscow Armistice, which resulted in Finland having to cede its eastern territories, including the Karelian Isthmus, to the Soviet Union.

This work honors the rich cultural heritage and way of life developed over centuries, if not millennia, by the people of Finnish Karelia. The heritage which they brought with them to other parts of Finland when they were forced to leave their lands for good. 

Through five songs and 22 minutes of symphonic metal, this EP echoes the lives of the Karelians, reminding us of their experiences of survival, loss, grief and remembrance.

Piilopirtti is the second single from the Karelia Suite EP. The song tells a survival story from the 17th century Karelian Isthmus, where enemy troops would periodically attack villages, destroying everything in their path. During these turbulent times, villagers would flee to hidden shelters in the forest if they had the chance. The survival of many families often depended on whether they woke up in time to see the glow of flames from a burning neighboring villages.

Even though all worldly possessions were lost once again, lives were sometimes spared, and songs and stories continued to the next generations. That's why, in the end, I'm here, wasting air and making songs.

Kuollut Maa was released as the first single release from the Karelia Suite EP. September 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of the peace treaty that ended the war, according to which Finland had to permanently cede parts of its eastern territories to the Soviet Union. During the war, 450,000 Finnish residents of these ceded areas lost their homes and were forced to relocate within Finland's new borders, seeking a new future after losing all they had. When the Soviet Union later collapsed under its own weight, the borders between Finland and Russia opened, and many people of my grandparents' generation were able to visit their birthplaces for the first time in decades. This song is born out of those stories, thoughts, and feelings.

The Antimatter, a 4:31-minute single release, intricately tells the story of how opposites inevitably find themselves on a collision course, ultimately destroying everything. It explores the concept that counterforces are meaningless without power and that, in the end, it doesn't matter who or what prevailed because everything ultimately crumbles.

The eponymous debut album of Brazen Forgery was released in its entirety on January 20, 2023, without major advance warnings or earlier single releases from the album versions. The album, consisting of 7 songs and lasting for 37 minutes, is composed of five gothic, doom, and black metal-influenced tracks, one cinematic intro, and an instrumental piece that concludes the album.