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Genre: Metalcore
Origin: United States
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The first spark that was to become Farmakon ignited in the spring of 2000 when Toni Salminen on his vacation from the army (everyone has to do a stint in the army in Finland) had a meeting of minds with Marko Eskola.
Both guys had played in bands before but as the conversation developed it soon became apparent that they had a common goal. To make some crazy, heavy, fucked-up intricate music, spanning all the sounds and ideas they could muster. The two guys started jamming together, writing riffs and vocal lines that soon spawned into entire songs.
Things got a little more serious and they realised that if these ideas were going to go anywhere they would have to get a whole band together or not bother at all. The hunt was on for like-minded individuals who could not only drink like demons (easy to find in Finland...) but who also shared such a wide-rang
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