Entwine is a Finnish gothic-doom metal band. Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the early 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a subgenre of doom metal. ...

Biography

Entwine was originally assembled as a death metal band in the year of 1995 by guitarist and vocalist Tom Mikkola, drummer Aki Hanttu and bassist Taipale. In 1997 they decided to change Entwine's musical style to gothic metal and rhythm guitarist and vocalist Panu Willman was shortly after added to the band's line-up. In December of that year, Entwine recorded its first demo, entitled Divine Infinity. In February of 1998 female singer and keyboard player Riitta Heikkonen joined the band. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

Entwine's debut album — entitled Treasures Within Hearts — was released it in September of 1999. In April of 2000 both Willman and Taipale left the band, with the latter being replaced by Joni Miettinen. Vocalist Mika Tauriainen was added to the band on the following month. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The band's next album was entitled Gone and was released in April of 2001. It received the award of "Album of the Month" from German magazine Hammer and the song "New Dawn" entered the "Finnish Single Charts" in one of the top ten positions. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Jaani Kähkönen joined the band as a live session guitarist in late 2001, but soon became a permanent member of Entwine. In early 2002 the band recorded their third album, Time of Despair, which was produced by Anssi Kippo. Entwine then toured Europe with Theatre of Tragedy and Ram-Zet to promote this release. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ... World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... The band Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy is a Norwegian band from Stavanger, originally assembled in 1993 and best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre. ... Ram-Zet Ram-Zet promo photo // Biography Norways Ram-Zet originally began as a one-man project in 1998 by mastermind Zet in order to bring his own musical visions to life after having played in numerous assorted bands (including an outfit called MFM with former Artch singer Eric...

In 2003 Entwine recorded their fourth album, diEversity, released in March of 2004. This albums showed an evolution on their sound, abandoning some of the band's gothic roots and opting for a heavier style. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Entwine released in August of 2005 an EP containing five tracks, entitled Sliver. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Line-up

• Mika Tauriainen - Vocals
• Tom Mikkola - Guitar
• Jaani Kähkönen - Guitar
• Joni Miettinen - Bass
• Aki Hanttu - Drums
• Riitta Heikkonen - Keyboards, vocals

Mika Tauriainen is the vocalist of the gothic metal band Entwine and the soft rock band ShamRain. ...

Former members

• Taipale - Bass
• Panu Willman - Vocals, guitar

Discography

Albums

• The Treasures Within Hearts (1999)
• Gone (2001)
• Time of Despair (2002)
• diEversity (2004)
• Sliver (EP, 2005)
• Fatal Design (2006)

Singles

• New Dawn (2000)
• The Pit (2002)
• Bitter Sweet (2004)
• Surrender (2006)

External links

• Entwine's official website