Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Left to right: Janne Tolsa, Petri Sankala, Altti Veteläinen, Risto Ruuth, Jarmo Puolakanaho
Background information
Origin	Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Genre(s)	Melodic death metal
Years active	1994 – 2001, 2005 – present
Label(s)	Spinefarm Records X-Treme Records
Website	eternaltears.info
Members
Altti Veteläinen Janne Tolsa Jarmo Puolakanaho Petri Sankala Risto Ruuth
Former members
Antti-Matti Talala Antti Kokko Pasi Hiltula Olli-Pekka Törrö

Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish Symphonic death metal band. They were formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. They have also been considered a Gothic metal band due to some gothic metal influences on their albums. The pre-EToS projects started from Industrial metal and black metal, but soon the style changed to many Melodic death metal. Image File history File links EToS_band. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Pudasjärvi is a city of Finland. ... Northern Ostrobothnia is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ... Janne Tolsa is a Finnish Heavy Metal musician. ... Antti Kokko is the lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Kalmah. ... Symphonic Death Metal incorporates Complex orchestral and symphonic arrangements into death metal, many times played by keyboardist but sometime an actual orchestra. ... Pudasjärvi is a city of Finland. ... Northern Ostrobothnia is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Gothic metal is a genre of heavy metal music that originated during the mid 1990s in Europe as an outgrowth of doom-death, a fusion genre of doom metal and death metal. ... Melodic death metal, (also referred to as Gothenburg metal, melodeath, and post-death) is a subgenre of death metal. ...

Biography

The band was officially formed in 1994 by Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and Olli-Pekka Törrö, after some previous various metal projects. Initially all started when Altti and Jarmo started to playing the straightforward Industrial metal making, by the computers and one electric guitar, but after they went on became straightforward black metal group under the three several names. These pre-EToS projects featured several people who play or have played in Eternal Tears of Sorrow. Industrial metal is a musical genre which draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... Black metal is an extreme heavy metal subgenre. ...

Andromeda, a first black metal-project, had been put on hold in late 1992 because the rehearsal place had burned down. It seemed their home town wasn't able to give them a new rehearsal place, so the three members decided to start up a new, drummerless sideproject (M.D.C.) and recorded a demo tape Beyond The Fantasy in autumn 1993. However, the songs on the demo were better than they had expected, so they decided to go on with the project. Black metal is an extreme heavy metal subgenre. ... Track Listing Submerged -3:09 Subway -1:57 Waiting For Susan -3:03 One Times One Times One -4:25 To Be Free Please -4:02 Handsome Musician -3:32 Fair Weather -3:06 North Main Street -3:31 AIDS -3:26 Your House -2:34 ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

In spring 1994, they recorded a new demo, The Seven Goddesses of Frost. Because of the fact that their home town was still unable to provide Andromeda a new rehearsal place, and the project had become a serious band, the band decided to change their name to more serious Eternal Tears of Sorrow. ^[1]. Between 1994 and 1996 the band was busy (in spite of all of the members doing their compulsory military services) ^[2]: they recorded their first studio demo tape (Bard's Burial), had a couple of songs on some compilation CDs in Europe and Canada and recorded their debut, Sinner's Serenade (which was their, last black metal record). It took more than a year for the debut album to get released by X-Treme Records ^[3], a small underground label from Gothenburg in Sweden. “Conscript” redirects here. ... A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... A debut album is the first released music album by an artist or a band. ... Sinners Serenade is the first album by Eternal Tears of Sorrow. ... Location of Gothenburg in northern Europe Coordinates: Country Sweden County Västra Götaland County Province Västergötland Charter 1621 Government  - Mayor Göran Johansson Area  - City 450 km²  (174 sq mi)  - Water 14. ...

After recording the second album (that the band recorded on their own money and which was their first melodic death metal record), Vilda Mánnu, Spinefarm Records approached the band and soon they signed a deal with the label. ^[4] Vilda Mánnu is the second album by Eternal Tears of Sorrow. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ...

Their third album Chaotic Beauty (on which the band had three new members as Olli-Pekka Törrö had left the band ^[5]) might have been the most successful album so far as they went to an European tour with Nightwish and Sinergy promoting the album. However, it was their fourth album, A Virgin and a Whore, that went to the Finnish Album TOP 40 charts. Chaotic Beauty is the third album by Eternal Tears Of Sorrow. ... Tour may mean: Concert tour, series of performances in different markets Tourism, travel for pleasure James Tour, nanoscientist Le Tour de France, the worlds biggest bicycle race This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland, formed in an effort to present a balls-out female-fronted metal band to the world, by American vocalist Kimberly Goss, who was keyboarding for Dimmu Borgir at the time, and In Flames lead guitarist Jesper Strömblad in 1998. ... |200px|A Virgin And A Whore cover]] Studio album by Eternal Tears of Sorrow Released November 7, 2001 Genre Melodic death metal, Symphonic metal Length 47. ...

After releasing four albums, the band announced having a break just after the release of A Virgin and a Whore. In 2002 the band announced they were going to have a long break. However, they broke up in January 2003, the reasons being the members' interest in trying something completely different, or just taking a complete break from the music business. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The music industry is the industry that creates and performs music, both in the form of compositions and performances. ...

In February 2005, the band announced they were to make a comeback. The album was being written and recorded during the year, and the fifth album Before the Bleeding Sun was released in April 2006 (excluding releases in Russia and Japan that were released later). This album also went to the Finnish Album Top 40 charts, this time with the position of #26 ^[6]. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Before the Bleeding Sun is the fifth studio album released by the Finnish melodic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The band broke their 66-month gig silence in late 2006 with two session members as Petri Sankala and Janne Tolsa were unavailable at that time ^[7].

Discography

Full-length albums

• Sinner's Serenade (1997)
• Vilda Mánnu (1998)
• Chaotic Beauty (2000)
• A Virgin and a Whore (2001)
• Before the Bleeding Sun (2006)

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Singles

• Last One For Life (Finland only) (2001)

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Cover songs

• As I Die, by Paradise Lost
• Black Tears, by Edge of Sanity
• Flight of Icarus, by Iron Maiden
• Sick, Dirty and Mean, by Accept

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Demos

• The Seven Goddesses of Frost - (May 1994)
• Bard's Burial - (October 1994)

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Pre-EToS demos

• The Fourth Dimension - (as Andromeda, May 1992)
• II (unfinished demo) - (as Andromeda, August 1992)
• DWN (instrumental demo) - (as D.W.N., June 1993)
• Beyond the Fantasy - (as M.D.C., October 1993)

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Members

• Altti Veteläinen, vocal, bass 1994- (see For My Pain..., Kalmah, Scyron, also in all the previous pre-EToS projects)
• Jarmo Puolakanaho, guitar 1994- (also in all the previous pre-EToS projects)
• Risto Ruuth, guitar 2005- (see Scyron)
• Janne Tolsa, keyboards 2005- (see Tarot, Virtuocity, Turmion Kätilöt)
• Petri Sankala, drums 1999- (see For My Pain..., Kalmah, Scyron, also in Andromeda 1992)

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Previous members

• Olli-Pekka Törrö, guitar 1994-1999 (see For My Pain..., also in Andromeda 1992 and M.D.C. 1993)
• Pasi Hiltula, keyboards 1999-2003 (see Kalmah, Scenery Channel)
• Antti-Matti Talala, guitar, drums 1997-2000 (see To/Die/For, Soulrelic, Kalmah)
• Antti Kokko, guitar 2000-2003 (see Kalmah)

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Guest musicians on albums

• Heli Luokkala - guest vocals on Vilda Mánnu
• Kimberly Goss - guest vocals on Chaotic Beauty (see Sinergy, Therion)
• Juha Kylmänen - guest vocals on A Virgin and a Whore (see For My Pain..., Reflexion)
• Jarmo Kylmänen - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Scyron, Rautavaara Inc.)
• Miriam Elisabeth Renvåg - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Ram-Zet, For My Pain...)
• Tony Kakko - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Sonata Arctica)
• Marco Hietala - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Tarot, Nightwish, Sinergy)

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Session tour musicians

• Petri Sankala - drums on gigs between 1997 and 1999 (before officially joining the band)
• Antti Kokko - bass on gigs in 1997 and 1998 (before officially joining the band)
• Pekka Kokko - bass on tour in 1999 (see Kalmah)
• Heidi Määttä - keyboards on tour in 2000 (see Embraze), temporarily replacing Pasi Hiltula.
• Juha Kylmänen - clean vocals on gigs in 2001 (see For My Pain...)
• Veli-Matti Kananen - keyboards on gigs in 2006 and 2007, temporarily replacing Janne Tolsa.
• Tuomo Laikari - drums on gigs in 2006 and 2007, temporarily replacing Petri Sankala.
• Jarmo Kylmänen - clean vocals on gigs in 2006 and 2007

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Trivia

• Every EToS album (and the last promo tape) has been recorded at Tico-Tico Studio. The only exception are the keyboard tracks on Before the Bleeding Sun and some instrument and vocal tracks on previous albums. Some other bands known for recording their albums at Tico-Tico are Sentenced and Sonata Arctica.
• The band was one of the first Finnish bands to have a website. Their first website was put online in early February 1996. ^[8]

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See also

External links:

• Official website of the band
• Spinefarm Records
• Band info @ Metalstorm.ee
• EToS biography @ Tartareandesire.com
• Jarmo Puolakanaho's website
• Risto Ruuth's website

References