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Encyclopedia > Shape of Despair
Shape Of Despair

Origin {{{origin}}}
Country Finland
Years active 1995 - present
Genre(s) Funeral Doom Metal
Label(s) Spikefarm
Members Sami Uusitalo
Jarno Salomaa
Pasi Koskinen
Natalie Koskinen
Tomi Ullgren
Samu Ruotsalainen
Past members {{{past_members}}}
Website(s) {{{website}}}

Shape of Despair is a Funeral doom musical band from Finland that was formed in 1995 as Raven. They changed their name in September 1998. The band's music, which can be described as slow, monotonous and trance-like, is composed using a flute and violin, with very slow drums and grinding guitar chords. Shape of Despair's music is somewhat like that of Skepticism, but more dreamy and trance-like. The band is signed to Spinefarm Records. Image File history File linksMetadata Shapeofdespair. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genres of Cuban music and other popular music A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... It has been suggested that sludge metal be merged into this article or section. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... The man himself that started it all back in 1995 with the creation of original name Raven. ... Pasi Koskinen is a heavy metal vocalist best known for his work with the band Amorphis. ... It has been suggested that sludge metal be merged into this article or section. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. ... The pitches of open strings on a violin The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which... Skepticism are a doom metal band from Finland. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ...

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Members

  • Pasi Koskinen (2001-) - Vocals
  • Natalie Safrosskin Koskinen (1998-) - Vocals
  • Jarno Salomaa (1995-) - Guitars, keyboards
  • Tomi Ullgren (1995-) - Bass
  • Sami Uusitalo (2002-) - Bass
  • Samu Ruotsalainen (1999-) - Drums

Pasi Koskinen is a heavy metal vocalist best known for his work with the band Amorphis. ... The man himself that started it all back in 1995 with the creation of original name Raven. ...

Former members

  • T.M. (1995-2001) - Drums, vocals
  • Azhemin (1998-1999) - Vocals
  • J.V. (1999-) - Flutes

Additional musicians

  • Toni Raehalme - Violin (On Angels of Distress and also backgrounded violin on Illusion's Play)
  • A. Tolonen - Kantele (On Illusion's Play)

Discography

  • Alone in the Mist (Demo, 1998)
  • Promo tape (Demo, 1998)
  • Shades of... (CD, 2000)
  • Angels Of Distress (CD, 2001)
  • Illusion's Play (CD, 2004)
  • Shape Of Despair (CD, 2005)

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Shape Of Despair - Band Biography and mp3s/songs,Hardcore Music/Emo Music/Screamo Music/Metal Music/Punk Rock Music ... (369 words)
Shape of Despair came into being during winter 1995, the brainchild of band leader Jarno Salomaa (guitars and synth) and Tomi Ullgren (guitars).
While the debut "Shades of." caused quite a stir in the underground, their aim became unwavering for the second one and "Angels of Distress" was a bull's-eye shot, a defining moment for a talented band already well set in their ways.
But Shape of Despair seems to be a little harder, which is good.
Shape Of Despair --- Official Relapse Records Band Page (581 words)
Finland's Shape Of Despair came together in the winter of 1995 after founding members T.U. and J.S.' death metal band dissolved.
The first sounds from the Shape Of Despair camp came in the form of Raven, a band of friends writing music under the doom metal banner.
Shape Of Despair also recruited flautist J.V. into the band as an atmosphere generator.
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