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Mikko Kotamäki - vocals
Juha Raivio - guitar
Markus Jämsen - guitar
Matti Honkonen - bass
Aleksi Munter - keyboards
Pasi Pasanen - drums
Ghosts of LossCD
Tracklist:
01. The Giant 02. Descending Winters 03. Psychopath's Lair 04. Forgive Her... 05. Fragile 06. Ghost Of Laura Palmer 07. Gloom, Beauty And Despair 08. The Ship
Total running time:
Release date: 2009-06-10
Catalog number Universal: 2707884
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI355CD
Barcode: 0602527078847
The Morning Never CameCD
Tracklist:
01. Through Her Silvery Body 02. Deadly Nighshade 03. Out of This Gloomy Light 04. Swallow (Horror Pt. I) 05. Silence of the Womb 06. Hold This Woe 07. Under the Waves 08. The Morning Never Came
Total running time:
Release date: 2009-06-10
Catalog number Universal: 27078830
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI354CD
Barcode: 0602527078830
New MoonCD
Tracklist:
01. These Woods Breathe Evil 02. Falling World 03. Sleepless Swans 04. ...And Heavens Cried Blood 05. Lights on the Lake (Horror pt III) 06. New Moon 07. Servant of Sorrow 08. Weight of The Dead
Total running time:
Release date: 2009-11-04
Catalog number Universal: 2715391
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI361CD
Barcode: 0602527153919
Plague of ButterfliesMCD
Tracklist:
Plague of Butterflies
01. Plague of Butterflies:
I. Losing the Sunsets
II. Plague of Butterflies
III. Evael 10:00
Out of This Gloomy Light demo
02. Through Her Silvery Body
03. Out of This Gloomy Light
04. Under the Waves
05. Swallow (Horror pt.1)
Total running time:
Release date: 2008-09-17
Catalog number Universal: 176407-1
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI331CD
Barcode: 00602517640719
HopeCD
Tracklist:
01. Hope 02. These Hours of Despair 03. The Justice of Suffering 04. Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2) 05. Too Cold For Tears 06. The Empty Skies 07. No Light, No Hope 08. Doomed to Walk the Earth
Total running time:
Release date: 2007-02-07
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI272CD
Barcode: 00602517134034
Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)CDS
Tracklist:
01. Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2 edit) 02. These Low Lands 03. Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)
Total running time:
Release date: 2007-01-10
Catalog number Universal:
Catalog number Spinefarm: SPI282CD
Barcode: 00602517170025
The death/doom luminaries of Finland, Swallow the Sun, started in the turn of the millennium when guitarist Juha Raivio collected a group of friends around him.
The first recording was well prepared for few years and up until now has been a rare collectors item. “Out of this Gloomy Light” demo was recorded in January 2003. This demo brought them their first record deal with Firebox Records.
With their debut “The Morning Never Came” Swallow the Sun got chosen the newcomer of the year in Inferno Magazine and received a full 5 K's review in Kerrang! the album was quoted as “One of the doom metals finest moments to date”. 2nd album “Ghosts of loss” climbed to #8 on Finnish album charts. This rare occasion, together with heavy touring both in Finland and abroad laid the groundwork for Swallow the Sun's skyrocketing success.
In September 2006 Swallow the Sun recorded “Hope”, which was released in January of 2007 and unbelievably hit position #3 on the Official Finnish Album Chart, a feat never before achieved anywhere in the world with a doom album and a achievement which undoubtedly won’t be repeated unless Swallow the Sun do it themselves, with their new release, “Plague of Butterflies”…
”Plague of Butterflies” is a story about an old hermit, deep woods, loneliness and the plague. It's a three part 35 minute song of crushing gloom, beauty and despair. Never before has the band shown such polarity, ranging from demented screams of desperation to moving, heartrending melodic passages.
This magnum opus’s music was originally ordered for a big ballet project, but the project sadly went awry and got cancelled. Because of this the band now is intending to use the music in a different context, in a short movie, and currently they’re in search for suitable partners to make this happen.
The release also includes the rare "Out of This Gloomy Light" demo that got them signed back in 2003. There was only three demos sent out, so until now this has been really rare stuff and holds some of the darkest and coldest moments ever recorded by the Jyväskylä gloom masters.
“Plague of Butterflies” will be released at September 17th by Spinefarm Records.
