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Shape of Despair
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Helsinki, Finland (1995 – present)
Helsinki, Finland based Shape of Despair came into being during winter 1995, the brainchild of band leader Jarno Salomaa (guitars and synth) and Tomi Ullgren (guitars). All the while searching for the ultimate line-up, Shape of Despair recorded a demo-tape “Alone in the Mist”, a promo, and two albums. 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.
Before releasing “Illusion’s Play” the line-up had, besides Salomaa and Ullgren, settled on Natalie Koskinen (female voc), Samu Ruotsalainen (dr) (both long-standing members), Sami Uusitalo (b) and Pasi Koskinen (v). Mr Koskinen’s monstrous growls prove his vocal range is by no means exhausted by his other bands Mannhai and Ajattara, while providing a distinct counterpoint to Natalie’s angelic voice.
Before releasing “Illusion’s Play” the line-up had, besides Salomaa and Ullgren, settled on Natalie Koskinen (female voc), Samu Ruotsalainen (dr) (both long-standing members), Sami Uusitalo (b) and Pasi Koskinen (v). Mr Koskinen’s monstrous growls prove his vocal range is by no means exhausted by his other bands Mannhai and Ajattara, while providing a distinct counterpoint to Natalie’s angelic voice.
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Illusion's Play
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Shades of...
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Angels of Distress
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Night's Dew
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Fallen
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Quiet These Paintings Are
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...To Live for My Death...
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HolyandFallen wrote:
Shape of Despair has not a single bad track...they are genious!
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Locust_ wrote:
I love Angel Of Distress and Shades Of.., but Illusions Play sucks a bit.
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Darkpelos wrote:
the best funeral doom band ever!
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Samoroth wrote:
I don't listen that often to this band but everytime I do they awake so many emotions in me. What a band!
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BlackBloodFFF wrote:
The best !!
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WingedMusic wrote:
I just discovered them... It's magic not music...
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In_the_mist wrote:
I love their music
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ShadesOfIce wrote:
These guys are awesome, they remind me a lot of Evoken.
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Soride wrote:
wonder when they'll finally release a new album, its been a while
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Koimeterion wrote:
"SHADES OF..." I love it! Wish they would release something like their first album...
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sinisha wrote:
Darkfall, cut the crap, listen and let listen, who gives a fuck who's into goth or not.
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JskGoth wrote:
Shape of despair *-*
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Darkfall_ wrote:
Ha, ha, PhAntOmEttA. I'm not surprised that such gothic girls as you like Angels of Distress very much. Of course, since there is a cello and female vocals SO it's fuckin gothic! But because of these kind of gothic girls (we call them "herki" in Russia) many other people call SoD poppy. Go to hell, please.
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Darkfall_ wrote:
Ха, ха, PhAntOmEttA. Я не удивлен, что Angels of Distress нравится таким готичным девушкам. Конечно, ведь там есть виолончель и женский вокал. Это ведь пиздец как готично! Да из-за таких вот готичных херок потом и называют SoD попсовым.
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PhAntOmEttA wrote:
psychosissun - Angels of Distress <33 ;))
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psychosissun wrote:
Angels of Distress ...
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azura_star wrote:
Great band! I love these atmospheric sounds of keyboard. When I listen their I imagine that I travel through forgotten lands and fly over the hills and forests :)
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Darkfall_ wrote:
They aren't funeral doom. They are shape of despair doom.
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PhAntOmEttA wrote:
yeah - they're brilliant funeral doom !!
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AlirezaSer wrote:
Masters of funeral doom metal !
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Working on a 7" vinyl
8 Mar 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/shapeofdespair
There's been a long time since we'd released anything, so we've made some deal with Solarfall records for a 7" vinyl. There will be more news concerning this release later.
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