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Jyväskylä, Finland (2000 – present)
Swallow the Sun is a Melodic Doom/Death Metal band from Jyväskylä, Finland formed in 2000.
The death/doom luminaries of Finland, Swallow the Sun, started at the turn of the millennium when guitarist Juha Raivio collected a group of friends around him.
The band’s first recording, Out of This Gloomy Light demo, was recorded in January 2003 and has become a rare collectors item. This demo also brought them their first record deal with Firebox Records.
With their debut The Morning Never Came Swallow the Sun were elected newcomer of the year by Inferno Magazine and received a full 5 K review in Kerrang. The album was quoted: “One of doom metals finest moments to date”.
Ghosts of Loss, the band’s second full length album climbed to number 8 on the Finnish album charts. This rare occasion, along 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 2007, and hit position 3 on the Official Finnish Album Chart, a feat never before achieved anywhere in the world with a doom album and an achievement which “undoubtedly won’t be repeated unless Swallow the Sun do it themselves”.
The 2008 release, Plague of Butterflies EP is a 35 minute long three part song of crushing gloom, beauty and despair. It is the story of an old hermit, deep woods, loneliness and the plague. The release also included the rare Out of This Gloomy Light demo that got them signed back in 2003.
The death/doom luminaries of Finland, Swallow the Sun, started at the turn of the millennium when guitarist Juha Raivio collected a group of friends around him.
The band’s first recording, Out of This Gloomy Light demo, was recorded in January 2003 and has become a rare collectors item. This demo also brought them their first record deal with Firebox Records.
With their debut The Morning Never Came Swallow the Sun were elected newcomer of the year by Inferno Magazine and received a full 5 K review in Kerrang. The album was quoted: “One of doom metals finest moments to date”.
Ghosts of Loss, the band’s second full length album climbed to number 8 on the Finnish album charts. This rare occasion, along 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 2007, and hit position 3 on the Official Finnish Album Chart, a feat never before achieved anywhere in the world with a doom album and an achievement which “undoubtedly won’t be repeated unless Swallow the Sun do it themselves”.
The 2008 release, Plague of Butterflies EP is a 35 minute long three part song of crushing gloom, beauty and despair. It is the story of an old hermit, deep woods, loneliness and the plague. The release also included the rare Out of This Gloomy Light demo that got them signed back in 2003.
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Frankcool wrote:
The link between all the Horror pt. X is there! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb4peG7BgSg
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pestcommando wrote:
new album is perfect! 10/10
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Gounouman_hl wrote:
Fans of Swallow The Sun, I really recommend you this song, from the french atmospheric doom metal band Angellore. You will probably like it... Please, give it a try! Angellore - I Am The Agony. We would love to get your opinion over it. Thanks a lot for your attention...
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Pezable wrote:
opinion fail [4]
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Pezable wrote:
The new album is such a gem! (:
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robboelrobbo wrote:
Why would you ever buy an album on iTunes anyway? That's pretty much the dumbest way you could ever spend your money. I'd rather waste my money on cigarettes than iTunes, lol.
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ayuxx wrote:
I don't think it has actually come out in the US yet. Amazon says the 14th, anyway.
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Bullet_Holes wrote:
Why is the new album not on iTunes in the US? Do they not want money?
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Violet__Evileye wrote:
This band is absolutely brilliant.
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OBLIVIONxSPAWN wrote:
opinion fail [3]
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ArdentePriest wrote:
"They are so consistent..... At making albums with 2-3 great tracks and the rest being shite. The new one is their best as a whole however... Maybe next time " I have to say, I disagree with that entire post.
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drooptroop80 wrote:
sad there is no gig planned in Belgium so far... I would love to see the band once more live!
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Metality wrote:
opinion fail [2]
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TheTrooper83 wrote:
"They are so consistent..... At making albums with 2-3 great tracks and the rest being shite." opinion fail
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LeGENDZxSTeVE wrote:
They are so consistent..... At making albums with 2-3 great tracks and the rest being shite. The new one is their best as a whole however... Maybe next time
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carlosmachete wrote:
@nuitari-: congrats "most stupid" comment of 2012 belongs to you.
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Darkfall_ wrote:
@nuitari-: LOL, it's you who can't distinguish between black and death.
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TheTrooper83 wrote:
STS never disappoint \m/
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Wonderglue wrote:
I'm surprised. The new album sounds very good.
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Metality wrote:
vv I'm guessing "did [...] not even listen". "Garden of kvlt" implies humor, and humor requires intelligence (and a teaspoon of insanity).
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Feb
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Lutakko, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Feb
11
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Nuclear Nightclub, Oulu, Finland
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Feb
13
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Borderline, London, United Kingdom
1 going
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News
24 countries and 146 shows of deadly Finnish winter: the New Moon tour is over!
16 Jan 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/swallowthesundoom
So, friends around the planet, it's time to summarize the New
Moon tours of 2009 - 2010 and pick up the pieces of our gloomy and
broken bones from countless stages, backstages, buses, hotels,
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24 countries and 146 shows of deadly Finnish winter: the New Moon tour is over!
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31 Dec 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/swallowthesundoom
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