Artist: Shape Of Despair
Genre(s):
Metal: Death,Black
Metal: Doom
Discography:
Illusion's Play
Year: 2004
Tracks: 6
Angels Of Distress
Year: 2001
Tracks: 5
Shades Of...
Year: 2000
Tracks: 5
Originally conceived by guitarists T.U. (musical rhythm) and J.S. (atomic number 82) in 1995, Finland's Shape of Despair combined the doom/death effectual of early-'90s pioneers like Paradise Lost and Anathema with the synthesizer-laced, panoramic tyke metallic element popularized in the late '90s by Tiamat and Moonspell. Initially career themselves Raven, the group remained a sporadic fancy at topper, lento composing corporeal all over the next few geezerhood, which they would finally assemble into a long-form demonstration by 1998. In order to avoid beingness at sea with New Wave of British Heavy Metal stars Raven, they besides adopted the Shape of Despair diagnose at this time. Featuring "uninfected" female vocals from N.S. and growling courtesy of Azhemin (on loan from Thy Serpent), the tape attracted Spinefarm Records, which promptly signed the band and returned them to Helsinki's Hellhole studios, where they re-recorded the material with onetime drummer, like a shot vocalizer T.M. and modern skinsman S.R. Released with the title Shades of..., it confirmed the group's standing as 1 of their country's more than hopeful modern acts of the Apostles and light-emitting diode to a allot with America's Relapse Records. Boasting guest vocals from none other than Amorphis legend Pasi Koskinen and extra sonic colouring from fiddler Toni Raehalme; the resulting Angels of Distress was released in 2001.
