Shade Empire
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2008) |
Shade Empire |
|---|
Shade Empire is a Finnish symphonic black metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio.
Shade Empire's prevalent lyrical subjects are Satanism, anti-Religion, Death, Destruction, Hatred and Pain[2]. The music on their three official full-length releases, Sinthetic, Intoxicate O.S. and Zero Nexus bears a melodic sort of black metal, featuring the usage of both electronic and symphonic elements. Their lyrics are mainly in English, except for one song that has lyrics in Finnish, "...Ja Pimeys Laskeutui", the title of which can be translated as "...And Darkness Descended", (The last word "Laskeutui" can also be translated as "Fell", "Came" or "Landed").
The third demo CD of the band, Essence of Pain, raised the interest of the Italian label Avantgarde Music (Mayhem, Behemoth, etc), as a result of this, their debut album Sinthetic was released on March 29, 2004 under the aforementioned label.
In 2006, the band signed with the Finnish label Dynamic Arts Records (Impaled Nazarene, Scorngrain, etc). The same year, their second album Intoxicate O.S. was released on May 24, 14 days after the release of the single Slitwrist Ecstasy. Intoxicate O.S. had moderate success, reaching number 25 in weekly Finnish album sales, as stated at FinnishCharts.[3]
After releasing the album, Shade Empire continued playing at several events such as Jörisrock and Qstock, mainly beside other Finnish artists. They also performed on a series of independent gigs. The same year, Shade Empire played their first official concert outside of Finland, in the encompassment of the Popkomm trade show in Berlin at the Kulturbrauerei (Culture Brewery).
Discography
Studio albums
- Sinthetic (2004)
- Intoxicate O.S. (2006)
- Zero Nexus (2008)
Singles & EPs
- Slitwrist Ecstasy (2006)
Live & other albums
- Throne of Eternal Night (2000, demo)
- Daemon (2001, demo)
- Essence of Pain (2002, demo)
Members
Present
- Juha Harju – vocals
- Janne Niiranen – guitars
- Juha Sirkkiä – guitars
- Olli Savolainen – synthesizers
- Eero Mantere – bass guitar
- Erno Räsänen – drums
Previous members
- Antti Makkonen – drums (1999–2006)
- Tero Liimatainen – guitars (1999)
References
External links
