Throes of Dawn
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Throes of Dawn is a Black metal
band from Finland
, formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula (vocals) and Jani Heinola (synth). Throes Of Dawn's Music and lyrics has been known as emotional and progressive Dark Metal (genre).
In early 2010 Throes of Dawn announces new member Keyboardist Heri Andersson As said on metalunderground.com the one of the members quotes "We are very happy to announce a new addition to our line up. In Hard Rock Laager festival keyboardist Henri Andersson became our sixth permanent member. Mr. Andersson has been playing with us live since the beginning of 2010 and fits our gang perfectly. Welcome to the band Henri!"
Band Satyricon
in Helsinki
.
The new members came from bands that were already familiar to Jani and Henri from the times in Vaasa: the lead guitarist Juha Ylikoski had played with the band Rotten Sound
, the bassist Harri Huhtala had played in Cartilage and Vomiturition. Their drummer Jani Martikkala, had been with …And Oceans, Black Dawn and Enochian Crescent.
. New features to the album combined into the traditional Throes of Dawn sound, which helped open a whole new version of the dark metal genre. After a year in the studio Quicksliver Clouds was finally released in 2004 by Avantgarde Music
, with great feedback from the metal press. During the promotion of the new album Throes of Dawn made numerous successful live shows with bands like Anathema
, Orphaned Land and Green Carnation. Besides the band performing in Finland
they also went to Germany
, The Netherlands and Russia
as well.
The mastering of the The Great Fleet of Echoes was done in Finnvox studios
, and the whole album had a good outcome. There is a flow in the new album like never before, which is introducing another dimension of the band. Subtle, melancholic, atmospheric and profound. The Great Fleet of Echoes has a clear expansion in the songwriting, which showed more progressive and melodic approach to the bands type of music. It has a firm of a logical step forward, to the musical journey into the essence of the band. The band's 5th album The Great Fleet of Echoes released worldwide through their current label Firebox Records
in February 2010
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
band from Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula (vocals) and Jani Heinola (synth). Throes Of Dawn's Music and lyrics has been known as emotional and progressive Dark Metal (genre).
In early 2010 Throes of Dawn announces new member Keyboardist Heri Andersson As said on metalunderground.com the one of the members quotes "We are very happy to announce a new addition to our line up. In Hard Rock Laager festival keyboardist Henri Andersson became our sixth permanent member. Mr. Andersson has been playing with us live since the beginning of 2010 and fits our gang perfectly. Welcome to the band Henri!"
Biography
The band's sounds are a mix between Synth and guitar's with their vocal styles blended with clean vocals with some additional growling and screaming vocals. The atmosphere of the band's music flows through the surreal and bittersweet end, to making it a soundtrack of life. The band's lyrics are often known as poetic, which is pointing towards the darker aspects of solitude, feelings of loss and the fears and pains of life. Their debut album Pakkasherra was released in 1997. The band has released five albums since then with their latest album "The Great Fleet Of Echoes". On April 30, 2010 the band played the entire album "The Great Fleet Of Echoes" from start to finish for their special live performance at the Graveyard Party 2010 in Gloria Helsinki.(1995–1997)
After Throes of Dawn got their full line up together, the band started making their first demo tape. After the demo tape was released the band sigend with Woodcut Records in 1995 making it the first deal of the bands history. This first deal led to the bands very first release of their promo tape of Pakkasherra in 1996 which made it a official release for the album Pakkasherra in 1997. But later that year after the release of Pakkasherra the band supported the Norwegian black MetalBlack metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
Band Satyricon
Satyricon (band)
Satyricon is a Norwegian black metal band, and the first one in the genre to join a multi-national record label .-Biography:Satyricon was formed in 1990 by Czral and Wargod. Ulver and Satyr soon joined them...
in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
.
(1997-1999)
The band's second full-length album Dreams of the Black Earth was recored in the legendary Tico-Tico stuido in late 1997. This album had a unique sound to it, which made the bands music show how they developed from the Pakkasherra album and also showed how mature and organic the bands music sounded. Only one song of the album Dreams of the Black Earth was released as a taster in 1998 in The Blackened Rainbow MCD. In 1999 the bands second album Dreams of the Black Earth was released worldwide.(1999-2000)
The Recording of the bands third album Binding of the Spirit took place in Tico-Tico studios in Autumn 1999. The album had a better sound quality to it the Previous albums along with the production was better, the band ended up showing a darker and more depressive side of their Dark Metal genre. The album was released through Avantgrade Music sub label Wounded Love in Spring 2000. With the reviews of the album by the press and listeners were great, the album got good reviews worldwide.Hiatus (2000-2003)
Right after the third album Binding of the Spirit, things with the band members got complicated as the founders of the band Henri Koivula and Jani Heinola moved from their hometown Vaasa to Turku and Helsinki. During this time the band was practically dead for a few months and Jani and Henri were wondering of splitting up the band altogether. However during the course of time Jani and Henri decided Throes of Dawn was not dead yet and they got back together with the band with a new line up, with all members but Henri residing in Helsinki.The new members came from bands that were already familiar to Jani and Henri from the times in Vaasa: the lead guitarist Juha Ylikoski had played with the band Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound
Rotten Sound is a grindcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen and drummer Sami Latva...
, the bassist Harri Huhtala had played in Cartilage and Vomiturition. Their drummer Jani Martikkala, had been with …And Oceans, Black Dawn and Enochian Crescent.
(2004-2005)
After Several years of intense songwriting, Throes Of Dawn started recording their fourth album Quicksilver Clouds in 2003 at Sonic-pump studios in HelsinkiHelsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
. New features to the album combined into the traditional Throes of Dawn sound, which helped open a whole new version of the dark metal genre. After a year in the studio Quicksliver Clouds was finally released in 2004 by Avantgarde Music
Avantgarde Music
Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label, formed as a continuation of Obscure Plasma Records, focusing on black and doom metal artists. The label has a sub-label called Wounded Love Records, which has released albums by Dolorian and Taake....
, with great feedback from the metal press. During the promotion of the new album Throes of Dawn made numerous successful live shows with bands like Anathema
Anathema
Anathema originally meant something lifted up as an offering to the gods; it later evolved to mean:...
, Orphaned Land and Green Carnation. Besides the band performing in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
they also went to Germany
Germany
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, The Netherlands and Russia
Russia
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as well.
(2006-Present)
It took altogether 6 years for Throes of Dawn to release their 5th album "The Great Fleet of Echoes". After the release of Quicksilver Clouds the band started to experiment with new elements and sounds for their music. They composed new material and recorded new demos, but with lack of a deadline from the record label the pace was somewhat slow. The band eventually decided to record the album themselves, with the help of a familiar sound technician. The official recordings of the new album didn't start until around November 2007. Through some various locations, trails and sessions the recordings and mixing ended in November 2009.The mastering of the The Great Fleet of Echoes was done in Finnvox studios
Finnvox studios
Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Helsinki, Finland. Founded in 1965, it was the first studio in Finland dedicated for music recording. Many metal bands have had albums mastered here , including Sonata Arctica, Nightwish, Finntroll, HIM, Moonsorrow, Holy Knights, Ram-Zet, Throes of...
, and the whole album had a good outcome. There is a flow in the new album like never before, which is introducing another dimension of the band. Subtle, melancholic, atmospheric and profound. The Great Fleet of Echoes has a clear expansion in the songwriting, which showed more progressive and melodic approach to the bands type of music. It has a firm of a logical step forward, to the musical journey into the essence of the band. The band's 5th album The Great Fleet of Echoes released worldwide through their current label Firebox Records
Firebox Records
Firebox Records is a Finnish record label based in Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia. The label is well known in the underground heavy metal scene. They specialize in doom metal....
in February 2010
Record Label
In September 2009 Throes of Dawn signed to Firebox Records which would release their new album The Great Fleet Of Echoes in the beginning of 2010.Band members
- Henri "Kaamos" Koivula - Vocals (1994–Present)
- Jani "Zeus" Heinola - Synth/guitar (1994–Present)
- Juha Ylikoski - Lead Guitarist (2003–Present)
- Harri Huhtala - Bass (2001–Present)
- Jani "Martex" Martikkala - Drums, Percussion (2001–Present)
- Henri Andersson - Keyboards (2010–Present)
Former members
- Matti Suomela - Bass (1994–2001)
- Toni Jokinen - Lead Guitarist (1994–2001)
- Teemu Jokinen - Drums, Percussion (1994–2001)
- Mikko - Lead Guitarist (2001–2003)
- Mathias Pharmacist - Lead Guitarist (2001–2003)
Albums
- Pakkasherra (1997)
- Dreams of the Black Earth (1998)
- Binding of the Spirit (2000)
- Quicksilver Clouds (2004)
- The Great Fleet Of Echoes (2010)