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Swallow the Sun
Metal

Gloom, Beauty and Despair



Keski-Suomi
Finland

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Member Since7/12/2006
Band Websitewww.swallowthesun.net
Band MembersMikko Kotamäki - Vocals
PhotobucketMatti Honkonen - Bass
PhotobucketMarkus Jämsen - Guitar
PhotobucketAleksi Munter- Keyboards
PhotobucketJuha Raivio - Guitar
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Record LabelSpineFarm
Type of LabelMajor


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   About Swallow the Sun




The death/doom luminaries of Finland, Swallow the Sun, started in the turn of the millennium when guitarist Juha Raivio collected a group of friends around him.

The first recording was well prepared for few years and up until now has been a rare collectors item. “Out of this Gloomy Light” demo was recorded in January 2003. This demo brought them their first record deal with Firebox Records.

With their debut “The Morning Never Came” Swallow the Sun got chosen the newcomer of the year in Inferno Magazine and received a full 5 K's review in Kerrang! the album was quoted as “One of the doom metals finest moments to date”. 2nd album “Ghosts of loss” climbed to 8 on Finnish album charts. This rare occasion, together 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 of 2007 and unbelievably 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.

Plague of Butterflies, the new EP release, is a story about an old hermit, deep woods, loneliness and the plague. It's a three part 35 minute song of crushing gloom, beauty and despair. Never before has the band shown such polarity, ranging from demented screams of desperation to moving, heartrending melodic passages.

This magnum opus’s music was originally ordered for a big ballet project, but the project sadly went awry and got cancelled. Because of this the band now is intending to use the music in a different context, in a short movie, and currently they’re in search for suitable partners to make this happen.

The release also includes the rare "Out of This Gloomy Light" demo that got them signed back in 2003. There was only three demos sent out, so until now this has been really rare stuff and holds some of the darkest and coldest moments ever recorded by the Jyväskylä gloom masters.

“Plague of Butterflies” was released on September 17th in Europe by Spinefarm Records where it crashed into the Number 1 spot on the Finnish charts its first week. The EP was released in the US on the 23rd September, and will be followed with an extensive Finnish and American tour in early 2009.

PLAGUE OF BUTTERFLIES

DOOMED TO WALK THE EARTH

DON'T FALL ASLEEP


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Jul 4 2009 1:40 PM

hello to our dear friends! We had a great time in finland with you back in April, we hope everything with the new album is great and we see you soon, maybe even in australia! take care boys! Mark, Dave & Marty
Guas =3





Jul 4 2009 1:40 PM

thanks ^^
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Jul 3 2009 4:50 AM

thanx...
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Jul 3 2009 4:49 AM

THANKS FOR THE ADD!!

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Jul 2 2009 5:33 AM

hey, hope you are all good!

come back to london soon!

have a FAB weekend!

xxx
sarah





Jul 2 2009 5:33 AM

Really great music!!! Hailz from the u.s.
FRANK MAYNARD





Jul 2 2009 5:33 AM

Hey
Thx 4 D add
cheers
Frank
Vermillion Days(new songs uploaded)





Jul 2 2009 5:33 AM

thanks for the add cheers!!!check also our songs!!!
Cosmic Funeral (new song added)





Jul 2 2009 5:33 AM





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Jul 2 2009 5:33 AM

Hi! Thanks for the friendship :)

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Jul 2 2009 5:33 AM

WELCOME TO THE SHALLOW GRAVE !

OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL FROM NORTHERN FINLAND !

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Jul 2 2009 5:32 AM

Check out the 2 new songs from the
upcoming EP Heralding the End of Times.
Indsutrial Death/thrash from Haderslev, Denmark!
Greta





Jul 2 2009 5:32 AM

Just had to drop by and say that "Plague of Butterflies" is awesome and you guys created one of the best and heaviest intros to a cd that I've heard in quite awhile! Thanks for the music!
Cheers Greta
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Jul 2 2009 5:32 AM

Hail

How are you?
cheers from hell!

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Infernal regards!




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Jul 2 2009 5:32 AM

Kiitos lisäyksestä!
Aya





Jul 2 2009 5:32 AM

just stopping to say hi! STS forever! woo!
L.H. Badness





Jun 27 2009 3:11 PM

Just recently"discovered"STS but you all kill,my friends!



NOITAPERHO





Jun 27 2009 3:11 PM

Somnium Ruina





Jun 27 2009 3:10 PM

Thanks for your support.

Cheers from Somnium Ruina.
CAVEMEN





Jun 24 2009 4:54 AM

Axstar black
Manuel





Jun 23 2009 4:59 AM

Hi guys!!
My name is Manuel, I..m from Veracruz, Mexico
I have to say that your music is really,really nice!!
You rocks!
I..d like to be your friend and talk with you even through the internet!
Have a nice day and the music es the life!
(Sorry for my poor english but I don..t learn english well yet... ┐┐)
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