Shape of Despair is funeral doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 band Shape of Despair

Shape of Despair

Shape of Despair is an Atmospheric/Funeral Doom metal band from Finland that was formed in 1995 as Raven until 1998, when the band decided to change their name to the current one.-History:...

's self-titled album. It was released on the 10th anniversary of the band's formation (counting the years the band was known as "Raven", from 1995 to 1998), but not in honor of the occasion. The album features previously unreleased songs and demos of older songs, while some of them are under the former moniker "Raven", as well as the new song "Sleeping Murder" that had a "guess the lyrics" competition.

Track listing

1. "Sleeping Murder" – 8:35
2. "Night's Dew" – 4:16
3. "Sylvan-Night" – 10:23
4. "Quiet These Paintings Are/Outro" – 12:02
5. "To Adorn" – 8:52
6. "Shadowed Dreams" – 9:41
7. "In the Mist" – 9:52

Track information

Sleeping Murder

• The band have a competition to guess the lyrics for this song.

Night's Dew

• This version is an edit of the original from the Angels of Distress
  Angels of Distress
  Angels of Distress is funeral doom metal band Shape of Despair's second studio album. It was mastered in Finnvox by Mika Jussila. The album is packaged in a digipak and includes no booklet, though the lyrics can be viewed on the band's official website....
  
   album.

Sylvan-Night

• This is the unfinished version of the original on the Shades of...
  Shades of...
  Shades Of... is the first album by funeral doom band Shape of Despair. Unlike their other albums, it has a mainly solid guitar sound all the way through that is constantly played...
  
   album.

Quiet These Paintings Are/Outro

• This is the Promo tape version, including the outro, under the name "Raven".

To Adorn

• This is from the "Alone in the Mist" recording while still under the name "Raven".

Shadowed Dreams

• This is from the "Alone in the Mist" recording while still under the name "Raven".

In the Mist

• Recorded during a rehearsal in 1995, under the name "Raven".

Additional information

The unreleased demo entitled Alone in the Mist (recorded under the name "Raven") was recorded from January to February 1998 at Arikki studios.

Line-up

• Pasi Koskinen
  Pasi Koskinen
  Pasi Koskinen is a Finnish metal vocalist best known for his work with the band Amorphis from 1996 to 2004. Koskinen also played in St.Mucus , which he founded. He is currently the vocalist for three active bands: Mannhai, Ajattara Pasi Koskinen (born 1972) is a Finnish metal vocalist best known...
  
   – vocals on track 1
• Natalie Koskinen – female vocals on tracks 1, 3 & 4
• Jarno Salomaa
  Jarno Salomaa
  Jarno Salomaa, also credited as J.S,, is a Finnish musician. He formed the funeral doom metal group Shape of Despair in 1995 under the name Raven . Salomaa's first role was guitars and synth in Raven's Alone in the Mist, the first demo they made, although this demo was not released to the public...
  
   – lead guitars & synth on all tracks, rhythm guitars on tracks 4-7, drum machine on track 4
• Tomi Ullgren – rhythm guitars on tracks 1-3 and bass on tracks 2-7
• Sami Uusitalo
  Sami Uusitalo
  Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo is a bass guitarist best known from the folk metal band Finntroll and the funeral doom band Shape of Despair. He also plays in the folk/doom metal group The Mist and the Morning Dew. Despite sharing the same name with a member of Funebre, he is not the same person.-...
  
  – bass on track 1
• Samu Ruotsalainen – drums on tracks 1, 2 & 3
• Toni Mäensivu – vocals on tracks 3, 5 & 6 and drums on tracks 5-7
• Miika "Azhemin" Niemelä – vocals on track 4