Isole (band)

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Isolates
General information
origin Gävle , Sweden
Genre (s) Epic Doom , Doom Metal
founding 1990 as Forlorn
Website forevermore.se
Current occupation
initially electric guitar , now also vocals
Crister Olsson
Electric guitar, vocals, sometimes drums
Daniel Bryntse
Electric bass , vocals
 Jimmy Mattsson
Drums
 Victor Parri
former members
E-bass, later also vocals
 Henrik "Henka" Lindenmo
Electric bass
 Jan Larsson
Drums
 Kim Molin
Electric guitar
 Magnus Helin
Electric guitar, vocals
 Magnus Bjork
Electric guitar
 Per Sandgren
singing
 PO Olsson
Drums
 Jonas Lindström
Electric bass (live)
 Kristofer Elemyr
Electric bass (live)
 Jimmy Mattsson

Isole is a Swedish doom metal and epic doom band from Gävle , which was founded in 1990 under the name Forlorn .

history

The band was founded in 1990 under the name Forlorn and consisted essentially of the drummer and singer Daniel Bryntse and the guitarist Crister Olsson. Bryntse had previously played with bands such as Theory in Practice , Withered Beauty and Sorcery . The guitarist and singer Magnus Björk, the guitarist Magnus Helin, the bassist Jan Larsson and the drummer Kim Molin joined the band a little later. Several demos appeared in the following years, while the line-up changed almost annually. In 1995 Henrik Lindenmo joined the band as the new bass player. After the singer Björk left the band in 1996, the band paused. Bryntse meanwhile devoted herself to Withered Beauty, Windwalker and February 93. Only in 2001 there was a sign of life with the publication of the demo Autumn Leaves . Forlorn only got really active again after I Hate Records announced its interest in a Forlorn release in 2003. However, since only Bryntse and Olsson were left in the band, it was renamed Isole, the French translation of "Forlorn".

On the debut album Forevermore in 2004, the band can be heard as a trio with bassist Henrik "Henka" Lindenmo. The Withered Beauty drummer Jonas Lindström joined the cast for live performances before joining the cast in April 2005. In the studio, however, the group was still active as a trio, so Lindström was only active live in the band. After a tour through Germany and France together with World Below had to be canceled, the single The Beyond was released in early 2006 . The next album followed in the summer of 2006 under the name Throne of Void . Like Forevermore , the album mostly consists of rearranged old demo songs. Lindström then played the drums. The two albums Bliss of Solitude (2008) followed with the same line-up, which only consisted of new songs except for the song Imprisoned In Sorrow , and Silent Ruins (2009). In 2010 Cyclone Empire released the split single Imperial Anthems with the group Semlah , whereupon Isole can be heard with the song The Punishment , a song from the early Forlorn days. On the album Born from Shadows , which was released in 2011, the band consisted of the bassist and singer Henrik Lindenmo, the drummer Jonas Lindström, the guitarist and singer Crister Olsson and the guitarist and singer Daniel Bryntse. The album completed the band's Moonstone trilogy, which began on Forevermore with the song Moonstone , continued with Shadowstone on Bliss of Solitude , and ended with the theme song of Born from Shadows . On the 2014 album The Calm Hunter , Jimmy Mattsson can be heard as the new singer and bassist.

style

According to laut.de , the sound of the album Throne of Void is comparable to the works of Solitude Aeturnus and Candlemass . Janne Stark wrote in The Heaviest Encyclopedia of Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Ever! that the band play Doom Metal in the style of Solstice and Griftegård . David Perri wrote in The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 4: The '00s about Bliss of Solitude that there is Doom Metal, which stands for remoteness and seclusion. The music is reminiscent of Candlemass and early Katatonia . The songs are strongly focused on riffs . The album is sad and angry at the same time. Silent Ruins also offers a mixture of early Katatonia and Candlemass. Compared to its predecessor, the album is more mature in terms of execution. The songs are also not so desperate, which Perri explained by saying that the album was immature because they wanted it to be released too quickly. The vocals have been mixed too high, which means that the focus is more on this, which, however, does not make sense. In an interview with Detlef Dengler from Metal Hammer , who also compared the band with Solitude Aeturnus and Candlemass, Crister Olsson stated that the band played “melancholic, hard music”, “but not epic Doom Metal”, where the group is often classified . Candlemass are “faster in phases” and “Solitude Aeturnus is much more catchy, and we almost sound depressed”. He himself is not a Doom Metal fan, as many bands would ride around "on one or two riffs" for minutes. Among his influences he counted groups like Iron Maiden , Hypocrisy , Bathory and Landberk . According to Dominik Winter from the same magazine, Silent Ruins is a concept album that deals with a "memoryless man in a post-apocalyptic world". In another issue, Dengler reviewed the album Bliss of Solitude . He stated that the album had the potential to appeal to more people than other Doom Metal bands, which he said with the "massive, effective riffing", the "virtuoso guitar playing" and "the Swedes' ability to play their songs despite an average Length of eight minutes to keep it exciting at all times ”. The songs would be reminiscent of Solitude Aeturnus on the one hand, and Reverend Bizarre on the other . Robert Müller from the same magazine stated that the group plays melodic Doom Metal on Silent Ruins and seamlessly follows on from their predecessors. "The subtle guitar melodies, the great, two-part vocals (next to a few sparse grunts ) and the melancholy mood" are particularly characteristic. The word “epic” is often used in connection with the band, “but it sounds like Count Raven covers songs from the Viking phase of Bathory”, which he called “Doom Metal on Valium ”. Sebastian Kessler from Metal Hammer stated in his review of Born from Shadows that the band played Doom Metal in the style of Candlemass, but less epic and catchy. The basic structure of the songs are "[v] oluminous funeral singing, pounding riffs and rolling drums". The title song also shows slight influences from Death Metal , before an acoustic part intersperses, which reminds of Opeth . The group mixes Doom Metal with Progressive Metal .

Discography

as Forlorn
  • 1991: Tired (demo, self-published)
  • 1992: Vivere non necesse est (demo, self-published)
  • 1994: Waves of Sorrow (demo, self-release)
  • 1995: Promo '95 (demo, self-published)
  • 1996: Promo '96 (demo, self-release)
  • 2001: Autumn Leaves (demo, self-published)
  • 2005: Autumn Promos (compilation, self-published)
as isolates
  • 2004: Promo 2004 (demo, self-published)
  • 2005: Forevermore (album, I Hate Records )
  • 2006: The Beyond (EP, I Hate Records)
  • 2006: Throne of Void (Album, I Hate Records)
  • 2008: Bliss of Solitude (album, Napalm Records )
  • 2009: Silent Ruins (album, Napalm Records)
  • 2010: Imperial Anthems (split with Semlah , Cyclone Empire )
  • 2011: Born from Shadows (Album, Napalm Records)
  • 2014: The Calm Hunter (Album, Cyclone Empire)
  • 2019: Dystopia (Album, Hammerheart Records )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Isole. laut.de , accessed on January 13, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on April 12, 2015 ; accessed on January 13, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b c Info. Facebook , accessed January 13, 2015 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Detlef Dengler: Isole . Lazy sacks. In: Metal Hammer . March 2008, p. 59 .
  5. ↑ Chris True: Isole. Allmusic , accessed January 13, 2015 .
  6. ↑ a b Janne Stark: The Heaviest Encyclopedia of Swedish Hard Rock and Heavy Metal Ever! Premium Publishing, 2013, ISBN 978-91-89136-56-4 , pp. 411 f .
  7. ^ Isole - Born From Shadows. Discogs , accessed January 14, 2015 .
  8. ↑ a b Dominik Winter: Isole . Up to the blood. In: Metal Hammer . November 2011.
  9. ^ Isole - The Calm Hunter. Discogs, accessed January 14, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Martin Popoff, David Perri: The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 4: The '00s . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2011, ISBN 978-1-926592-20-6 , pp. 244 f .
  11. ↑ Detlef Dengler: Isole . Bliss of Solitude. In: Metal Hammer . February 2008, p. 91 .
  12. ↑ Robert Müller: Isole . Silent Ruins. In: Metal Hammer . March 2009, p. 101 .
  13. ↑ Sebastian Kessler: Isole . Born from Shadows. In: Metal Hammer . November 2011.