Rapture (band)
| Rapture | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| origin | Helsinki , Finland |
| Genre (s) | Dark metal |
| founding | 1997 |
| Current occupation | |
| Petri Eskelinen | |
| Tomi Ullgrén | |
guitar |
Aleksi Ahokas (since 2000) |
guitar |
Kimmo Tukiainen (since 2008) |
| Iain Huntley (since 2007) | |
| Pete Raatikainen (since 2007) | |
| former members | |
bass |
Sami Hinkka (? –2006) |
Drums |
Samu Ruotsalainen (1997-2006) |
Electric bass |
Jani Öhman (1997–?) |
guitar |
Jarno Salomaa (1997-2000) |
singing |
Henri Villberg (2000-2007) |
Rapture is a Finnish dark metal band that was formed in 1997. The songs of the band have an oppressive, almost depressed mood. Comparable bands include earlier Katatonia or Daylight Dies .
history
Rapture was founded in Helsinki in 1997 . After the demo Broken Daydream (1998), the debut album Futile followed in 1999 on Spikefarm Records in Europe and Relapse Records in the United States. In 2002, Songs for the Withering was released , which was produced by Tuomo Valtonen ( Ruoska ). In 2005 the last album to date, Silent Stage, followed . Since then, the band has continued to be active, but without any contractual commitment to a label.
style
Rapture play a mixture of Melodic Death Metal , Doom Metal and Gothic Metal with dark growls , which is often referred to as Dark Metal . The music is compared in reviews to Katatonia and Opeth . The texts deal primarily with the subject of death and suicide , which arose against the backdrop of the Finnish polar night .
Discography
- 1998: Broken Daydream (in-house production)
- 1999: Futile ( Spikefarm Records )
- 2002: Songs for the Withering (Spikefarm Records)
- 2005: Silent Stage (Spikefarm Records)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of Silent Stage. (No longer available online.) Metal1-info, archived from the original on October 29, 2012 ; Retrieved May 23, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Christian Wögerbauer: Review of Silent Stage. Vampster.com, accessed May 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Hugh Burji: Review of Futile. Metal-observer.com, accessed May 22, 2012 .
- ↑ Stephan Voigtländer: RAPTURE: Interview with Petri Eskelinen. PowerMetal.de, accessed on May 22, 2012 .
