Reflection (tape)

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reflection
General information
origin Oulu , Finland
Genre (s) Dark rock
founding 1996
Website www.reflexionmusic.com
Founding members
Ilkka Jolma
guitar
Juhani Heikka
Antti Pikkarainen (until 2004)
Current occupation
Juha Kylmänen (since 1997)
guitar
Ilkka Jolma
guitar
Juhani Heikka
Mikko Uusimaa (since 2004)
Ilkka Leskelä (since 2009)
former members
bass
Petteri Lethola (? -2004)
Drums
Raymond Pohjola (1997-2009)

Reflexion is a Finnish dark rock band from Oulu .

history

The band was founded in 1996 under the name BarbarianZ . In 1997 Juha Kylmänen ( For My Pain… ) joined the band as a singer. In the same year the band released their first demo called Blackness and Moonlight , which was to be followed by several more. In 2000 the band changed their name in reflection.

During the recordings for the demo Journey to Tragedy 2003, the A1 Music label became aware of them. In 2005 they got a record deal there. In the meantime, Antti Pikkarainen and Petteri Lethola left in 2004. Mikko Uusimaa joined the band as a replacement for Petteri and Marco Sneck helped out on the keyboard as a session musician. In March 15, 2006, the debut album Out of the Dark was released .

On January 14, 2008, the title Weak and Tired was released as a download single, followed on February 23, 2008 with the CD single Twilight Child, the second release of the second album Dead to the Past, Blind for , which was released on March 19, 2008 Tomorrow . The mastering of the album was done by Svante Forsbäck (including Apocalyptica , Sunrise Avenue ), Marco Sneck helped out again on the keyboards, this time with the support of Johannes Kastanja. Aksu Hanttu is the producer of the album.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Dead to the past, blind for tomorrow
  FI 30th 13/2008 (1 week)
Singles
Undying dreams
  FI 13 39/2005 (3 weeks)
Twilight Child
  FI 11 08/2008 (1 week)

Albums

  • 2006: Out of the Dark
  • 2008: Dead to the Past, Blind for Tomorrow
  • 2010: Edge

Singles

  • 2005: Undying Dreams
  • 2006: Storm
  • 2008: Weak and Tired (download only)
  • 2008: Twilight Child

Demos

  • 1997: Blackness and Moonlight (BarbarianZ)
  • 1998: Run Like a Tiger (BarbarianZ)
  • 1998: Lost (BarbarianZ)
  • 1999: Spirit of Eclipse (BarbarianZ)
  • 1999: More than Touch (BarbarianZ)
  • 2001: 5 th
  • 2001: Destiny's Star
  • 2003: Journey to Tragedy
  • 2004: Smashed to Pieces

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Reflection in the Finnish hit parade finnishcharts.com, accessed May 6, 2008