Skepticism
| Skepticism | |
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 Skepticism , Würzburg 2015 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Riihimäki , Finland |
| Genre (s) | Funeral doom |
| founding | 1991 |
| Website | http://www.skepticism.fi |
| Current occupation | |
| Let pelcones | |
| Jani Kekarainen | |
| Eero Poyry | |
| Matti Tilaeus | |
| former members | |
singing |
Tobias Kellgren |
Skepticism is a Finnish funeral doom band from Riihimäki that was formed in 1991.
history
The band was formed in 1991. This was followed by the first local appearances, as well as the first release in the form of a single. After their release, the bassist left the band. At the beginning of 1993 the line-up of the band changed further, so that the group consisted of a drummer, a guitarist, an organist or keyboardist and a singer. When the group was founded, there were still two guitarists, a bassist and no keyboardist or organist. This line-up did not change in the following years.
In 1993 the demo Aeother Kaear appeared . Then the band reached a contract with Red Stream , where in 1995 the debut album Stormcrowfleet was released. The album featured a session bassist who otherwise worked for the band Lihtede. In the following years the EP Ethere and the album Lead and Aether followed. After the EP Aes was released in 1998, the band fell silent before they returned in 2002 with the EP The Process of Farmakon . The sound carrier contained two pieces from the upcoming album Farmakon . The album was released after some delay - the release was already planned for autumn 2002 - in the summer of 2003. Both times the EPs behaved in the same way to the albums that accompanied them: they contained versions of pieces from the albums that were fundamentally different were. However, the band felt both versions were equally valid and didn't want to choose between them, so released both.
During the preparations for the two releases, the band made their first appearance in eight years in Turku in January 2001, as well as their first live appearance with the line-up that has not changed since 1993. This was followed by further isolated appearances and a tour in 2003. In 2004 the band also performed a few times in Finland. After that it became quiet again for the band before they released the album Alloy in 2008 . The publication was followed by a European tour with Pantheist and Ophis . From 2009 to 2014 the band worked on new material, which was released in the form of a new album under the name Ordeal on September 18, 2015, for the first time via Svart Records .
style
According to the band biography on skepticism.fi , the group is often described as the pioneers of Funeral Doom. This was confirmed by Christian Hector of Metal Hammer by writing that Skepticism and Thergothon had released the first real Funeral Doom albums. He described the genre for which the band stands as follows: “It's more about atmosphere than about fixed stylistic devices. The aim is to capture the aesthetics of separation, decay and ultimately death in all its facets in tones: "Slowly", melancholy , dark, deathly pale, monotonous and at the same time powerful, the artists stage their funeral marches ”. The band had the first pure Funeral Doom album Stormcrowfleet and had previously coined the term "Funeral Doom" through the demo Aeothe Kaear . With keyboards in a minor key and “a single file rhythm […] [in the] overly long songs, Stormcrowfleet actually reminds of a slowly moving funeral procession”. In addition, the growls are extremely deep. The album was a blueprint for later bands like Shape of Despair , Pantheist and Worship . Martin Popoff , in his book The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties, described the music on Aes as Ambient -Doom and so obscure that it can be compared to the works of Neurosis . The electric guitars and the vocals sounded monotonous. The drums, on the other hand, sound very dominant, with the cymbals slowly creeping along. He also recommended the EP to fans of Agalloch .
Discography
Albums
- Stormcrowfleet (1995, Red Stream )
- Lead and Aether (1998, Red Stream)
- Farmakon (2003, Red Stream)
- Alloy (2008, Red Stream)
- Ordeal (2015, Svart Records )
EPs
- Ethere (1997, Red Stream)
- Aes (1998, Red Stream)
- The Process of Farmakon (2002, Red Stream)
Others
- Towards My End (single, 1991, self-published)
- Aeothe Kaear (demo, 1993, self-published)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Heiko: Interview with Skepticism. doom-metal.com, accessed August 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Biography. (No longer available online.) Musicmight.com, archived from the original on March 3, 2016 ; accessed on August 27, 2014 .
- ↑ a b Biography. skepticism.fi, accessed August 27, 2014 .
- ↑ Manuel Berger: Skepticism. Ordeal. laut.de , accessed on September 23, 2015 .
- ↑ Christian Hector: Funeral in E minor . In: Metal Hammer . September 2008, p. 104 f .
- ↑ Martin Popoff : The Collector's Guide of Heavy Metal Volume 3: The Nineties . Collectors Guide Ltd, Burlington, Ontario, Canada 2007, ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9 , pp. 401 .