Album: Before the Bleeding Sun by Eternal Tears of Sorrow (2006)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: Spinefarm Records
Format: Album

Description: Before the Bleeding Sun is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. It was released 26th April 2006 on the Spinefarm Records label.
 After getting back together in 2005 and reforming their line-up, the band started the recordings of their most bombastic and harmonious album yet, BEFORE THE BLEEDING SUN. With new members Risto Ruuth (guitar) and Janne Tolsa (keyboards) aboard, and with the added backup from session musicians Jarmo Kylmänen, Miriam Renvåg (Ram-Zet), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica) and Marco Hietala (Nightwish & Tarot), Eternal Tears of Sorrow have reached whole new heights, giving new meanings to melodic death metal.

Artist Background: Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies show gothic metal influence. Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Death Metal, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album, Spinefarm Records

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Before the Bleeding Sun is the fifth studio album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. It was released 26th April 2006 on the Spinefarm Records label.
 After getting back together in 2005 and reforming their line-up, the band started the recordings of their most bombastic and harmonious album yet, BEFORE THE BLEEDING SUN. With new members Risto Ruuth (guitar) and Janne Tolsa (keyboards) aboard, and with the added backup from session musicians Jarmo Kylmänen, Miriam Renvåg (Ram-Zet), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica) and Marco Hietala (Nightwish & Tarot), Eternal Tears of Sorrow have reached whole new heights, giving new meanings to melodic death metal.

Album: A Virgin and a Whore by Eternal Tears of Sorrow (2001)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: A Virgin and a Whore is the fourth album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released 7 November 2001 on the Spinefarm label.
  It was their last album before their break they had between 2001 and 2004. This is the last EToS album to feature keyboardist Pasi Hiltula (who had been in the band since early 1999) and the only album to feature guitarist Antti Kokko.
The seventh song on the album, "Sick, Dirty and Mean" is a cover song, originally written and performed by Accept. The band had rehearsed the song for a two-part tribute album (Tribute to Accept vol. 1 & 2) in 1999 but didn't have any extra time to record it. So, they decided to include the song on A Virgin and a Whore.
The album cover art was made by Niklas Sundin of Cabin Fever Media and guitarist of Dark Tranquillity.

Artist Background: Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies show gothic metal influence. Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Death Metal, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


A Virgin and a Whore is the fourth album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released 7 November 2001 on the Spinefarm label.
  It was their last album before their break they had between 2001 and 2004. This is the last EToS album to feature keyboardist Pasi Hiltula (who had been in the band since early 1999) and the only album to feature guitarist Antti Kokko.
The seventh song on the album, "Sick, Dirty and Mean" is a cover song, originally written and performed by Accept. The band had rehearsed the song for a two-part tribute album (Tribute to Accept vol. 1 & 2) in 1999 but didn't have any extra time to record it. So, they decided to include the song on A Virgin and a Whore.
The album cover art was made by Niklas Sundin of Cabin Fever Media and guitarist of Dark Tranquillity.

Album: Sinner's Serenade by Eternal Tears of Sorrow (1997)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Record Label: X-Treme Records
Format: Album

Description: Sinner's Serenade is the first album by the Finnish metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released in September 1997 on the 	X-Treme label. It was recorded and mixed in only five days - the three last songs, from Bard's Burial demo tape, in just one day and the rest of the songs in four days. Released by X-treme records, a Gothenburg based label.

Artist Background: Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies show gothic metal influence. Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Death Metal, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album, X-Treme Records


Sinner's Serenade is the first album by the Finnish metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released in September 1997 on the 	X-Treme label. It was recorded and mixed in only five days - the three last songs, from Bard's Burial demo tape, in just one day and the rest of the songs in four days. Released by X-treme records, a Gothenburg based label.

Album: Chaotic Beauty by Eternal Tears of Sorrow (2000)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: Chaotic Beauty is the third album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released  26 July 2000 on the Spinefarm Records label.
  It was their first album without the original three founding members of the band (guitarist Olli-Pekka Törrö had left the band in early 1999) and the first EToS album with a five-member line-up.
The guest vocalist on the album was Kimberly Goss of Sinergy, and on the Japanese Bonus CD, Heli Luokkala. The song "Black Tears" is a cover, originally written by Dan Swanö for his band Edge of Sanity.
This album continues the band's tradition to record albums with Ahti Kortelainen at Tico-Tico Studio in Kemi, Finland. However, this is the first EToS album that Mikko Karmila mixed; before Chaotic Beauty all albums were also mixed by Ahti Kortelainen.

Artist Background: Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies show gothic metal influence. Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Death Metal, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Chaotic Beauty is the third album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released  26 July 2000 on the Spinefarm Records label.
  It was their first album without the original three founding members of the band (guitarist Olli-Pekka Törrö had left the band in early 1999) and the first EToS album with a five-member line-up.
The guest vocalist on the album was Kimberly Goss of Sinergy, and on the Japanese Bonus CD, Heli Luokkala. The song "Black Tears" is a cover, originally written by Dan Swanö for his band Edge of Sanity.
This album continues the band's tradition to record albums with Ahti Kortelainen at Tico-Tico Studio in Kemi, Finland. However, this is the first EToS album that Mikko Karmila mixed; before Chaotic Beauty all albums were also mixed by Ahti Kortelainen.

Album: Saivon Lapsi by Eternal Tears of Sorrow (2013)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: Saivon Lapsi is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. It was released on the 22 May 2009 on Suomen Musiikki in Finland and through Massacre records in the rest of Europe.

Artist Background: Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies show gothic metal influence. Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Death Metal, Rock/Pop, 2010s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Saivon Lapsi is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. It was released on the 22 May 2009 on Suomen Musiikki in Finland and through Massacre records in the rest of Europe.

Album: Children of the Dark Waters by Eternal Tears of Sorrow (2009)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: Children of the Dark Waters is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. It was released in May 2009 through Suomen Musiikki for Finland, Massacre Records for the rest of Europe and Marquee/Avalon Records for Asia. It is the second album to feature Jarmo Kylmänen on clean vocals, but his first album as an official member.
The album is in the same vein as Before the Bleeding Sun, but darker. "Angelheart, Ravenheart (Act II: Children of the Dark Waters)" is the second part of "Angelheart, Ravenheart (Act I: Before the Bleeding Sun)" from Before the Bleeding Sun. On the UK Amazon edition "Vilda Mánnu" is replaced by "Sea of Whispers (Acoustic Reprise)" as a bonus track.
The album's first single was "Tears of Autumn Rain" released in Finland on February 18 and featured vocals by Miriam Renvåg (Ram-Zet) and Heidi Parviainen (Amberian Dawn). The B-side of the single is a reworked version of "Vilda Mánnu" from the self-titled album, Vilda Mánnu. The album was mixed at Finnvox Studios (Helsinki, Finland) in March and April 2009 by Mikko Karmila  and like the previous five albums, it was recorded at Tico-Tico Studios in Kemi. Lead guitarist Risto Ruuth left the band right before the release of the album, and was replaced by Mika Lammassaari (from Mors Subita).

Artist Background: Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies show gothic metal influence. Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Death Metal, Rock/Pop, 2000s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Children of the Dark Waters is the sixth studio album by Finnish symphonic death metal band Eternal Tears of Sorrow. It was released in May 2009 through Suomen Musiikki for Finland, Massacre Records for the rest of Europe and Marquee/Avalon Records for Asia. It is the second album to feature Jarmo Kylmänen on clean vocals, but his first album as an official member.
The album is in the same vein as Before the Bleeding Sun, but darker. "Angelheart, Ravenheart (Act II: Children of the Dark Waters)" is the second part of "Angelheart, Ravenheart (Act I: Before the Bleeding Sun)" from Before the Bleeding Sun. On the UK Amazon edition "Vilda Mánnu" is replaced by "Sea of Whispers (Acoustic Reprise)" as a bonus track.
The album's first single was "Tears of Autumn Rain" released in Finland on February 18 and featured vocals by Miriam Renvåg (Ram-Zet) and Heidi Parviainen (Amberian Dawn). The B-side of the single is a reworked version of "Vilda Mánnu" from the self-titled album, Vilda Mánnu. The album was mixed at Finnvox Studios (Helsinki, Finland) in March and April 2009 by Mikko Karmila  and like the previous five albums, it was recorded at Tico-Tico Studios in Kemi. Lead guitarist Risto Ruuth left the band right before the release of the album, and was replaced by Mika Lammassaari (from Mors Subita).

Album: Vilda Mánnu by Eternal Tears of Sorrow (1998)
Genre: Death Metal | Style: Rock/Pop
Format: Album

Description: Vilda Mánnu is the second album by Finnish band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released in 1998 on the Spinefarm Records label.
It contains the band's first guest vocals (by Heli Luokkala, known from Nicepappi). It is also the last EToS album with their original line-up as one of the co-founders of the band, Olli-Pekka Törrö, left the band a few months after the release of this album.
The title of the album (as well as the name of the title song), Vilda Mánnu, is Northern Sami language. It means "Wild Moon" in English. There is also another Sami song title on the album, Goashem, which (in the form "goas'kem") is Old Sami language for "an eagle"

Artist Background: Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish symphonic death metal band formed in Pudasjärvi in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies show gothic metal influence. Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Music Scene: Part of the Pudasjärvi, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 1990s era. Associated with Death Metal movement. Known for Rock/Pop style.

Tags: Death Metal, Rock/Pop, 1990s, Album

Additional Context: Available on Discogs marketplace


Vilda Mánnu is the second album by Finnish band Eternal Tears of Sorrow, released in 1998 on the Spinefarm Records label.
It contains the band's first guest vocals (by Heli Luokkala, known from Nicepappi). It is also the last EToS album with their original line-up as one of the co-founders of the band, Olli-Pekka Törrö, left the band a few months after the release of this album.
The title of the album (as well as the name of the title song), Vilda Mánnu, is Northern Sami language. It means "Wild Moon" in English. There is also another Sami song title on the album, Goashem, which (in the form "goas'kem") is Old Sami language for "an eagle"

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