Album: Ghosts of Loss by Swallow the Sun (2005)
Genre: Doom Metal | Style: Jazz
Record Label: Firebox Records
Format: Album

Description: Ghosts of Loss is the second studio album by Swallow the Sun, released on August 24, 2005 on the Firebox Records label.
Compared with their debut, this album has more influences of gothic metal. Some of its themes are greatly influenced by the 1990-91 TV serial Twin Peaks.

Artist Background: Swallow the Sun is a Finnish death/doom metal band and was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, soon joined by Pasi Pasanen (both had played together in Plutonium Orange). They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being "Through Her Silvery Body" which would end up on their first demo,Out of This Gloomy Light. In 2001 Markus Jämsen, whom Raivio and Pasanen already knew from their earlier bands, joined as a second guitarist, and Mikko Kotamäki from Funeris Nocturnum as singer; then Aleks... Part of the Jyväskylä, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Doom Metal movement. Known for Jazz style.

Related Artists: Trees of Eternity, Draconian, Ghost Brigade, Hallatar

Music Scene: Part of the Jyväskylä, Finland music scene. Emerged in the 2000s era. Associated with Doom Metal movement. Known for Jazz style.

Tags: Doom Metal, Jazz, 2000s, Album, Firebox Records

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Ghosts of Loss is the second studio album by Swallow the Sun, released on August 24, 2005 on the Firebox Records label.
Compared with their debut, this album has more influences of gothic metal. Some of its themes are greatly influenced by the 1990-91 TV serial Twin Peaks.

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