Album: Songs From the North I, II & III by Swallow the Sun (2015)
Genre: Doom Metal
Record Label: Century Media
Format: Album

Description: Songs From the North I, II & III is the sixth studio album by Finnish extreme metal band Swallow the Sun. It is a triple album and was released on 13 November 2015, via Century Media. Each disc is focused on a different facet of the band's style: Gloom is a more typical death/doom album, Beauty primarily acoustic and folksy, and Despair a funeral doom album; these disc titles are also a single song title on their second album, Ghosts of Loss. This is the last release with Aleksi Munter and Markus Jämsen, who quit Swallow the Sun in 2016 and 2018 respectively. Songs From the North I, II & III received a generally positive reception from critics.

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, 2010s, Album, Century Media

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Songs From the North I, II & III is the sixth studio album by Finnish extreme metal band Swallow the Sun. It is a triple album and was released on 13 November 2015, via Century Media. Each disc is focused on a different facet of the band's style: Gloom is a more typical death/doom album, Beauty primarily acoustic and folksy, and Despair a funeral doom album; these disc titles are also a single song title on their second album, Ghosts of Loss. This is the last release with Aleksi Munter and Markus Jämsen, who quit Swallow the Sun in 2016 and 2018 respectively. Songs From the North I, II & III received a generally positive reception from critics.

Songs From the North I, II & III

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