Album: When a Shadow Is Forced Into the Light by Swallow the Sun (2019)
Genre: Doom Metal
Record Label: Century Media
Format: Album

Description: "When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light"  is the seventh studio album by Finnish extreme metal band Swallow the Sun. It was released on January 25, 2019, by Century Media. The album deals directly with the death of Juha Raivio's partner, the singer Aleah Stanbridge.

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


"When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light"  is the seventh studio album by Finnish extreme metal band Swallow the Sun. It was released on January 25, 2019, by Century Media. The album deals directly with the death of Juha Raivio's partner, the singer Aleah Stanbridge.

When a Shadow Is Forced Into the Light

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