Shape of Despair
Formed: 1995
From:
Finland
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Shape of Despair News
Below is our complete Shape of Despair news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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The Abbey (Ex-Sentenced) Sign w/ Season of Mist
The Abbey - the new doom outfit featuring Natalie Koskinen (Shape Of Despair), Jesse Heikkinen (Henget, Iterum Nata), Vesa Ranta (ex-Sentenced, The Man-Eating Tree), Henri Arvola, and Janne Markus (The Man-Eating Tree) - premiere their debut single and music video "A Thousand Dead Witches". The group has just signed a record deal with Season of Mist.
Shape Of Despair Premiere New Song "Forfeit"
Doom metal sextet Shape Of Despair premiere their new advance track "Forfeit" from their forthcoming new studio full-length "Return To The Void". The record is Shape Of Despair's first new outing since 2015, and will be out in stores on February 25th via Season Of Mist.
Explains vocalist Henri Koivula: More...
Shape Of Despair Premiere New Song "Dissolution"
Doom metal sextet Shape Of Despair premiere their new advance track "Dissolution" from their forthcoming new studio full-length "Return To The Void". The record is Shape Of Despair's first new outing since 2015, and will be out February 25th through Season Of Mist.
Says guitarist Jarno Salomaa: More...
Shape Of Despair Premiere New Song
Funeral doom outfit Shape Of Despair return with a new track named "Reflection In Slow Time" off their forthcoming new album "Return To The Void", due out February 25.
Tells guitarist Jarno Salomaa: More...
Brutal Assault Festival Announces 85% Tickets Sold
Brutal Assault Festival announces 85% of the tickets of its upcoming 2019 edition already being sold. Tells the festival promotion agency:
"The attractive lineup of our festival draws audience from all around the world and we've already sold 85 % of all available tickets - thank You for your interest! Our lineup also misses just a couple of last bands and the artists from our KAL stage to be completely revealed... and that is happening soon! We can only recommend to everyone not to hesitate with the purchase of the festival pass, because there are gonna be no more tickets when the currently available capacity is gone!The festival passes are 102€ (full festival passes only), but you'll also find discounted festival passes for the disabled and for kids in our e-shop HERE."
You can now also generate your own Brutal Assault poster with bands ordered according to your liking and share your taste with the world! If you share your #mybrutal2019 poster on Facebook or Instagram, you can win a free festival pass!
Brutal Assault: 90 € Early Bird Festival Passes
The Brutal Assault 2019-team has the below announcement concerning their early bird festival passes for you:
"By the end of the month we'll stop selling the 90€ early bird festival passes. These are currently available from our e-shop in two forms, physical collector’s ticket where you have to pay for shipping and electronic ticket that you'll print at home and don't have to pay for shipping. It's also possible to change your e-ticket for design hard paper ticket on spot for a small fee.
Don't miss your opportunity to get the cheapest tickets that there are!"
Brutal Assault 2019, will once again take place at the Fortress Josefov - Jaromer, Czech Republic from , 7th – 10th August.
BRUTAL ASSAULT 2019 festival pass [PRINT@HOME ticket]
BRUTAL ASSAULT 2019 festival pass [collector's design hard paper ticket] More...
Dimmu Borgir, Godflesh added to Brutal Assault '19
In an announcement sure to please black metal fans, Brutal Assault Festival reveals that Dimmu Borgir will be taking to the stage at Fortress Josehov, Czech Republic. Industrial pioneers Godflesh have also been added to the bill - they last played the festival in 2015.
More bands revealed in this update include legendary thrash bands Anthrax and Sacred Reich. Iron Reagan, Prong, The Ocean, Thy Art is Murder, After The Burial and The Obsessed are just some of the other names.
Unfortunately A Pale Horse Named Death, who were previously announced, will be unable to perform.
Brutal Assault 2019 will take place at Fortress Josehov in the Czech Republic, August 7-9.
The full lineup so far:
ABORTED
AFTER THE BURIAL
ALIEN WEAPONRY
AGNOSTIC FRONT
ANAAL NATHRAKH
ANATHEMA
ANNOTATIONS OF AN AUTOPSY
ANTAEUS
ANTHRAX
CARCASS
CARPENTER BRUT
COUNTING HOURS
CRYSTAL LAKE
CULT OF LUNA
CYTOTOXIN
DEICIDE
DAUGHTERS
DESTRUCTION
DIABLO SWING ORCHESTRA
DIMMU BORGIR
EKTOMORF
ELECTRIC WIZARD
GET THE SHOT
GODFLESH
GUTALAX
HEILUNG
HIGHER POWER
HYPOCRISY
IMMOLATION
IRON REAGAN
JINJER
JUNGLE ROT
KRISIUN
LIONHEART
MANES
MESHUGGAH
METAL CHURCH
MGLA
MIDNIGHT
MYRKUR
NAPALM DEATH
NECROS CHRISTOS
OF MICE & MEN
OCEANS OF SLUMBER
PERFECITIZEN
PRONG
RAISED FIST
ROTTING CHRIST
SACRED REICH
SAOR
SHAPE OF DESPAIR
SLÆGT
TAAKE
TANKARD
TAPHOS
TESTAMENT
THE OBSESSED
THE OCEAN
THY ART IS MURDER
TOSKA
UNFATHOMABLE RUINATION
VARGRAV
VENOM PRISON
VUUR
WINDHAND
WOLFBRIGADE
WOE UNTO ME
Brutal Assault Festival Band Upddate Announced
Brutal Assault Festival announces another band update for its upcoming 2019 edition. Tells the festival promotion agency:
"Let’s open this mega update with a black metal stormblast! Over seven years, deathlike silence has filled the halls of the world’s biggest black metal forge, whilst powers have been gathering to resurrect the band right in time for their 25th anniversary. And now DIMMU BORGIR have finally returned with a vicious work of art that is their latest album Eonian and they are coming to storm the main stage at Brutal Assault!
Wicked aural filth comes from the islands with GODFLESH, who are highly regarded as one of the pioneers of industrial metal; they took industrial to the next level with their fuse of heavy guitars and mixing it with slow drum loops and effects and their unique approach has spawned several musical styles since their conception.
Brutal Assault will also present a combo of iconic thrashers that need no introduction, ANTHRAX and SACRED REICH will make it to the fest alongside upcoming crossover thrash ministry IRON REAGAN and a staple name of the genre PRONG. More...
Shape Of Despair Releasing "Alone In The Mist"
The Finnish funeral doom pioneers from Shape Of Despair are bringing back previously unreleased first demo "Alone in the Mist," which was originally written and recorded in 1988 while the band was still known as Raven.
"Alone in the Mist" will see a first-ever release this coming December 9th on CD (limited to 1,000 copies) and limited double LP (with D-side etching, limited to 666 copies). Check out advance song stream Shadowed Dreams" below.
Regarding the demo, Shape Of Despair founder Jarno Salomaa comments, "So what exactly do you find on 'Alone in the Mist'? Besides the first songs ever written for Shape Of Despair – at that time still named Rarven – these represent my first ever attempt at doom as well. Those tracks are the outcome of solitary inspiration through dark woods and good music. This demo was never fully released – do not bother to ask why, because I cannot remember the reasons at all. 'Alone in the Mist' was only tape traded without any cover or anything else with just a few people that we knew or were in contact with."
1. Down Into The Stream
2. To Adorn...
3. Shadowed Dreams
4. Woundheir
5. ...In The Mist
6. Outro More...
Shape Of Despair Streams Full New Album
The Finnish funeral doom pioneers from Shape Of Despair are streaming their new album "Monotony Fields" online - listen in at Stereokiller.com. here.
"Monotony Fields" will be officially released on June 16th in North America and is available across multiple formats.
Formed in 1995, Shape Of Despair has since achieved underground acclaim in doom and death metal circles through the release of "Shades of..." (2000), "Angels of Distress" (2001), and "Illusion's Play" (2004). The new album's track listing is:
1. Reaching the Innermost
2. Monotony Fields
3. Descending Inner Night
4. The Distant Dream of Life
5. Withdrawn
6. In Longing
7. The Blank Journey
8. Written in My Scars
Exclusive
Shape Of Despair Dreams Of A Distant Life
Shape Of Despair is set to inject some melancholy into your life this June 16th with the release of "Monotony Fields" via Season Of Mist.
Now less than a month from release, we're bringing you an official premiere of new song "The Distant Dream of Life." Listen in exclusively below. Shape Of Despair also comments:
"Originally this song was intended as an intro to the 'Monotony Fields' album. Even this one has quite Rapture alike start, we felt to end this in a Shape Of Despair way, slowing pace down and to insert bit of hopelessness inside. To bring out a slightly different character of the album, we present to you the shortest and possibly the catchiest song of the album."
If you missed them, be sure to hear the previous songs "Descending Inner Night" and the title track available here. You can also pre-order your copy of the coming album at this location. More...
Shape Of Despair Streaming New Track
Following a recent stream of the album's title track, the Finnish funeral doom pioneers from Shape Of Despair are streaming a second new track from their new album, "Monotony Fields."
The track, "Descending Inner Night," is streaming now below. "Monotony Fields" will be released by Season of Mist on June 16th in North America. Regarding the new track, Shape Of Despair comments:
"We have played this song under its working title 'Unresolved' only in the Ukraine and Russia so far. To compliment the existing live recordings, we are now presenting the album version, titled 'Descending Inner Night.' This was the second track that emerged for the new album and combines both the old and new elements of Shape of Despair." More...
Shape Of Despair Strolls Through "Monotony Fields"
The Finnish funeral doom pioneers from Shape Of Despair are streaming the first track taken from their new album, "Monotony Fields."
The album's title track is streaming below, courtesy of Decibel Magazine. "Monotony Fields" will be released by Season of Mist on June 16th in North America.
Regarding the track, Shape Of Despair comments: "Monotony fields, a song which reflects the album and it’s atmosphere the most for us. Slow trip into the mind of desperation." More...
Shape Of Despair Announces "Monotony Fields"
The Finnish funeral doom pioneers from Shape Of Despair have announced the title of their forthcoming album: "Monotony Fields."
The album will be released by Season of Mist on June 16th in North America. Shape Of Despair also comments:
"We are proud to announce Season of Mist as our new label. Since our latest album 'Illusion's Play' was released 10 years ago, we can already reveal that our long awaited follow-up full-length will express misery in new ways. As we have published EP's and our first releases via various labels, we are pleased to have found a steady home and look forward to a long lasting partnership."
Formed in 1995, Shape Of Despair has released "Shades of..." (2000), "Angels of Distress" (2001), and "Illusion's Play." (2004). Stay tuned for more details.
Shape Of Despair Signs With Season Of Mist
Season of Mist is proud to welcome Shape Of Despair back to the roster. The Finnish funeral doom band is not really new to the label, which already released Shape Of Despair's albums "Shades of..." and "Illusion’s Play," as well as the "Shape of Despair" compilation in North America.
The band’s forthcoming full-length will be released via Season of Mist on a worldwide scale. Shape Of Despair also comments:
"We are proud to announce Season of Mist as our new label. Since our latest album 'Illusion's Play' was released 10 years ago, we can already reveal that our long awaited follow-up full-length will express misery in new ways. As we have published EP's and our first releases via various labels, we are pleased to have found a steady home and look forward to a long lasting partnership. Our next album has already been recorded and will be released in 2015."
Further details on the upcoming album are forthcoming. The current Shape Of Despair lineup is:
Henri Koivula: vocals
Natalie Koskinen: vocals
Jarno Salomaa: guitars, keyboard
Tomi Ullgren: guitars
Sami Uusitalo: bass
Samu Ruotsalainen: drums
Shape Of Despair Re-Issuing Albums On Vinyl
Aftermath Music has issued the following announcement about releasing previous albums from Finnish doom act Shape of Despair on vinyl:
"News from Aftermath music for all the vinyl lovers & collectors: we are proud to present the back catalogue from the most influential doom band of the 21st century, Shape of Despair, on vinyl.
"Before we close the chapter of 2012, both 'Angels of Distress' (late November) and 'Shades of...' (late December) will be released, with new and improved artworks. Both of these are strictly limited to 250 copies. Pre-orders will go online on October 20th." More...
Shape Of Despair To Play Hammer Open Air
Finland's Shape of Despair has issued the following announcement about playing the upcoming Hammer Open Air festival:
"Now it's gonna finally happen, the very first Shape Of Despair live-show. Hammer Open Air Metal Festival 2012 After-party at Klubi, Turku on Saturday 21.7. Let it be written in your scars. More info at the Hammer Open Air official website."
The festival's currently announced lineup is as follows:
Deströyer 666 (AU): Black/Thrash Metal
Asphyx (NL): Death Metal
Root (CZ): Black Metal
Gehennah (SE): Black/Thrash
Necrophobic (SE): Black/Death Metal
Portrait (SE): Heavy Metal
Charnel Winds (FI): Black Metal
The 11th Hour (NL): Epic Doom Metal
Jess And The Ancient Ones (FI): Occultic Heavy Rock
Forgotten Horror (FI): Blackened Thrash Metal
Swallowed (FI): Death Metal
Gorephilia (FI): Death Metal
Krypts (FI): Death Metal
Cryptborn (FI): Death Metal
Vorum (FI): Death Metal
Damngod (FI): Groove Death Metal
Devastracktor (FI): Thrash Metal
Cannibal Accident (FI): Grindcore
Shape Of Despair Announces New Vocalist
Finland's Shape of Despair has checked in with the following announcement about recruiting a new vocalist:
"Time to share some news: Just before this year, SOD and Pasi Koskinen parted ways. We got very few close persons in mind who could fit inside the band's chemistry and share the same passion for our music.
"Welcome our newest member Henri Koivula.
"Henri is known from his other band Throes of Dawn, which released magnificent The great fleet of echoes - album last year. As for now, we are already started rehearsing our older songs and most importantly new songs. New songs are in progress and full album is planned to be released on next year 2012.
"But before anything, be sure to grab yourself our vinyls 'Written in my scars' and soon to be out split with Portugese doomer Before the rain where we've performed Lycia's Estrella."
Shape of Despair tracks are also available for streaming online by heading over to the band's MySpace page.
Shape Of Despair Streaming New Song
Finland's Shape of Despair has announced a new EP release titled "Written in My Scars." The artwork for the new EP can be viewed at this location. The band is also currently streaming a new song online from the EP. The title track can be heard via the Solarfall Records MySpace page.
Skepticism Tribute Coming Up Soon
Poland's Foreshadow Productions have released the following update:
A massive project on which we have been working for four years now is taking the final shapes. We have gathered 12 bands from all over the world. They recorded their own versions of some of SKEPTICISM songs, which we will release as a double CD set under the name of "Entering the Levitation: a Tribute to Skepticism". The whole album will be released together with two labels from USA , namely Red Stream and Oak Knoll. The official release date has been set to the 4th June 2007.
Here is the final tracklist: More...