Entwine

Hailing from Finland are Entwine, a gothic steel quintet focusing on a darkly melodic and richly textured type of large pop music. The group started being a three-piece loss of life metal outfit within the springtime of 1995; that early lineup, comprising Aki Hanttu (drums), Tom Mikkola (electric guitar and vocals), and T. Taipale (bass), steadily began incorporating even more melodic and textural proportions with their music, shifting further from loss of life steel and into even more conventional pop place. Following a few lineup adjustments, including the addition of another guitarist, P. William, Entwine created its first demonstration tape, the four-song Divine Infinity, in 1997. By enough time keyboardist Riita Heikkonen became a member of the band’s rates in 1998, Divine Infinity’s atmospheric metallic had gained the group a hype of interest within the underground press, not forgetting an evergrowing horde of followers. Entwine’s first genuine full-length recording, The Treasures Within Hearts, premiered to continuing acclaim in Sept of 1999, even though group’s lineup was still in circumstances of flux. Willman and Taipale break up in Apr 2000, the second option being changed by Joni Meittinen. A fresh lead vocalist, Mika Tauriainen, moved into the picture in-may of 2000 and provided the music group its most industrial appeal so far. Using a warm however occasionally edgy performing style strongly similar to Alice in Stores’ Layne Staley, Tauriainen’s tone of voice was an ideal suit for Entwine’s significantly melodic and pop-based goth steel. The retooled Entwine moved into Astia A-Studio past due in 2000 (pursuing three a few months’ worthy of of rehearsal and woodshedding) and, with manufacturer Anssi Kippo (Kids of Bodom, Sinergy) on the handles, documented the full-length Eliminated. Century Mass media released the record in 2001 and it quickly discovered a place within the Finnish pop graphs, settling at amount 25 as the one “New Dawn” raced to amount ten for the singles graph. They returned towards the same studios immediately after and jumped back to the writing procedure. The outcome, Period of Despair, was an even more alternate sounding record that shaved aside a lot of their gloomier tendencies in trade for simpler songwriting and much more direct melodies.