Everything about Eternal Tears Of Sorrow totally explained
Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to
EToS) is a
Finnish melodic death metal band. They were formed in
Pudasjärvi in
Northern Ostrobothnia,
Finland. They have also sometimes been considered as
gothic metal band due to some gothic metal influences on their albums including romantic lyrics and soft keyboard melodies uncommon in melodic death metal. The pre-EToS projects started from melodic death/doom metal but soon the style changed to
melodic death metal.
Biography
The band was officially formed in 1994 by
Jarmo Puolakanaho, Altti Veteläinen and
Olli-Pekka Törrö, after some previous various metal projects. Initially all started when Altti and Jarmo started to playing the speed/thrash/industrial metal, but after they went on became a death/doom/thrash metal group under several names. These pre-EToS projects featured several people who play or have played in Eternal Tears of Sorrow.
Andromeda, a first death/doom/thrash metal project, had been put on hold in late 1992 because the rehearsal place had burned down. It seemed their home town wasn't able to give them a new rehearsal place, so the three members decided to start up a new, drummerless sideproject (M.D.C.) and recorded a
demo tape Beyond The Fantasy in autumn
1993. However, the songs on the demo were better than they'd expected, so they decided to go on with the project.
In spring 1994, they recorded a new demo,
The Seven Goddesses of Frost. because their home town was still unable to provide Andromeda a new rehearsal place, and the project had become a serious band, the band decided to change their name to more serious
Eternal Tears of Sorrow. Between 1994 and 1996 the band was busy (in spite of all of the members doing their compulsory
military services): they recorded their first studio demo tape (
Bard's Burial), had a couple of songs on some
compilation CDs in
Europe and
Canada and recorded their
debut,
Sinner's Serenade. It took more than a year for the debut album to get released by
X-Treme Records, a small underground label from
Gothenburg in
Sweden.
After recording the second album (that the band recorded on their own money and which was their first melodic death metal record),
Vilda Mánnu,
Spinefarm Records approached the band and soon they signed a deal with the label.
Their third album
Chaotic Beauty (on which the band had three new members as Olli-Pekka Törrö had left the band) might have been the most successful album so far as they went to a European
tour with
Nightwish and
Sinergy promoting the album. However, it was their fourth album,
A Virgin and a Whore, that went to the Finnish Album TOP 40 charts.
After releasing four albums, the band announced having a break just after the release of
A Virgin and a Whore. In 2002 the band announced they were going to have a long break. However, they broke up in January
2003, the reasons being the members' interest in trying something completely different, or just taking a complete break from the
music business.
In February
2005, the band announced they were to make a comeback. The album was being written and recorded during the year, and the fifth album
Before the Bleeding Sun was released in April
2006 (excluding releases in Russia and
Japan that were released later). This album also went to the Finnish Album Top 40 charts, this time with the position of #26.
The band broke their 66-month gig silence in late 2006 with two session members as Petri Sankala and Janne Tolsa were unavailable at that time.
Currently, the band are writing material for their sixth, unnamed album that will come out in March 2009 through Suomen Musiikki in Finland, Massacre Records in Europe excluding Finland and Marquee/Avalon in Asia.
Discography
Full-length albums
Singles
Last One For Life (Finland only) (2001)
Cover songs
As I Die, by Paradise Lost
Black Tears, by Edge of Sanity
Flight of Icarus, by Iron Maiden
Sick, Dirty and Mean, by Accept
Demos
The Seven Goddesses of Frost - (May 1994)
Bard's Burial - (October 1994)
Pre-EToS demos
The Fourth Dimension - (as Andromeda, May 1992)
II (unfinished demo) - (as Andromeda, August 1992)
DWN (instrumental demo) - (as D.W.N., June 1993)
Beyond the Fantasy - (as M.D.C., October 1993)
Band members
Altti Veteläinen, vocal, bass 1994- (see For My Pain..., Kalmah, Scyron, also in all the previous pre-EToS projects)
Jarmo Puolakanaho, guitar 1994- (also in all the previous pre-EToS projects)
Risto Ruuth, guitar 2005- (see Scyron)
Janne Tolsa, keyboards 2005- (see Tarot, Virtuocity, Turmion Kätilöt)
Petri Sankala, drums 1999- (see For My Pain..., Kalmah, Scyron, also in Andromeda 1992)
Former members
Olli-Pekka Törrö, guitar 1994-1999 (see For My Pain..., also in Andromeda 1992 and M.D.C. 1993)
Pasi Hiltula, keyboards 1999-2003 (see Kalmah, Scenery Channel)
Antti-Matti Talala, guitar, drums 1997-2000 (see To/Die/For, Soulrelic, Kalmah)
Antti Kokko, guitar 2000-2003 (see Kalmah)
Guest musicians on albums
Heli Luokkala - guest vocals on Vilda Mánnu
Kimberly Goss - guest vocals on Chaotic Beauty (see Sinergy, Therion)
Juha Kylmänen - guest vocals on A Virgin and a Whore (see For My Pain..., Reflexion)
Jarmo Kylmänen - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Scyron, Rautavaara Inc.)
Miriam Elisabeth Renvåg - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Ram-Zet, For My Pain...)
Tony Kakko - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Sonata Arctica)
Marco Hietala - guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (see Tarot, Nightwish, Sinergy)
Session tour musicians
Petri Sankala - drums on gigs between 1997 and 1999 (before officially joining the band)
Antti Kokko - bass on gigs in 1997 and 1998 (before officially joining the band)
Pekka Kokko - bass on tour in 1999 (see Kalmah)
Heidi Määttä - keyboards on tour in 2000 (see Embraze), temporarily replacing Pasi Hiltula.
Juha Kylmänen - clean vocals on gigs in 2001 (see For My Pain...)
Veli-Matti Kananen - keyboards on gigs in 2006 and 2007, temporarily replacing Janne Tolsa.
Tuomo Laikari - drums on gigs in 2006 and 2007, temporarily replacing Petri Sankala.
Jarmo Kylmänen - clean vocals on gigs in 2006 and 2007
Trivia
Every EToS album (and the last promo tape) has been recorded at Tico-Tico Studio. The only exception are the keyboard tracks on Before the Bleeding Sun and some instrument and vocal tracks on previous albums. Some other bands known for recording their albums at Tico-Tico are Sentenced and Sonata Arctica.
The band was one of the first Finnish bands to have a website. Their first website was put online in early February 1996.Further Information
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