I guess that Jyvaskyla is one of the most important cities in Finland when it comes to rock and metal. More than just a handful of bands call the city their home and one of the is Swallow The Sun. The Finnish sextet premiered in the early days of the new century with an album... Continue Reading →
Review SWALLOW THE SUN ’20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair – Live in Helsinki’
Jyväskylä, Finland isn’t a city that you reach by coincident. 270 kilometers North of Helsinki it is nature that surrounds the town, endless forests that unveil their beauty in every season of the year. Besides that, Jyväskylä is also know for a vital rock and metal scene with bands like Swallow The Sun belonging the... Continue Reading →
SWALLOW THE SUN announce a live album
Live albums are booming these days and this time it is Finnish doom metallers Swallow The Sun who bring a bit of live atmosphere into our lockdown life. '20 Years of Gloom, Beauty and Despair - Live in Helsinki' is the title of the first ever live album, coming from the Jyväsykla-based doom band. "Finally... Continue Reading →
CD review SWALLOW THE SUN ‘When the Shadow is Forced Into the Light’
(9/10) Exactly four years ago, I had the chance to visit Jyvaskyla in Finland, which is a smaller city North of Helsinki. Every time a new Swallow The Sun album is on its way, I'm reminded of walking through the wintery streets of Jyvaskyla, which, on a grey day, feels like someone seriously swallowed the... Continue Reading →
CD review SWALLOW THE SUN ‘Lumina Aurea’
(9/10) Swallow The Sun is a band that’s off the beaten tracks when it comes to their music. It was in 2015 when they published with ‘Songs From the North I, II & III’ a three discs comprising release that showed beautiful varity of doom, melancholy, grief and darkness. Sharp before Christmas the band unveiled... Continue Reading →