Shade Empire
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Kuopio, Finland |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Avantgarde Music, Dynamic Arts Records, Candlelight |
| Members | Eero Mantere Juha Sirkkiä Erno Räsänen Aapeli Kivimäki Henry Hämäläinen |
| Past members | Tero Liimatainen Antti Makkonen Janne Niiranen Juha Harju Olli Savolainen |
| Website | shadeempire |
Shade Empire is a Finnish extreme metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio.
Shade Empire's prevalent lyrical subjects are death, destruction, hatred, anti-religion and pain. The music on their first three official full-length releases, Sinthetic, Intoxicate O.S. and Zero Nexus, bears a melodic sort of black metal, featuring the usage of both electronic and symphonic elements. Since then, they have been noted "to use symphonic black with industrial and death metal compositions" and have been compared to Septicflesh, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Dimmu Borgir and Graveworm.[1]
Their second album, Intoxicate O.S., had moderate success, reaching number 25 in weekly Finnish album sales.[2]
Gallery
[edit]- Band members at the Dark Troll Festival 2018
Bassist Eero Mantere
Guitarist Juha Sirkkiä
Keyboardist Olli Savolainen
Drummer Erno Räsänen
Guitarist Aapeli Kivimäki
Singer Henry Hämäläinen
Members
[edit]Present
[edit]- Eero Mantere – bass (1999–present)
- Juha Sirkkiä – guitars (1999–present)
- Erno Räsänen – drums (2006–present)
- Aapeli Kivimäki - guitars (2013–present)
- Henry Hämäläinen – vocals (2017–present)
Previous members
[edit]- Tero Liimatainen – guitars (1999-2000)
- Antti Makkonen – drums (1999–2006)
- Janne Niiranen – guitars (2000-2013)
- Juha Harju – vocals (2000-2017)
- Olli Savolainen – keyboards (2000–2021)
Timeline
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Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Sinthetic (2004)
- Intoxicate O.S. (2006)
- Zero Nexus (2008)
- Omega Arcane (2013)
- Poetry of the Ill-Minded (2017)
- Sunholy (2023)
Singles and EPs
[edit]- Slitwrist Ecstasy (2006)
- Anti-Life Saviour (2017)
Live and other albums
[edit]- Throne of Eternal Night (2000, demo)
- Daemon (2001, demo)
- Essence of Pain (2002, demo)
References
[edit]- ↑ "SHADE EMPIRE – Poetry of the Ill-Minded". October 20, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Rank / Album Ranks for Intoxicate O.S." Finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
External links
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