Depressed Mode is a death/doom

Death/doom

Death/doom, sometimes writes as death-doom or deathdoom, is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It combines the slow tempos and pessimistic or depressive mood of doom metal with the deep growling vocals and double kick drumming of death metal...

/funeral doom metal band from Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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History

Depressed Mode was formed in 2005 as a solo project of Ossy Salonen. Tomppa Turpeinen later joined as guitarist and Natalie Koskinen (Shape of Despair

Shape of Despair

Shape of Despair is an Atmospheric/Funeral Doom metal band from Finland that was formed in 1995 as Raven until 1998, when the band decided to change their name to the current one.-History:...

) as second vocalist. The band was signed by Firebox Records and recorded their first album Ghosts of Devotion with drummer Marko Tommila. Jori Haukio left the band in late 2007, and Teemu Heinola took his place as a guitarist.
Marko Tommila left the band in 2008 and Iiro Aittokoski replaced him.
The band recorded its second album "..For Death" in summer 2008, and it was released in February 2009. The band is currently looking for a new record deal.

Personnel

• Ossy Salonen - vocals, synth, programming
• Natalie Koskinen - vocals
• Tomppa Turpeinen - guitars
• Iiro Aittokoski - drums
• Teemu Heinola - guitars
• Henri Hakala - bass

External links

• Official website
• Depressed Mode at Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Depressed Mode at Firebox Records
• Depressed Mode at myspace.com
• Depressed Mode at mikseri.net