Embraze
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Embraze was a group from Kiiminki
, Finland
. Their music could be described as a combination of traditional metal and dark/gothic elements. The band's last album The Last Embrace was released on 16 August 2006. One of the tracks, "Branded", is available at the band's homepage.
After fifteen years, the band called it quits on the May Day 2009 on their final gig in Oulu, Finland http://embraze.net/News.html.
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Kiiminki
Kiiminki is a municipality of Finland.It is located about north-east from the Oulu city centre, in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is...
, 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...
. Their music could be described as a combination of traditional metal and dark/gothic elements. The band's last album The Last Embrace was released on 16 August 2006. One of the tracks, "Branded", is available at the band's homepage.
After fifteen years, the band called it quits on the May Day 2009 on their final gig in Oulu, Finland http://embraze.net/News.html.
Last line-up
- Lauri Tuohimaa - Vocal, Guitars (see CharonCharon (band)Charon was a Finnish gothic metal band from Raahe, Finland.-Biography:Charon was founded in 1992 by Mario Tepšić, Teemu Hautamäki, Pasi Sipilä, and Jasse Hast and was originally a brutal death metal act. After releasing three promo albums and two demos, all self-released, the band signed a record...
, For My Pain...For My Pain...For My Pain... is a gothic metal supergroup from Oulu, Finland, featuring members from Embraze, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Nightwish, Charon and Reflexion...
) - Ilkka Leskelä - Drums (see Maple CrossMaple CrossMaple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire, England with a large proportion of the housing being either council owned or previously council owned. The area is served by junction 17 of the M25 motorway, which makes up one of the boundaries of the village...
) - Heidi Määttä - Keyboards
- Olli-Pekka Karvonen - Bass guitars
- Sami Siekkinen - Guitars (see Maple CrossMaple CrossMaple Cross is a village in Hertfordshire, England with a large proportion of the housing being either council owned or previously council owned. The area is served by junction 17 of the M25 motorway, which makes up one of the boundaries of the village...
)
Former members
- Petri Henell - Bass guitars (1994–1997) (see Seith)
- Mikko Aaltonen - Guitars (1994–1995)
- Juha Rytkönen - Guitars (1995–1997)
- Janne Regelin - Guitars (1997–1999)
- Janne Räsänen - Bass guitars (1997–1999)
- Markus Uusitalo - Guitars (1999–2000)
- Toni Kaisto - Bass guitars (1999–2000)
Discography
- LAEHLAEHLAEH is the debut album of the Finnish gothic metal band Embraze. It was released in 1998 under Mastervox Records.-Tracklist:#Charm of the Wilderness#Dead Spring#Fragments Of Life#Autumn Child#Close My Stage#Mystic...
(1998) - Intense (1999)
- Endless Journey (2001)
- Katharsis (2002)
- The Last Embrace (2006)
See also
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- heavy metalHeavy metal musicHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
- gothic metalGothic metalGothic metal or goth metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music that combines the aggression of doom metal with the dark melancholy of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy metal music...
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