Silentium is a Finnish

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...

 Gothic metal

Gothic metal

Gothic 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...

 band. The band was formed in 1995 and it originates from Jämsänkoski

Jämsänkoski

Jämsänkoski is a former town and municipality in central Finland located near Lake Päijänne and the Jämsänjoki river. The town had population of 7,581 . It covered an area of 448.67 km² of which 48.02 km² is water...

, 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...

. Silentium's first demos and EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

s have been released in tape

Compact Cassette

The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...

 format, and their albums have only been released in Europe and some Asian countries, although Silentium's last single Dead Silent

Dead Silent

Dead Silent is the second single by the Finnish gothic metal band Silentium from their fourth studio album Seducia. The single was released in 12 September 2007 as a digital single worldwide.- Tracklist :1. Dead Silent [Edit]...

 has been uploaded to some Finnish music legal sites to download worldwide.

Current members

• Riina Rinkinen - Female Vocals (2004–Present)
• Juha Lehtioksa - Guitar (1995–Present)
• Toni Lahtinen - Guitar (1995–Present)
• Matti Aikio - Bass, Vocals (1995–Present)
• Jari Ojala - Drums (1995–99, 2004–Present)
• Sami Boman - Keyboard, Backing Vocals (1995–Present)
• Elias Kahila - Cello (2005–Present)

Former members

• Tiina Lehvonen - Female Vocals (1998–2003)
• Maija Turunen - Female Vocals (2003)
• Janne Ojala - Drums (1999–2004)
• Jani Laaksonen - Violin (1995–2004)
• Anna Ilveskoski - Female Vocals (2003–04)

Albums and EPs

• Illacrimó (EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
  , 1996)
• Caméne Misera
  Caméne Misera
  Caméne Misera is the second demo self-released by the Finnish Gothic metal band, Silentium. The album was released in 1998, and the music was recorded by Boman, Laaksonen and Lehtioksa; and the lyrics by Aikio.-Tracklist:# Lament...
  
  (EP
  Extended play
  An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
  
  , 1998)
• Infinita Plango Vulnera (1999)
• SI.VM E.T A.V.VM (2001)
• Altum
  Altum (album)
  Altum is the second studio album recorded by the Finnish Gothic metal band Silentium. The EP album SI.VM E.T A.V.VM was released as Altum's "little sister album", being this one released before Altum. The album was released in 2001 by the Finnish label Spikefarm.-Tracklist:# Revangelis # Blasphemer...
  
  (2001)
• Sufferion - Hamartia of Prudence (2003)
• Seducia
  Seducia
  Seducia is the fourth studio album by the Finnish gothic metal band Silentium. The album was released in Finland on January 25, worldwide on January 27 and on April 23 in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. It is their first album, featuring an appearance by female singer Riina Rinkinen...
  
  (2006)
• Amortean (2008)

External links

• Silentium Official Website
• Silentium@MySpace
• Silentium@Dinamic Arts Records
• Silentium@Spinefarm Records
• Bulgarian Lullaby (Silentium's Bulgarian Fan Site)

See also

Related genres:

• Gothic metal
  Gothic metal
  Gothic 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...
  
  
• Doom metal
  Doom metal
  Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
  
  
• Heavy metal
  Heavy metal music
  Heavy 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...
  
  
• Death metal
  Death metal
  Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
  
  
• Gothic Symphonic metal