How time flies. In June 2020, Solemnity offered us ‘Through Endless Darkness’, an EP that had been four years in the making. To celebrate the first anniversary of the record which combines the majesty and dynamics of orchestral music with the crushing weight and ferocity of Death Metal, the band have given us a playthrough
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A Melodic Death Metal quintet with Progressive and Doom Metal influences, Insomnium formed in 1997, with a song writing axis of bassist and vocalist Niilo Sevänen and guitarist Dr. Ville Friman creating music around lyrical themes that portray darkness, pain, sorrow and loss. It was 2006 before the bands third studio album “Above the Weeping
5th June saw a four year labour of love in “Through Endless Darkness” by Solemnity finally see the light of day. The record, the brain child of collaborators Amit Luther (Orchestration, Piano, Guitar) and Dan Benton (Vocals, Guitars) is the perfect harmony of Death Metal ferocity and beautiful orchestral work that really needs to heard
Formed back in 2016 by Amit Luther (Orchestration, Piano, Guitar) and Dan Benton (Vocals, Guitars) as creators, looking to formulate something sonically diverse. Blurring the edges of Melodic Death Metal, Solemnity was born when they were joined by Dan Dean on bass and the trio take influence from Insomnium, Be’lakor and In Mourning, they have been spent
Formed back in 2016 by Amit Luther (Orchestration, Piano, Guitar) and Dan Benton (Vocals, Guitars) as creators looking to formulate something sonically diverse and blurring the edges of Melodic Death Metal, Solemnity was born when they were joined by Dan Dean on bass. The trio take influence Insomnium, Be’lakor and In Mourning, they have been
