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Biography
Heavy guitars mixed with beautiful piano melodies. Been there, heard that
right? Surely this young finnish band haven´t invented a wheel again but
making this old concept to sound this fresh and beautiful is truly an
achievement.
Dark The Suns was founded as Mikko Ojala's solo project in 2005 in
Valkeakoski. The first demo, Sleeping Beauty, was recorded later that
year. The demo was selected as ”Demo of the Month” in Inferno Magazine.
Since Mikko was unable to field a band to play the tracks, he recorded all
instruments himself.
In the beginning of 2006 Dark The Suns settled to Jyväskylä and Mikko's
one-man project grew to a full band when Toni Tuomioja joined the band as
a guitarist, Juha Kokkonen as a keyboardist and Markus Lehtinen as a
drummer. Since there were some difficulties in finding a bassist, Mikko
decided to grab the bass.
Dark The Suns did only one gig until the line-up changed. Toni decided to
leave the band due to personal reasons. Mikko abandoned bass and took
Toni's place as a guitarist. After a brief search, Inka Tuomaala was found
to fill the empty spot of bassist.
Now that Dark The Suns had a stable line-up, band started to write new
material and doing gigs. In August 2006 Dark The Suns entered Studio
Dreamhouse for their second demo, In Darkness Comes Beauty.
In the end of October 2006, Dark The Suns was signed to Firebox. They
started recording debut album on Dreamhouse at spring 2007, but due to
several problems they changed the studio in the middle of everything to
Watercastle. There they finally got things working just like they wanted.
The album was mastered during August at Finnvox.
Lineup
Mikko Ojala - vocals & guitar
Juha Kokkonen - keyboards
Inka Tuomaala - bass
Eino Kauppila - drums
Discography
Sleeping Beauty (single, 2008)
In Darkness Comes Beauty (album, 2007)
Sleeping Beauty (demo, 2005) (Inferno-lehden kuukauden demo)
Contact
HOMEPAGE: www.darkthesuns.com
E-MAIL: Dark the Suns |
