Dolorian

Dolorian
Origin	Oulu, Finland
Genres	Doom metal Black doom Dark ambient
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Wounded Love Records
Website	Official website

Dolorian is a doom metal band from Oulu, Finland. Their early recordings are viewed as some of the earliest examples of blackened doom metal. Later recordings mixed dark ambient music with the traditional doom metal style.

The band was founded in mid 1997 as a duo consisting of A. Haapapuro and A. Kukkohovi. Their combination of varied songs, structures and melodies, several vocal styles, and obscure spiritual lyrics set the band apart from many others in their genre.

Dolorian recorded their first demos in autumn 1997 at Tico-Tico Studios with temporary keyboard player H. Riihinen. They were subsequently signed with Wounded Love Records. In April 1998 the band, along with their new keyboard player J. Ontero, recorded the debut album When All the Laughter Has Gone. The album was released in 1999. The following year, the band recorded their second album. Entitled simply Dolorian, it was a continuation of the black doom sound of their debut, although with much quieter vocals.

In 2002, Dolorian recorded songs for a split release with Shining, but record label problems delayed its release until 2004. The following year the band recorded their third album, Voidwards, which demonstrated a further shift in their sound and included the usage of dark ambient elements.

Members

• Anti Ittna Haapapuro – vocals, electric guitar (1997–present)
• Ari Kukkohovi – bass guitar, drums, electric guitar (1997–present)
• Jussi Ontero – keyboard (1998–present)

Discography

• 1999 – When All the Laughter Has Gone
• 2001 – Dolorian
• 2004 – Dolorian / Shining (split single)
• 2006 – Voidwards

External links

• Dolorian official website
• Dolorian on Encyclopaedia Metallum
• Dolorian on MySpace (includes music samples)
• Dolorian on Last.fm (includes music samples)
• Helixes musical collective