Shade Empire

Infobox musical artist
Name = Shade Empire


Background = group_or_band
Alias =
Origin = Kuopio, Finland
Genre = Dark metal [cite web|title=Review / Review of Intoxicate O.S. at Metal-Observer.com|url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=11641] , Melodic Black metal [cite web|title=Review / Review of Sinthetic at Metal-Observer.com|url=http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=5829]
Years_active = 1999 – present
Label = Dynamic Arts Records Avantgarde Music
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.shadeempire.com/ ShadeEmpire.com]
Current_members = Juha Harju (Vocals) Janne Niiranen (Guitars) Juha Sirkkiä (Guitars) Olli Savolainen (Synths) Eero Mantere (Bass) Epi Rasane (drums)
Past_members = Antti Makkonen (Drums; 1999 - 2006) Tero Liimatainen (Guitars; 1999)

Shade Empire are a Finnish Dark Metal band, born in 1999 in the city of Kuopio.

Shade Empire's prevalent lyrical subjects are Satanism, anti-Religion, Death, Destruction, Hatred and Pain [cite web|title=Lyrics / Shade Empire lyrics at Lyricwiki.org|url=http://lyricwiki.org/Shade_Empire] [cite web|title=Lyrics / Encyclopaedia Metallum page for Shade Empire|url=http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3230] . The music on their two official full-length releases, Sinthetic and Intoxicate O.S. bears a melodic sort of Black metal, featuring the usage of both Electronic and Symphonic elements. Their lyrics are mainly in English, except for one song that has lyrics in Finnish, "...Ja Pimeys Laskeutui", the title of which can be translated as "...And Darkness Descended", (The last word "Laskeutui" can also be translated as "Fell", "Came" or "Landed").

The third demo CD of the band, "Essence Of Pain", raised the interest of the Italian label Avantgarde Music (Mayhem, Behemoth, etc), as a result of this, their debut album "Sinthetic" was released on March 29, 2004 under the aforementioned label.

In 2006, the band signed with the Finnish label Dynamic Arts Records (Impaled Nazarene, Scorngrain, etc). The same year, their second album "Intoxicate O.S." was released on May 24, 14 days after the release of the single "Slitwrist Ecstasy". "Intoxicate O.S." had moderate success, reaching #25 in weekly Finnish album sales, as stated at [http://www.finnishcharts.com/ FinnishCharts] [cite web|title=Rank / Album Ranks for Intoxicate O.S.|url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shade+Empire&titel=Intoxicate+O%2ES%2E&cat=a] .

After releasing the album, Shade Empire continued playing at several events such as Jörisrock and Qstock, mainly beside other Finnish artists. They also performed on a series of independent gigs.

The same year, Shade Empire played their first official concert outside of Finland, in the encompassment of the Popkomm trade show in Berlin at the Kulturbrauerei (Culture Brewery).

Discography

tudio albums

*2004 - "Sinthetic"
*2006 - "Intoxicate O.S."
*2008 - "Zero Nexus"

ingles & EPs

*2006 - "Slitwrist Ecstasy"

Live & other albums

*2000 - "Throne of Eternal Night (Demo)"
*2001 - "Daemon (Demo)"
*2002 - "Essence Of Pain (Demo)"

Members

Present

*Juha Harju - Vocals
*Janne Niiranen - Guitars
*Juha Sirkkiä - Guitars
*Olli Savolainen - Synths
*Eero Mantere - Bass
*Epi Rasane - Drums

Previous members

*Antti Makkonen - Drums (1999-2006)
*Tero Liimatainen - Guitars (1999)

References

External links

* [http://www.shadeempire.com/ Shade Empire - Official website]
* [http://www.dynamicartsrecords.com/ Dynamic Arts Records]
* [http://www.ii2.org/community.php?comid=99990 Shade Empire community at II2]
* [http://wc03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=SHADE|EMPIRE&sql=11:anfwxqwaldje~T0 Shade Empire] at Allmusic
* [http://www.myspace.com/shadeempireband Shade Empire] at Myspace
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=3230 Shade Empire] at Encyclopaedia Metallum