How Like a Winter

How Like a Winter

Infobox musical artist
Name = How Like a Winter


Img_capt = How Like a Winter members (L-R):- Tragedy, Dust, Mist, Agony, Bane, Misery
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Origin = Campobasso, Italy
Genre = Gothic metal
Doom metal
Years_active = 1995 − present
Label = Martyr Music Group
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URL = [http://www.howlikeawinter.it/ www.howlikeawinter.it]
Current_members = Dust
Agony
Tragedy
Misery
Bane
Mist
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How Like a Winter is a gothic doom metal band from Italy that was formed in the mid-1990s, although their first recording wasn't until much later. The band's music, which can be described as atmospheric and melancholy, is composed using violins, various classical, acoustic and electric guitars, and features male and female vocalists; the band members all use evocative pseudonyms. Male vocals are both clean and growled, whereas the female duo of Tragedy and Misery are invariably clean. Delicate violins mingle with heavy guitar riffs and are complemented by acoustic guitar solos. The band's music has been likened to that of Paradise Lost, Celestial Season, Novembers Doom, Shape of Despair, and My Dying Bride. [cite news|title=Digitalmetal.com review of "...Beyond My Grey Wake"|publisher =digitalmetal.com|url=http://www.howlikeawinter.it/reviews_digit.htm] Guitarist Mist lists My Dying Bride as a great inspiration, along with Opeth and Katatonia among others. [cite news|title=Interview with Mist|publisher =Vampire Magazine|url =http://www.vampire-magazine.com/article.php?aid=38565]

Their first recording was the 2001 demo-CD "The Winter's Near". The band subsequently released their full-length album "...Beyond My Grey Wake" in 2003. Both CDs were recorded at Temple of Noise studios, Rome, Italy. The release of their debut full-length album was met by very favourable reviews from magazines including Vampire Magazine, Digital Metal and Metal Edge. Martyr Music Group stated "Early in the year (2003) How Like a Winter's debut CD "...Beyond My Grey Wake" comes out and the response was simply phenomenal". [cite news|title=Martyr Music Group history|publisher =Martyr Music Group|url =http://www.martyrmusicgroup.com/]

Etymology

The band's name is taken from the first line of William Shakespeare's sonnet XCVII:- "How like a winter hath my absence been". [cite news|title=Shakespeare's Sonnet XCVII|publisher=shakespeares-sonnets.com|url=http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/97comm.htm]

Members

* Dust − male vocals, piano, orchestra
* Agony − violins
* Tragedy − female vocals [cite news|title=Encyclopaedia Metallum Profile|publisher =Encyclopaedia Metallum|url =http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6671]
* Misery − female vocals [cite news|title=Encyclopaedia Metallum Profile|publisher =Encyclopaedia Metallum|url =http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=6671]
* Bane − bass guitar
* Mist − classical, acoustic, electric guitars

Discography

* "The Winter's Near" (Demo, 2001)
* "...Beyond My Grey Wake" (CD, 2003)

References

External links

* [http://www.howlikeawinter.it/ Official website]


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