About Me
PENUMBRA was founded in 1996, by Dorian (guitars) and Jarlaath (vocals, oboe) who both felt classical music had to be a more important influence in metal music. After several months of working together and completing the line-up, PENUMBRA was already asked to open for well-known French acts like Misanthrope.
With seven musicians playing in the band, PENUMBRA recorded their 1st album Emanate to gain the interest of the record labels. The band received quite some offers, and signed to the up and coming Serenades Records, Last Episode. Emanate was released in 1999 and received excellent reviews, especially in Germany. PENUMBRA was invited to play at some of the biggest Goth festivals like Wave Gothic Treffen and Z7 Realizing that the visual aspect of PENUMBRAs shows plays a very important role, its shows are completed by theatrical effects like costumes, masks, pyrotechnic stakes, and more...
In 2000, PENUMBRA and Seranades Records parted ways. Several members professional musicians, hired by the band then left the group.
The core however decided to continue and new talents were added to the line-up. PENUMBRA recorded a three-track demo and concluded a record deal with Season of Mist.
The recording of the second release, The Last Bewitchment, took place at different locations in order to work with a choir and a classical string quartet, while the mixing was done in Sound Suite with producer Terje Refsnes (Sins Of Thy Beloved, Tristania, Carpathian Forest) to optimise the sound. After a successful French tour supporting Within Temptation during April 2002, PENUMBRA played several shows in The Netherlands.
After the satisfying cooperation with Terje Refsnes for The Last Bewitchment, PENUMBRA decided to record its third opus Seclusion entirely in Sound Suite. While Kyrsten sang during all live shows, for Seclusion PENUMBRA decided to work again with their former female vocalist, Anita Covelli, and Arathelis joined the group to play the drums. Seclusion includes Irish bagpipes, flutes, let hear traditional Bulgarian melodies, and have a choir of eight, ranging from baritone to soprano. Like The Last Bewitchment, this album tells the story of the love quest between the angel and the mortal, though a new adventure begins
-Metalstorm
Penumbra - The Prophetess
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Emanate
1999
01. Intro
02. Lycanthrope
03. New Scaring Senses
04. Bloody Experience
05. Falling Into My Soul
06. Turn Them Off
07. Doppleganger
08. Underwater Dream
The Last Bewitchment
2002
01. Neutral
02. Priestess In My Dreams
03. The Last Bewitchment
04. Moaning On Earth
05. Insurrection
06. Testament
07. The Young Martyr
08. A Torrent Of Fears
09. Pie Jesu
Seclusion
2003
01. Tragical Memories
02. Cursed Destiny
03. Seclusion
04. The Prophetess
05. Hope
06. Crimson Tail
07. Conception
08. Enclosed
