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Biography
The Finnish gothic metal supergroup Entwine have travelled a long way from their death metal-ish first demo tapes to the catchy gothic tunes of their latest albums. Founded by Aksu Hanttu (drums), Tom Mikkola (guitar, also vocals at the time) and T.Taipale (bass) in 1995, Entwine started out as a death metal band. Not gaining much attention or record deal offers, death was replaced with goth in 1997, a change that required not only a new vocalist, but also some keyboards and a second guitar.
For vocals, founder members found P.Willman whose talents were immediately put to a test on Entwines first gothic demo, Divine Infinity. Encouraged by the tapes success, the band also asked for keyboard player Riitta Heikkonen to join Entwines ranks, and the band could finally start playing live shows.
The bands underground success did not go unnoticed for long. In 1999 Spikefarm Records offered Entwine a recording deal, and in September the same year Entwines debut album "The Treasures within Hearts" was released. Although the debut album gained good reviews and the band grew more and more successful with each gig they played, all was not working within the group. Soon after Treasuress release, singer Willman and bass player Taipale left the band.
Luckily for Entwine, it did not take long for replacements to be found: singer Mika Tauriainen and bassplayer Joni Miettinen joined the band in May 2000, enabling the recordings of their second album, Gone, to start. The first single release from Gone, entitled "New Dawn", proved the bands potential to every goth on this planet and paved the way for Gones huge success.
Needing a second guitarist, Jaani Kähkönen was added to Entwines line-up in 2001, just in time for the recordings of their third album Time of Despair to start. Time of Despair, which was released in the Spring of 2002, was followed by a world tour with Theatre of Tragedy and Ram-Zet. Both the album and the tour were milestones on Entwines career, establishing their place in the gothic metal hall of fame.
After over a year of silence, Entwine finally returned with a new album, this time entitled DiEversity. The album was recorded at the famed Finnish Astia-Studios, the birthplace of such albums as Children of Bodoms Hate Crew Deathroll and To/Die/Fors Jaded.
Finishing touches for DiEversity were added at Finnvox studios by mixer Mikko Karmila (who has previously worked with Nightwish, Lullacry and Charon to name a few) and by mastering engineer Mika Jussila (famous for his golden touch on all albums of Nightwish and Children of Bodom). DiEversity is captivating in its beauty, movingly emotional and most importantly, heavy. It was thought that Gothic metal simply can not get any better than this!
But then came Fatal Design. Released in August 2006 Entwine's latest offering beats even DiEversity, with harder guitars and more aggressive riffs. Mika Tauriainen's vocals are perfect and the production flawless. The reviews so far have been relentless in their praise. A must have album.
Released on Spikefarm: www.spinefarm.fi
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