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BARREN EARTH Signs With PEACEVILLE RECORDS

19 August 2009

BARREN EARTH, the new Helsinki, Finland-based project featuring members of KREATOR, MOONSORROW, SWALLOW THE SUN and MANNHAI, has inked a deal with Peaceville Records. The band has been busy recording its debut album at the renowned Seawolf Studios in Helsinki, with the tracks currently being mixed by Dan Swanö (KATATONIA, OPETH, NOVEMBRE). An EP is due November 2009, with the full-length CD currently scheduled for an early 2010 release.Commented bassist Olli-Pekka Laine (MANNHAI, CHAOSBREED, ex-AMORPHIS): "Getting signed by Peaceville Records is a great honor, as they are one of the very few metal labels left who have a passion and feeling for the music they release. To us, it also feels like coming home, because in a way they carry a big responsibility for BARREN EARTHs ex

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The melodic metal band BARREN EARTH was formed in Helsinki in the autumn of 2007.

The music of BARREN EARTH combines elements of modern and traditional (death) metal, with 70's prog rock and folk. Among the band's influences are artists like Paradise Lost, Opeth, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and also some pioneers of Finnish prog.

The members' individual backgrounds in many internationally known and acclaimed outfits is a testament to the quality of the band's music. These same backgrounds are obviously also echoed in BARREN EARTH's music.

The songs presented here were recorded and mixed in late summer 2008 at Jive Studios, Helsinki.

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