Darkcrowned

Biography

DARKCROWNED is a melodic death metal act hailing from the Finnish metal capital, Oulu. The music is a mixture of melodies and aggression combined as a distinctive package. The influence of many other styles of metal is constantly present, since all the band members listen to a really wide variety of different music styles. In addition to the aggressive guitar riffs and blasting drums, the compositions  include masses of small keyboard elements, which help creating the music it's diverse atmosphere.

DARKCROWNED was founded in 2002 as a black metal endeavour by Eavral vocalist & guitarist J. Perttunen. Expanding the solo venture into a full band project, and shifting towards a death metal direction, further musicians were drafted in the form of drummer M. Törmä and bassist T. Söderlund, the latter another Eavral member. Lead guitarist H. Niemisalo was enlisted shortly after for recording of the demo 'A Nihilation'. The demo was finished in May 2004 and received fairly good reviews in some of the major metal medias in Finland.

In the fall of 2004, vocalist J. Aunola was asked to do the vocals for DARKCROWNED. Aunola agreed and became a full member of the band. In December 2005, Jussi Harju (previously in To The Darker Grounds) joined the group as a fulltime keyboard player. Sadly enough, Harju was forced to move to Sweden after just a few months and he was let go. His replacement turned out to be J. Sauvola from the band Silent threnody.

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