Merging Flare

Biography

The story of Merging Flare can practically be seen having started in 1993 when two schoolmates, guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen and drummer Henri Pyy, started to play heavy rock music together in the footsteps of AC/DC. The guys went on with varying set-ups and their musical style changed more towards metal. This phase included a melodic metal band Disease that - alongside Heikkinen and Pyy - consisted of guitarist Joni Hattuniemi and bassist Harri Leinonen and later also vocalist Matias Palm. Disease then came to its end in 2000.

In 2001 a new band Merging Flare was born and it consisted of the same members as Disease in its last days. The band started heavy training with new songs and released a web single "Star Odyssey" getting some nice feedback on it. A full demo saw daylight in 2003. However it suffered from weak production and therefore didn't pay the band much tribute.

In late 2004 Merging Flare entered the Content Union Studio in Helsinki to record 3 songs for a new promo CD. This could be seen as a wise choice, as the band finally got a production that did justice to their songs. Hell To Pay! promo was released in April 2005 and it was accepted really well by the metal medias around the world.

The story of Merging Flare can practically be seen having started in 1993 when two schoolmates, guitarist Kasperi Heikkinen and drummer Henri Pyy, started to play heavy rock music together in the footsteps of AC/DC. The guys went on with varying set-ups and their musical style changed more towards metal. This phase included a melodic metal band Disease that - alongside Heikkinen and Pyy - consisted of guitarist Joni Hattuniemi and bassist Harri Leinonen and later also vocalist Matias Palm. Disease then came to its end in 2000.

In 2001 a new band Merging Flare was born and it consisted of the same members as Disease in its last days. The band released their first web single "Star Odyssey" in late 2001 getting some nice feedback on it. The band's first demo recording followed in 2003 and in 2005 Hell To Pay! promo was released.

In 2006 it was agreed that Imperiumi Records would release the next studio release of Merging Flare, this time it being a split with Gamma Ray tribute Guardians of Mankind. The new split-CDS "Under The Fire" could now see its release at the Finnish Metal Expo in Helsinki 16.02.2007.

In 2009 Merging Flare inked a record deal with Disentertainment and in early 2010 the band started recording their debut album.

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