Barren Earth
| Barren Earth | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Genres | Progressive death metal, melodic death metal, doom metal |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Peaceville Records |
| Associated acts | Swallow the Sun, Moonsorrow, Amorphis, Kreator |
| Website | barrenearth |
| Members |
Jón Aldará Olli-Pekka Laine Kasper Mårtenson Janne Perttilä Marko Tarvonen Sami Yli-Sirniö |
| Past members | Mikko Kotamäki |
Barren Earth is a Finnish progressive death metal band from Helsinki, and was formed in 2007.
Its music is said to be a combination of death metal, progressive rock, and folk music, pulling influence from the different groups each member is associated with.
Since their formation, the band has released one EP and three full-length albums.
In November 2009, the EP Our Twilight was issued, and included four songs. Strangely enough, the same year came out an album by another Finnish band Swallow the Sun, called New Moon. Some people noticed a connection to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga of vampires, her novels being Twilight and New Moon. When Laine was asked about that, he said he had never heard of these vampire movies or books. Shortly after the EP had been issued, Barren Earth performed its first gig, in the club Dante's Highlight in Helsinki. However, the LP coming up on March 2010, most of the festivals had already been booked bands for the summer 2010. Barren Earth had a gig on Tuska Open Air Metal Festival, though.
In February 2011, the band played a five-week tour in North America under the name "Finnish Metal Tour 2011", alongside other Finnish bands including Finntroll, Ensiferum and Rotten Sound, gathering support for their album that would officially be released around two months later. On 31 March 2010, the band issued their debut album, Curse of the Red River. One of its nine songs was the title song of the previous EP, "Our Twilight". The album received very positive reviews. The band went on to receive the title of "Newcomer of the year" in 2011 at the Finnish Metal Awards, and "Best debut album" at the Metal Storm Awards 2010.
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