Shape of Despair

Shape of Despair
Also known as	"Raven", from 1995 to 1998
Origin	Finland
Genres	Funeral doom metal Neoclassical dark wave
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Spinefarm (2000-2005) Season Of Mist (2006-present) Solarfall (2010) Avantgarde Music (2011)
Associated acts	Ajattara, Amorphis, Depressed Mode, Finntroll, Impaled Nazarene, The Mist and the Morning Dew, Rapture, Throes of Dawn
Members	Natalie Safrosskin Jarno Salomaa Tomi Ullgren Samu Ruotsalainen Sami Uusitalo Henri Koivula
Past members	Toni Mäensivu Miika "Azhemin" Niemelä Pasi Koskinen

Shape of Despair is a funeral doom metal band from Finland.

The band was founded in 1995 as Raven by Jarno Salomaa and Tomi Ullgren. In 1998 they released their first demo tape Alone in the Mist. They changed their name in September 1998 to Shape of Despair. In 2000 they signed a deal with Spikefarm Records and released their debut album Shades of....

The second album Angels of Distress, released on September 2001, featured Pasi Koskinen on lead vocals and Samu Ruotsalainen on drums. Sami Uusitalo joined up in 2002 to play bass for the third album Illusion's Play. It was released in 2004.

In 2005, the band released a compilation titled Shape of Despair, featuring rare and unreleased material from the group, including tracks from the band's first demo Alone in the Mist and a new song called Sleeping Murder, recorded over a four-day period at Sundicoop Studios in Savonlinna, Finland. After a 5-year lull the band released the EP Written in My Scars and a split EP with Before The Rain.

Their 4th full-length album Monotony Fields was released on June 15, 2015 by Season of Mist.

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