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Enter My Silence
12+ albums
Melodic Death Metaldeath metalfinnishmetalfinnish metal
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COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY [Jan. 2006] The story behind Enter My Silence dates back to late 1995, when drummer Teemu Hokkanen and bassist Arto Huttunen with guitarists Ville Lapio and Tuomas Jäppinen - who also did vocals - teamed up to form a melodic metal outfit Captivity. The quartet wrote material and rehearsed for a year to record their first three track demo tape in November 1996. It wasn't meant for wide distribution or media/label contact, but merely for the group of teenagers to gain valuable experience in working in professional studio environment. Some months and a few youth club gigs later, Lapio left the band and Huttunen switched to guitar, leaving the bass players seat open. In 1997, people came and went, but no suitable bassist was found, so the band rehearsed as a trio to record another three track tape in September. This one defined the basis of their sound; catchy, melo-harmonic lead guitar touch and growled vocals backed up by heavy, pounding rhythms. For the most of 1998, Jäppinen and Huttunen worked on new material even though the band wasn't able to play live or even rehearse properly due to Hokkanen's military service. When he was released in September, the three - who at this point changed their name to Enter My Silence - started a brutally intense rehearsing period and headed for Studio Watercastle in Jyväskylä - their hometown in central Finland - to record their first promotional cd "Sophia's Eye" in December. Those 15 minutes of metal turned out to be a
