Firebox Records was a Finnish

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based in

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bru ...

, Southern Ostrobothnia. They specialized in

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. Firedoom Music was a subsidiary label of Firebox Records specializing in more extreme doom metal and other obscure genres. The Firebox label has a distribution network for its releases worldwide including Plastic Head Distribution in England, SPV in Germany, Bertus in Benelux and The End Records in North America.

Artists

Firebox Records

* Dark the Suns *Dauntless *

Depressed Mode Depressed Mode is a death/doom/ funeral doom metal band from Finland. History Depressed Mode was formed in 2005 as a solo project of Ossy Salonen. Tomppa Turpeinen later joined as guitarist and Natalie Koskinen (Shape of Despair) as second voc ...

* The Eternal *

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* Jääportit *

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Mar de Grises Mar de Grises was a Chilean Death-doom, death/doom metal band created in 2000. "Mar de Grises" could be translated into English as "Sea of Grief," or equivalently, as grey is the Spanish color of sorrows as blue is in English, "Sea of Greys". H ...

Misery Inc. Misery Inc. was a Finnish metal band formed in Myrskylä in 2001. Janne on guitar, Jukka on bass, Jonttu on drums and singer Jukkis. Their original plan was to make music without any lead guitars but then it turned out to be a bit boring. Teemu ...

* SaraLee * Saturnus *

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Spiritus Mortis Spiritus Mortis is a heavy metal band from Finland. They are believed to be the first band in Finland to play doom metal. History The band was formed in 1987 as Rigor Mortis, with the founding members Teemu Maijala (bass, vocals), Jussi Maija ...

Throes of Dawn Throes of Dawn is a Finnish metal band. The group formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula (vocals) and Jani Heinola (synth). The band has been known as emotional dark metal. The band's sound is built on the combination of synths and guitars, laced with c ...

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* Velvetcut *

Wasara Wasara is a Finnish language Rock Music band from Lohja, Finland that formed in 1999. They are known for their depressive doom style. Name Wasara in old Finnish orthography means ‘Hammer’. The modern spelling is Vasara. History Antti ...

* Wraith of the ropes

Firedoom Music

Aarni Aarni is an avant-garde metal band from Finland, which consists primarily of Master Warjomaa and, occasionally, some session musicians. Although many sources claim the existence of other band members, these may be fictional characters (probably ...

* Ablaze in Hatred * DOOM:VS * Forest of Shadows *

My Shameful My Shameful was a doom/death metal band with Finnish, German and American American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, ...

* Pantheïst *

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* Tyranny *

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* Until Death Overtakes Me * Woods of Belial

References

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