Masquerade is a

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band from Finland, formed in late 2012. They have made television appearances on Finnish channels

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and

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, and appeared on ''

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''. They have toured

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, and in numerous

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an countries. In August 2016, Masquerade signed on Danse Macabre Records. In June 2017, the band played at

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, one of the largest dark alternative music festivals in the world.

Band members

* Suzi Sabotage – vocals * Jacques Saph – bass * William Freyermuth – drums, percussion

Discography

* ''demo'' (August 2013) * ''Blood is the New Black'', EP, (October 2014) * ''Ritual'', LP, (15 July 2016) * ''Ritual'', CD, (14 October 2016) * ''Where Nobody Can Hear You Scream'' (13 November 2018)

Music videos

* ''Needle Through a Bug'', (October 2013) * ''All Things Hurt'', (June 2014) * ''Panic Paranoia'', (December 2015) * ''Deathmarch'', (December 2016) * ''Too Depressed to Dance'', (June 2017) * ''Russian Roulette'', (August 2018)

References

External links

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