This Empty Flow was a Finnish band formed in
Turku
Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...
in 1994. Founded by
Jori Sjöroos and
Niko Sirkiä, who were also the founding members of
Thergothon, a Finnish band known for pioneering the
funeral doom metal
Funeral doom is a subgenre of death-doom with heavy influence from funeral dirge music. Low- tuned guitars, death growls, instruments that emulate pipe organ sounds and ponderous pace are typical traits of this style.
History
An offshoot of dea ...
subgenre
Genre () is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a category of literature, music, or other for ...
,
although the music of This Empty Flow moved away from that sound into a more melodic,
gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie an ...
and
ambient-influenced style.
Their debut album, ''Magenta Skycode'', was released in 1996. They decided to disband thereafter because of the band's musical direction.
Since the split-up, there have been a few other releases. In 1999, ''Three Empty Boys'' was released and it included 4 songs of the unreleased follow-up to the debut album and 7 studio rehearsals/demos recorded in 1995-1997. A mini album called ''Useless and Empty Songs'' came out in 2000; in 2001 ''Nowafter'', a compilation album with rare and unreleased songs, was released. Their releases are hard to find and remain cult items sought after by dark music lovers around the world.
In 2005 Sjöroos formed
Magenta Skycode
Magenta Skycode was an indie rock band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2005 by . The band's members were Tomi Mäkilä on keyboard and synthesizer, percussionist Niko Kivikangas, guitarist Henry Ojala, bassist Kalle Taivainen and singer and song ...
, taking the name from the eponymous album.
In March 2006, Eibon Records re-released ''Magenta Skycode'' along with a bonus CD of extra tracks from around the album's time period as a 2CD titled simply ''The Album''.
In 16 April 2011 (Record Store Day 2011), Solina Records released This Empty Flow: Magenta Skycode 15th anniversary vinyl edition, limited only to 500 copies.
Discography
* ''Magenta Skycode'' (1996)
* ''Three Empty Boys'' (1999)
* ''Useless and Empty Songs'' (2000)
* ''Nowafter'' (2001)
* ''The Album'' (2006)
* ''Magenta Skycode'' (2011)
References
External links
This Empty Flowinformation a
nikoskorpio.netThis Empty Flow fans
this empty flow facebook
Finnish doom metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1994
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