This Empty Flow was a Finnish band formed in
Turku
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
in 1994. Founded by
Jori Sjöroos and
Niko Sirkiä, who were also the founding members of
Thergothon
Thergothon was a Finnish doom metal band which lasted from 1990 until 1993 and pioneered the funeral doom subgenre. They only released one demo, ''Fhtagn nagh Yog-Sothoth'' (1991), and one album, '' Stream from the Heavens'' (1994). Their sound ...
, a Finnish band known for pioneering the
funeral doom metal
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subgenre
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,
although the music of This Empty Flow moved away from that sound into a more melodic,
gothic rock 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, 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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