Unshine is a

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band from Helsinki, Finland.

Career

Unshine was formed in May 2000, when Susanna Vesilahti visited the rehearsal of the band for the first time. The other members, who had known each other for some years from other projects, describe that as a "kind of a musical awakening". At that time the band had their rehearsal room at the cellar of the "Manala" restaurant in Helsinki. The next years were filled with rehearsals and composing. At the beginning of 2002, Unshine self-produced their first demo which was called "Promo 2002", on which they published three songs. In the following summer, they had their first public gigs, which were followed by their second demo, "Promo 2003". Their debut-album ''Earth Magick'' was recorded in 2004 by Low Frequency Records. One year later it was released in Finland and North-America by Crash Music. Unshine's second album, ''The Enigma of Immortals'', was released in April 2008. In 2013, the third studio album ''Dark Half Rising'' was released via Massacre Records followed by the album ''Astrala'' in 2018.

Style

In reviews, their music has described as

and atmospheric

, although they categorize themselves as druid metal. Unshine's early style has been interpreted as being torn between bands like

Nightwish Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee. The band was formed in 1996 by lead songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former lead singer Tarja Turunen. The band soon picked up drummer Jukka Neva ...

and

Lacuna Coil Lacuna Coil is an Italian gothic metal band from Milan. Since their formation in 1994, the group has had two name changes, being previously known as Sleep of Right and Ethereal, and they have recorded nine studio albums, two extended plays, two ...

and a much more pop-oriented direction.

Members

* Susanna Vesilahti - vocals * Harri Hautala - guitar,

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* Jari Hautala - guitar * Jukka "Stibe" Hantula -

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* Teemu "Teemal" Vähäkangas -

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Discography

Albums

* ''Earth Magick'' (2005) * ''The Enigma of Immortals'' (2008) * ''Dark Half Rising'' (2013) * ''Astrala'' (2018) * ''Karn of Burnings'' (2024)

Demos

* ''Promo 2002'' (2002) * ''Promo 2003'' (2003)

References

External links

Official Site
{{Authority control Finnish gothic metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2000