Barren Earth
Barren Earth was formed in Helsinki, Finland in the autumn of 2007. This ne… Read Full Bio ↴Barren Earth was formed in Helsinki, Finland in the autumn of 2007. This new ambitious, progressive death metal band was originally conceived in late 2006. With a head full of new, brutal, yet melodic songs, Olli-Pekka Laine (ex-Amorphis, Mannhai) asked drummer Marko Tarvonen (Moonsorrow), to form a new progressive death metal group with him. Around 2005 Tarvonen, keyboardist Kasper Mårtenson (ex-Amorphis, Ben Granfelt Band) and Laine played in a prog-rock project called The Camel Gang (influenced by The James Gang and English prog-rock band Camel), so they knew they already had the chemistry. Tarvonen agreed to go for it, Mårtenson and guitarist Janne Perttilä joined the band as well, and little by little things started snowballing towards the first incarnation of Barren Earth.
At the end of 2007 Tarvonen, Laine, Mårtenson and Perttilä gathered together, and laid down the final plans. Still lacking a lead guitarist, the guys called their old friend Sami Yli-Sirniö (Kreator, Waltari), as they knew his playing style to be a perfect match. Rehearsals began immediately, and by the summer of 2008, Barren Earth found themselves in the studio, recording the four first songs they had put together. When it came down to finding a vocalist, the name of Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow The Sun) popped up. The band knew that Kotamäki’s skills in growling and singing were what the fresh promotional recording screamed for. Luckily he agreed to join, and Barren Earth had found its final form.
The music of Barren Earth combines elements of modern and traditional death metal, with 70's prog rock and folk. Among the band's influences are artists like Paradise Lost, Opeth, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and also some pioneers of Finnish prog.
The members' individual backgrounds in many internationally known and acclaimed outfits is a testament to the quality of the band's music. These same backgrounds are obviously also echoed in Barren Earth's music.
In January of 2014 Barren Earth announced that Faroese native Jón Aldará will replace Mikko Kotamäki as the lead vocalist.
At the end of 2007 Tarvonen, Laine, Mårtenson and Perttilä gathered together, and laid down the final plans. Still lacking a lead guitarist, the guys called their old friend Sami Yli-Sirniö (Kreator, Waltari), as they knew his playing style to be a perfect match. Rehearsals began immediately, and by the summer of 2008, Barren Earth found themselves in the studio, recording the four first songs they had put together. When it came down to finding a vocalist, the name of Mikko Kotamäki (Swallow The Sun) popped up. The band knew that Kotamäki’s skills in growling and singing were what the fresh promotional recording screamed for. Luckily he agreed to join, and Barren Earth had found its final form.
The music of Barren Earth combines elements of modern and traditional death metal, with 70's prog rock and folk. Among the band's influences are artists like Paradise Lost, Opeth, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and also some pioneers of Finnish prog.
The members' individual backgrounds in many internationally known and acclaimed outfits is a testament to the quality of the band's music. These same backgrounds are obviously also echoed in Barren Earth's music.
In January of 2014 Barren Earth announced that Faroese native Jón Aldará will replace Mikko Kotamäki as the lead vocalist.
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Barren Earth Lyrics
A Shapeless Derelict ""As dry as they come This desert beneath a hollow…
As It Is Written You storm the mountains We close the gate You scream your …
Chaos the Songs Within ""Dissolved the bonds of brothers Now the fires have witness…
Cold Earth Chamber What grief and obscurity surround my soul Like an autumn ni…
Curse Of The Red River On pathless ways you wither And hope has flown away Rise bef…
Deserted Morrows The pining silence Crying from solitude Wandering pathways…
Ere All Perish With words of scorn they call Through the times they burn …
Flame Of Serenity Dreaming when the dawn's Left hand was in the sky I heard…
Flicker I could hold that hand no more I turned away and…
Floodred Sneaking in through the night Darkness the only shelter St…
Forlorn Waves Without a sound Saw the eagle rising The bringer of storms…
Frozen Processions ""Weave the intent from Our resolved unknowing Present the s…
Howl ""I taste the broth that seeps down through the gorge…
Jewel The Earth machine Like water in your breath My solid tears…
Martyrs Of Devotion Swayed upon the land of glitter Stood before a pool of…
On Lonely Towers ""I will rest here and i might not awake was…
Oriental Pyre The verge of reality Faced by the traitors of the mighty…
Our Twilight Remain in silence or death arrives At strange doors we are…
Passing Of The Crimson Shadows Lead me to the bridges of isolated emotion And we shall…
Set Alight ""Hiding is A life for some We wait for the…
The Dead Exiles Sheer insanity The order of the immortal Beyond the bounda…
The Leer Stream of time has been broken Blessed is the infernal soul…
The Rains Begin Against the sky a silent choice She takes me in her…
The Ritual Of Dawn Wash her Kiss her Feel my Thunder She's gone like m…
The Vault ""She hides in the nightshades on the bank Where the…
Vintage Warlords Ghosts from the past Two of them in flesh Sailed across th…
Where All Stories End This is where all stories end Under cold and distant stars …
White Fields On white fields the hate still rages on Where does its…
World In Haze Old man walks down the road Waves last goodbyes as he…