The band… Read Full Bio ↴Shape of Despair is a funeral doom metal band from Finland.
The band was founded in 1995 as Raven by Jarno Salomaa (guitars, later also keyboards), Tomi Ullgrén (bass, later also guitars) and Toni "Otso" Mäensivu (drums, later also vocals) as a faster, instrumental black metal-isch band following the footsteps of their contemporaries like Strid, Burzum, Darkthrone and Unholy. The trio soon realized that the music they played wasn't as good as they would have wanted, lacking the atmosphere and emotion of the bands that influenced them. They needed to either step up their songwriting game or try something else completely. During the summer of '95 Raven recorded their rehearsals with a simple cassette recorder, capturing all the songs that later became the Alone In The Mist demo, for the first time on tape. After listening to the rehearsal tape and realizing they actually had something in their hands they could stand behind, Raven wanted to record the tracks in a proper studio. It took the band three years to do it. Raven entered Arkki-studio in early '98. They still hadn't tried any vocals until the very last minute, when they decided they wanted to test how the songs would sound with Mäensivu's vocals and were surprised how well they actually fit. The Alone In The Mist demo [1] was not released until 2016, when the band thought it was the proper time to do it. They changed their name in September 1998 to Shape Of Despair. The decision to change the name came down to basically not wanting to be confused with the UK hard rock stalwarts Raven. Obviously, their new moniker fit their new sound better too.
In 2000 they signed a deal with Spikefarm Records and released their debut album Shades of...with Samu Ruotsalainen on drums.
The second album Angels of Distress, released on September 2001, featured Pasi Koskinen on lead vocals. Sami Uusitalo joined up in 2002 to play bass for the third album Illusion's Play. It was released in 2004.
In 2005, the band released a compilation titled Shape of Despair, featuring rare and unreleased material from the group, including tracks from the band's first demo Alone in the Mist and a new song called Sleeping Murder, recorded over a four-day period at Sundicoop Studios in Savonlinna, Finland. After a 5-year lull the band released the EP Written in My Scars and a split EP with Before The Rain.
Their 4th full-length album Monotony Fields was released on June 15, 2015 by Season of Mist.
Fallen
Shape of Despair Lyrics
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I've losted mine sanity.
I've seen myself falling
And I'm tired to stand.
The lyrics to Shape of Despair's "Fallen" convey a sense of exhaustion and defeat. The first two lines describe a loss of strength and sanity, highlighting the singer's vulnerability and state of turmoil. The repetition of the word "losted" adds to the sense of disorientation and detachment from reality. The third line, "I've seen myself falling," suggests that the singer has been aware of their decline but has been powerless to stop it. The final line, "And I'm tired to stand," conveys a sense of resignation and weariness with the struggle to keep going.
Overall, the lyrics paint a picture of a person who has been struggling for some time and has finally reached a point of exhaustion. The repetition of the phrase "I've losted" suggests that the singer may have been struggling for a long time and that the loss has been gradual. The use of the word "mine" also suggests a sense of ownership over the loss, as if the singer feels responsible for it.
This sense of responsibility is further highlighted by the phrase "I've seen myself falling." The singer is not just a victim of circumstance but has played a role in their own decline. However, despite this awareness, the singer is too tired to continue fighting and has resigned themselves to their fate.
Line by Line Meaning
I've losted mine strength,
I have lost my physical ability and power.
I've losted mine sanity.
I have lost my mental well-being and sense of rationality.
I've seen myself falling
I have witnessed myself descending into a state of despair and hopelessness.
And I'm tired to stand.
I am exhausted from trying to hold on and persevere through hardships.
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JARNO SALOMAA
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@melltaur
Correctness of these lyrics always bugged me, I'd recommend swapping original ones with these (in your mind ofc)
I've lost it, my strength;
i've lost it, my sanity.
I've seen myself falling
and I've tried to stand
It's not perfect but not as funny anymore, that's for sure.
@morbidbreath
Great band and beatiful song,the extreme vocalism are great
@Builtforsin88
I'm really starting to like this band, i can't stop listening. So empowering!
@JanDark
I heard this first on a compilation album sold with the French magazine "Elegy" in 2001. It was the last track on that album and it completely blew my mind. I always put it on whenever I'm in the mood for that ice-cold red-hot lava (sorry, shit metaphor). I even tried it out once while driving on my own on a Caribbean island. It sounded fantastic in that landscape! It's high time I gave the rest of the album a listen.
@GhostOfTiffany
hauntingly beautiful.
@gleb202
Shape of Despair at its best!
@Nokturna666
Best listened to full whack! Amazing track.
@kaytonisy8420
Still falling in 2017
@kippeveer
One of the most epic albums ever, if not THE most epic one!! Brilliant!!
@snajamh
OMG this is so beautiful and that growling is just epic
@thumpaswirl
wonderful!