Swallow The Sun "Forgive Her... (Single & Video)"

"Forgive Her..." is a CD single by Swallow the Sun, released in 2005 by Firebox Records. The single was released only in Finland, where it reached number 4 in the charts. Guest vocals by Albert Witchfinder [fi] of the Finnish doom metal band Reverend Bizarre were featured on the song "Solitude", a cover of Candlemass.

Track listing

1. "Forgive Her..." – 9:02
2. "Solitude" (Candlemass cover) – 6:04

This single entered the Finnish top 20 singles chart at the fourth position.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Sam's Workshop.

Mastered at Finnvox Studios, Helsinki, Finland.

Swallow The Sun "When A Shadow Is Forced Into The Light (Digipak Edition, Germany, Century Media, 19075917622)"

When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light is the seventh studio album by Finnish doom metal band Swallow the Sun. It was released on January 25, 2019, by Century Media. The album deals directly with the death of Juha Raivio's partner, the singer Aleah Stanbridge. It is their shortest studio album release to date, and also the first to have a much more prominent emphasis on clean vocals.

In an interview with Decibel, speaking on how Stanbridge's death influenced the music for When a Shadow is Forced into the Light, Juha Raivio said: "Every word and note I wrote, I wrote for Aleah on this album and about my own battle [...]. This album name comes from the words of Aleah, 'When a shadow is forced into the light', and that was exactly what I needed to do. To push myself out from the shadows, as I had been pretty much a hermit in the woods for two and a half years, I had to push this album out."

The album has been noted for showcasing a more melodic and atmospheric sound, as well as a bigger emphasis on Mikko Kotamäki's clean vocals. AllMusic described the album's style as primarily post-metal, with gothic rock, black metal and doom metal influences.

When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light received critical acclaim.

AllMusic gave the album a positive review, saying that the album's songs are "more melodic than anything" in the band's catalog. They added that "When a Shadow is Forced into the Light is an album one cannot fully appreciate in one listen", and concluded that "its many degrees of melancholy and sadness are not expressed for their own sake, but as the underside of the ravaged beauty that can only emerge in the wake of unspeakable loss and evolve as transcendence".

Metal Hammer awarded the album four and a half out of five stars, noting the emotional weight and the "many layers of musical sorrow" in the album's sound. They praised Juha Raivio's guitar playing in particular, and asserted that "the rawness and realness of the pain behind this album leaves their previous work sounding breezily untroubled in comparison".

Track listing

All music is composed by Juha Raivio, except where noted

1. "When a Shadow Is Forced into the Light" 7:26
2. "The Crimson Crown" 7:56
3. "Firelights" 5:40
4. "Upon the Water" 6:16
5. "Stone Wings" 6:55
6. "Clouds on Your Side" Raivio, Mikko Kotamäki, Aleah Stanbridge 4:46
7. "Here on the Black Earth" 5:38
8. "Never Left" 7:49

Total length: 52:26

Recording information:

Mixed & mastered at Fascination Street Studios, Örebro, Sweden.

Drums were recorded at Fascination Street Studios.

Guitars and bass were recorded at SoundSpiral Studio, Kouvola, Finland.

Swallow The Sun "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt.2) (Single & Video)

"Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt.2)" is a CD single by Swallow the Sun, released in 2007 by Spinefarm Records.

This song continues in the "Horror" series with Pt. I being "Swallow" previously from Out of This Gloomy Light, Plague of Butterflies or The Morning Never Came, Pt. III being "Lights on the Lake" later on from New Moon & Pt. IV being "Labyrinth of London" later on from Emerald Forest and the Blackbird - This is the only song out of the series not to be written in Roman numeral.

"These Low Lands" is a cover version and original song is done by Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus, from their album Lopunajan merkit. The song is actually called Alavilla mailla, but Swallow the Sun translated the song into English.

Track listing

1. "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2) (edit)" 4:56
2. "These Low Lands" 5:54
3. "Don't Fall Asleep (Horror Pt. 2)" 7:41

Recording information:

Recorded at Seawolf Studios, Helsinki during 11.09.2006-8.10.2006

Swallow The Sun "Songs From The North I, II & III"

Songs From The North I, II & III is the sixth studio album by Finnish extreme metal band Swallow the Sun. It is a triple album and was released on 13 November 2015, via Century Media. This is the last release with Aleksi Munter and Markus Jämsen, who quit Swallow the Sun in 2016 and 2018 respectively.

Specifics:
• Boxed set with 3 digipaks
• 24-pages booklet

A music video was made for 'Rooms and Shadows'.

• Recorded at:
　- Sound Supreme
　- Electric Fox Studio
　- Noisework Studio
• Vocals recorded and produced at Black Chandelier in Helsinki and Ahonlaita in Inkeroinen.
• Kaisa Vala's vocals recorded at MANA REC in Guildford, UK.
• Sarah Elisabeth Wohlfahrt's vocals recorded at Sterectunes in Cologne, Germany.

• Disc 1 & 3 mixed at Sound Supreme.
• Disc 2 mixed at Electric Fox Studio.
• Mastered at Chartmakers.

• Mastered for vinyl at Temple of Disharmony.