current_members website years_active label article_title past_members background genre image origin name
juha räsänen aapeli kivimäki harju juha sirkkiä olli savolainen eero mantere erno -lsb- http://www.shadeempire.com/ official site -rsb- 1999 -- present avantgarde music , dynamic arts records , candlelight shade empire
 tero liimatainen antti makkonen janne niiranen group_or_band symphonic black metal , shade empire - tuska 29062008 - 04.jpg kuopio , finland shade empire
shade empire

shade empire is a finnish symphonic black metal band , formed in 1999 in the city of kuopio .
shade empire 's prevalent lyrical subjects are death , destruction , hatred , anti-religion and pain .
the music on their three official full-length releases , `` sinthetic '' , `` intoxicate o.s. '' and `` zero nexus '' , bears a melodic sort of black metal , featuring the usage of both electronic and symphonic elements .
their lyrics are mainly in english , except for one song that has lyrics in finnish , '' ... ja pimeys laskeutui '' , the title of which can be translated as '' ... and darkness descended '' -lrb- the last word `` laskeutui '' can also be translated as `` fell '' , `` came '' or `` landed '' -rrb- .
the third demo cd of the band , `` essence of pain '' , raised the interest of the italian label avantgarde music .
as a result , their debut album `` sinthetic '' was released on march 29 , 2004 , under the aforementioned label .
in 2006 , the band signed with the finnish label dynamic arts records .
the same year , their second album , `` intoxicate o.s. '' , was released on may 24 , 14 days after the release of the single `` slitwrist ecstasy '' .
`` intoxicate o.s. '' had moderate success , reaching number 25 in weekly finnish album sales .
after releasing the album , shade empire continued playing at several events such as jörisrock and qstock , mainly beside other finnish artists .
they also performed on a series of independent gigs .
the same year , shade empire played their first official concert outside of finland , in the encompassment of the popkomm trade show in berlin at the kulturbrauerei -lrb- culture brewery -rrb- .
the band released their fourth album in the 6 may , 2013 .
called `` omega arcane '' , it was released via candlelight records .
