ArtistInfo

Shade Empire

Band, *1999 FI
Rock

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" (the last word "Laskeutui" can also be translated as "Fell", "Came" or "Landed").

Members

	Eero Mantere b
	Janne Niiranen g
	Antti Makkonen dr
	Olli Savolainen key *1981 FI
	Juha Sirkkiä g
	Aapeli Kivimäki g
	Juha Harju voc *1981 FI
	Tero Liimatainen g, voc, bvoc
	Erno Räsänen dr
	Henry Hämäläinen voc