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Saattue – Biography (detailed) Saattue is formed in 2001. Since the beginning of the band, it is clear that the band members want to play slow and darkest kind of metal and to write their lyrics in Finnish. After recording two demos as Kiduttajat, the band changes its’ name to Saattue. The first
CDEP Kivisydän is brought out in 2004. Band's original members V. Mänty
(guitar/vocals), H. Lampinen (guitar) and bassist V. Heinonen have now
recruited a third guitarist T. Kalliomäki and a drummer T. Kristian into
their line-up and started to play live all over in southern Finland. The
band's sound has progressed to doomier kind of metal, which is well
dominated by the harmonic and heavy wall of three guitars and vocals that
from aggressive and metallic outcries to clean, dark and haunting voices.
Kivisydän EP receives good reviews in the magazines, gets national radio air
play and the band starts to gain more listeners. However, a few changes are
ahead while the procession advances. V. Mänty starts to concentrate on
guitar only and T. Koskinen joins in as the vocalist. Bassist V. Heinonen
leaves the band and S. Lahtinen steps in. The band plays more shows until
they take a brake from the concert stages. After long consideration V. Mänty
decides to leave the band in 2005 and shortly after this the drummer T.
Kristian is being replaced by M. Ahlsten. Guitarist J. Koskela joins in and
the renovated line-up plays their first live show. Saattue records a three
track promo EP Ikiuneen, which the band releases in January 2006. Shortly
after the recording sessions, Saattue plays their first foreign show in
Tallinn, Estonia. The new promo is receiving good critics, this time also
from record companies. However, no serious contracts are being offered and
the band continues to work with Ikiuneen on self-financed basis. The band
knows that the next recording is going to play a great role in Saattue´s
carrier progression and starts to write new material and keeps on promoting
Ikiuneen by playing shows in southern Finland. Four tracks are being
rehearsed and pre-produced. After a few setbacks, the band enters D-Studio
in Klaukkala in May 2007. Saattue plans to release the new songs as an EP,
titled as Jäähyvästi, while secretly hoping that the new material would lead
the band to sign a record deal and that the planed EP would expand to become
an album. This eventually happens as Spinefarm Records, who had already
liked Ikiuneen promo a lot, offers Saattue an album contract. The band
gladly accepts the offer and agrees to return to D-Studio in September to
complete their debut album. |