COLOSSEUM Signs With FIREBOX RECORDS
February 23, 2007Finnish funeral doom band COLOSSEUM, featuring Juhani of YEARNING (harsh vocals, guitars, synths),Olli Haaranen (guitars, production),Janne Rämö (bass) and Sameli Köykkä (drums),has signed a deal with Firebox Records. The band will enter the studio in April to begin recording its debut album for a late 2007 release.
According to a press release, COLOSSEUM "continues the Finnish tradition of THERGOTHON, UNHOLY, SKEPTICISM, SHAPE OF DESPAIR etc., adding more symphonic touch and dark ambience. Infinite slowness and hypnotic walls of sound."
Check out three complete COLOSSEUM demo songs — "Saturnine Vastness", "Gate of Adar" and "Aesthetics of the Grotesque" — on the band's web site.
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