Swallow The Sun was formed in spring 2000 by Juha Raivio. Soon Pasi Pasanen came into the picture as they both also play in Plutonium Orange. They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being 'Through Her Silvery Body' from the first demo 'Out Of This Gloomy Light'. In 2001 M. Jämsen, whom Raivio & Pasanen already knew from their earlier bands, joined as a second guitarist and Mikko Kotamäki from Funeris Nocturnum as a vocalist. They continued rehearsing material and started to look for a bass player & keyboardist to complete the line-up. The search wasn't very long: A. Munter and M. Honkonen, also of Funeris Noctuenum joined the band after their first rehearsal with Swallow the Sun. So, in spring 2002 the band started to arrange songs for the demo, “Out of This Gloomy Light” which was recorded in January 2003. The recordings took place at Sam's Workshop with Sami Kokko, who also mixed the demo.
As of April 2003 the band has signed by Firebox Records and has begun work on a full-length studio album that will include the tracks from the demo “Out of This Gloomy Light” and all new material.
SWALLOW THE SUN
