Since they were formed in the spring of 2000 by guitarist Juha Raivio and drummer Pasi Pasanen, Finnish s**tet Swallow the Sun (later completed by vocalist Mikko Kotamaki, guitarist Markus Jamsen, keyboardist Aleksi Munter, and ba**ist Matti Honkonen) have made it their mission to reanimate the corpse of cla**ic late-'80s/early-'90s d**h/doom -- first via 2003's "Out of the Gloomy Light" demo, and then via their critically acclaimed 2005 full-length debut, The Morning Never Came. ~ Ed Rivadavia, All ... Show more...

Since they were formed in the spring of 2000 by guitarist Juha Raivio and drummer Pasi Pasanen, Finnish s**tet Swallow the Sun (later completed by vocalist Mikko Kotamaki, guitarist Markus Jamsen, keyboardist Aleksi Munter, and ba**ist Matti Honkonen) have made it their mission to reanimate the corpse of cla**ic late-'80s/early-'90s d**h/doom -- first via 2003's "Out of the Gloomy Light" demo, and then via their critically acclaimed 2005 full-length debut, The Morning Never Came. ~ Ed Rivadavia, All Music Guide