''Angels of Distress'' is

funeral doom metal Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...

band

Shape of Despair Shape of Despair is a funeral doom metal band from Finland. History The band was founded in 1995 as ''Raven'' by Jarno Salomaa (guitars, later also keyboards), Tomi Ullgrén (bass, later also guitars) and Toni "Otso" Mäensivu (drums, later als ...

's second studio album. It was mastered in

Finnvox Finnvox Studios is a recording studio located in Pitäjänmäki, Helsinki, Finland. It was founded by Erkki Ertesuo, Kurt Juuranto and Lejos Inc. in 1965 and is the longest running studio recording facility in Finland. The original multi-track ...

by Mika Jussila. The album is packaged in a digipak and includes no booklet, though the lyrics can be viewed on the band's official website.

Track listing

# "Fallen" – 6:09 # "Angels of Distress" – 9:43 # "Quiet These Paintings Are" – 14:40 # "...To Live for My Death..." – 17:22 # "Night's Dew" – 7:00 :Music and lyrics by Jarno Salomaa in 1997 and 1999.

Credits

Shape of Despair

Jarno Salomaa Jarno Salomaa, also credited as J.S,, is a Finnish musician. He formed the funeral doom metal group Shape of Despair in 1995 under the name Raven (not to be confused with the NWOBHM band, Raven). Salomaa's first role was guitars and synth in Ra ...

- lead guitars & synth * Tomi Ullgren - bass & rhythm guitars * Natalie Koskinen - female vocals * Samu Ruotsalainen - drums *

Pasi Koskinen Pasi Koskinen (born January 1972) is a Finnish metal vocalist and musician, currently the vocalist and guitarist of the band Datura Nemesis (2013–), but he is perhaps best known as the vocalist of the band Amorphis (1995–2004). Koskinen ...

- growled & clean vocals

Session musician

* Toni Raehalme - violin

References

{{Authority control 2001 albums Shape of Despair albums