Twilight Ophera is a

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. The band formed in 1996, and signed with British label Cacophonous the following year. Twilight Opheraat

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This label folded in 2000, and the group went through lineup changes before signing with Crash Music in the

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in 2003.

Band members

* Mikko Häkkinen - vocals * Mikko Kaipainen - guitar * Toni Näykki - guitar * Lord Heikkinen - bass * Timo Puranen - keyboards * Janne Ojala - drums

Former members

* Timo Kollin - drums * Sauli "Karkkunen" Lehtisaari (died 2004) - vocals * Anu Kohonen - vocals * Jani Viljakainen - bass * T. Kristian - drums

Discography

* ''Shadows Embrace the Dark'' (1997) * ''Midnight Horror'' (1999) * ''The End of Halcyon Age'' (2003) * ''Twilight Ophera and the Order of the Sanguine Diadem presents: Descension'' (2006)

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