History

In the year 1998, Vaasa-based band called Black Sunshine got through some line-up changes and the name was changed to Incendium. Mika Hirvikoski (bass), Antti Haapala (guitar), Aki Hahto (vocals), Unski (guitar), Hannu Perälä (drums), Henna Sjöberg (violin) and Jarno (synths) was the first line-up.

In February 1999 it was time to record first 'Incendium' demo. Four songs of melodic death metal were recorded at the Test Music Studios. Reviews were good for that demo and everything seemed to be fine. First gigs were played that year. Later the same year Hannu decided to leave the band as he was more interested in playing guitar. Teemu replaced him as a drummer and the band continued with 7 members. In the year 2000 everything seemed to collapse. Unski and Jarno left the band and the rehearsal place went down.

Incendium took a break, but the will to play on was strong. In the summer of 2001 Petri Kahra (synths) joined the band, but because we still didn't have any place to rehearse we started to compose and practise at his home. After a while Hannu came back, but this time as a guitarist. And with Hannu we got a place to have our rehearsals again. Teemu was too busy, but we found Otto Väisänen to play drums.

In October 2002 Incendium were heading in to a studio again. This time we went to Black Room studio. Again four songs were recorded, but in four years, our music had changed a lot. The music is more peaceful and melancholic and the growls have been dropped for cleaner singing. The demo was named to 'After Silence'. Henna is living in a different town and she didn't have time to be a full member of Incendium, but she played violins for one song on After Silence.

In 2005 the next promo 'When Daylight Is Gone' was released. The promo had four songs of melodic and melancholic metal and those extreme parts were dropped even more. The reviews of the promo have been great so far and with more experience playing live Incendium has become a great live band.

In 2006, the fourth promo, 'Crawling Quietly', was released. These 5 songs bring out aggressive side of the band, even though melacnholic side is still the main thing.

(Source: the official Incendium website, first and last chapters by AM, May 2006)

(Discography last edited on May 2006)