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1996年,刚孕育成型Twilight Ophera乐队看到了黎明前的第一丝曙光。1997年春天，他们在Cacophonous Records的支持下推出了一张小样。 在发行了首张专辑Shadows Embrace the Dark之后他们证明了自己是值得签约的艺人。这张专辑奠定了他们在新兴的黑金浪潮中的领先地位。在1999年推出了第二张专辑Midnight Horror之后，乐队经历了十分严峻的考验－－老成员的离队和跟唱片公司的纠纷，最后决定放弃所有离队的成员，重新寻找新的唱片合约。在失去了鼓手Timo Kollin之后，乐队又接受了接二连三的打击，直到2001年，新的领唱Mikko H kkinen的加入才给这只处于风雨飘摇中的乐队注入了新的血液。新的专辑是在Low Frequency Records旗下发行的，这张名为The End of Halcyon Age的专辑是乐队正式发行的第三张专辑，借助两位乐队的狂热崇拜者（鼓手Janne Ojala 和贝司手Jussi Heikkinen）的帮助，以毁灭性的火焰征服了2003年的夏天。2005年秋天，元老成员Mikko Kaipainen的离队意味着一个时代的结束，2006年，Twilight Ophera再次出击，Descension作为乐队第四次疯狂的产物，在 Low Frequency Records旗下全球发行，乐队带着10首全新歌曲，创造一种前所未闻的声音，用来征服所有凡夫俗子。 Biography by Alex Henderson For the most part, the death metal，black metal field is not known for its intricacy. Death metal and black metal bands usually pride themselves on how harsh and mercilessly bombastic they can be, and pure, raw exhilaration is their only real concern. But there are exceptions to that rule; one of them is Twilight Ophera. The Finnish band specializes in a style known as symphonic black metal, which has sought to broaden black metal's horizons by paying more attention to melody. Twilight Ophera is forceful and aggressive; sledgehammer brutality is an important part of what they do, but so are nuance and intricacy. And instead of only having death metal and black metal bands as influences, Ophera also gets some inspiration from power metal, progressive rock, and goth rock. While Slayer and British black metal torturers Cradle of Filth are influences, the ambitious Finns also show a strong awareness of Canadian prog rockers Rush and '80s power metal favorites such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensrÿche, and King Diamond. Some of Ophera's riffs and melodies, in fact, would not have been out of place on Queensrÿche's 1987 epic, Operation: Mindcrime. In Ophera's world, craftsmanship and bombast go together. Ophera's original lineup was formed in 1996, and the following year, they signed a contract with Cacophonous Records (an independent British label). Cacophonous released Shadows Embrace the Dark, the Finns' debut album, in 1998, and put out their sophomore album, Midnight Horror, in 1999. Things seemed to be going well for the Nordic black metallers, but in 1999 and 2000, they encountered some major bumps in the road. First, Cacophonous suffered financial problems and decided to drop all of its artists, leaving Ophera without a record deal -- and to make matters worse, the band experienced their share of lineup changes around that time. Timo Kollin, Ophera's drummer since 1997, mysteriously and suddenly disappeared in 1999, and none of his bandmates had any idea what became of him -- then, in 2000, lead vocalist Sauli "Karkkunen" Lehtisaari and bassist Jani Viljakainen both left the band. After looking around for a new lead singer, Ophera hired Mikko Häkkinen (who had played with Draugen [a drummer] and the band Thyestean Feast) in 2001. But despite all the turmoil and challenges they experienced, Ophera persevered -- and in 2003, they landed a deal with the Phoenix, AZ-based Crash Music, which released their third album, End of the Halcyon Age, in the United States in 2004. That year, the band's six-man lineup consisted of Häkkinen on lead vocals, Mikko Kaipainen and Toni Näykki on guitar, Kasperi Heikkinen (aka Lord Heikkinen) on bass, Janne Ojala on drums, and Timo Puranen on keyboards. Näykki has also been a member of the bands Gandalf, Korpiklaani, and Soulgrind, while the other groups on Ojala's resumé have included Gloomy Grim, Silentium, Dehydrated, and Funeral (not to be confused with Dark Funeral). Kaipainen, meanwhile, has been a part of Ensiferum and Soulstream, and Heikkinen has been with at least six other bands: Gloomy Grim, Walhalla, Fire Trance 666, Saha, Soulgrind, and Tenebre. (更多)

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