Cemetery Skyline is a new band, comprised of members of European metal royalty: Mikael Stanne (Dark Tranquillity, The Halo Effect, Grand Cadaver) on vocals, Markus Vanhala (Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, I Am The Night Horde) on guitars, Santeri Kallio (Amorphis) on keys, Victor Brandt (Dimmu Borgir, Witchery, ex-Entombed, ex-Satyricon) on bass and Vesa Ranta (Sentenced, The Abbey) behind the drumkit.
Their first foray into music is their debut single "Violent Storm" which has been released via Century Media, and can be streamed above.
"Cemetery Skyline. A band crawling out from the Scandinavian nightless nights. Formed somewhere in time in 2020, from the idea to create ageless dark music with respect to our generation’s biggest influencers," states the band.
"This Nordic collaboration was born with the plan to create something that has not been out there before, something different from all the music the band members have ever done. A unique combination of heavy riffs and emotions packed in a dark and deep creative context. You may call it gothic rock, dark rock, or even heavy metal. We just call it Nordic Gothic."
Elaborating on the single, the collective states: "This song is highly inspired by the late nightly empty roads of Gothenburg and their desperate stories of loneliness and getting lost to the unique beautiful misery and sorrow of Nordic gothic. It’s about a built-up frustration and how it can get out of hand, the feeling of helplessness, and how it can take over. It’s a simple, rocky song that represents the band perfectly."
