Silent Voices
"Infernal"
(Crash Music)
Silent Voices was founded in 1995 by guitarist Timo Kauppinen, bassist Pasi Kauppinen, drummer Jukka Pekka Koivisto and keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg. At the time, their main influences were Dream Theater and Rush. A couple of demo's, years and beers later, the line up was complete when Michael Henneken joined in on vocals. This line up's first collective effort was a self-financed EP called "Memory & The Frame," recorded during the fall of 1998. Some gigs, among them the Nummirock festival ('99) and a few promising reviews later, the band retired to a studio in their hometown, Kokkola, in order to develop new material.
A single, "You Got It/Human Cradle Grave," was released in late 2000. This track found its way onto Low Frequency Records double CD compilations Northernbreeze II and Metal Rock Cavalcade. Soon after, Silent Voices signed a deal with Low Frequency Records, who has an exclusive licensing deal with Crash Music. They recorded their debut album, "Chapters Of Tragedy," at the notorious Tico Tico Studios in Kemi. The album was released worldwide in 2002 and got great reviews along with impressive sales. The spring and summer of 2003 was spent writing and rehearsing new material. In July, the band entered Sonic Pump studios in Helsinki and started working on their second album, "Infernal." Still not abandoning their roots, the music is now considerably heavier and faster.
