The side project of guitarists Tomi Ullgren (
Thy Serpent) and Jarno Salovaara (
Shape of Despair), Finland's
Rapture also features singer Petri Eskelinen, bassist Jani Ohman, drummer Samu Ruotsalainen, and keyboard player Sami Karttunen. Deriving their sound from the doleful doom/death metal style made popular by middle-era
Paradise Lost,
Anathema, as well as post-Gothenburg sound exponents like
Katatonia, the band's only L.P., the pessimist masterpiece
Futile, was recorded in 1999. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia