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Founded in 1999 by former
Broken Hope members Brian Griffin (guitar), Sean Baxter (guitar/violin), and Larry DeMumbrum (drums),
Em Sinfonia started out as doom-death-goth musical collective featuring numerous alumni of the Chicago heavy metal scene, including vocalist Paul Kuhr (
Novembers Doom,
Subterranean Masquerade) and bassist Mary Bielich (
Penance,
Novembers Doom). And that's not all: 1999's debut mini-LP,
In Mourning's Symphony, also featured female vocalist April Domet (who had previously worked as a blues singer), guitarist Rob Stephenson, and keyboardist Rick Alexander, but contained a mere four songs, even though most were in the eight-minute range. Released in 2001, the sophomore
Intimate Portrait was more what you'd call a proper album, but by this stage only Griffin, Baxter, Alexander, and DeMumbrum remained from the original expanded lineup, having drafted another female vocalist called Bunny (?) to front the band. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia