Origin: Pori, Finland  
Genres: Doomdeath
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Page online: September 30, 2008
Last update/review: May 31, 2022

Depressed Mode

What a fantastic band name -- presumably an homage to Depeche Mode, but even if not, it's still a perfect name for a doom band such as this. The band originated in 2005 as a solo project by one Ossy Salonen, who eventually roped in members to form a proper group, eventually winning over Firebox Records who put out Ghosts Of Devotion in 2007. This is top-notch doomdeath with funeral doom influences (so, not quite a true funeral band, but at times pretty close), with the two calling cards being Salonen's excellent keyboard work and the vocal work of Natalie Koskinen (also a member of another excellent Finnish doom band, Shape Of Despair). While Salonen's typical death growls are fine, Koskinen's graceful, ethereal vocals really give the songs an added dose of class and beauty. They lasted two albums before breaking up in 2010, then reformed ten years later. Appropriately, their third album, scheduled for 2022, is titled Decade Of Silence.

Current Members

Ossy Salonen

vocals/keyboards

Teemu Heinola

guitars (Mors Principium Est)

Henri Hakala

bass

Iiro Aittokoski

drums

Marissa Marjamäki

backing vocals

Former Members/Guests

Natalie Koskinen

vocals (The Abbey, Shape Of Despair)

Tomppa Turpienen

guitars

Jori Haukio

clarinet (ex-Mors Principium Est)

Jani Lamminpää

bass

Marko Tommila

drums



Discography


Ghosts Of Devotion  
2007 Firebox
  1. Alone
  2. So Long
  3. Words of Silence
  4. Suffer in Darkness
  5. Ghosts of Devotion
  6. The Sun is Dead
  7. Fallen Angel
  8. Dunkelheit
  9. Cold
  • Ossy Salonen
  • Natalie Koskinen
  • Tomppa Turpienen
  • Jori Haukio
  • Jani Lamminpää
  • Henri Hakala
  • Marko Tommila
  • Marissa Marjamäki



... For Death  
2009 Firebox
  1. Death Multiplies
  2. She's Frozen
  3. Loving a Shadow
  4. The Scent
  5. Prologue to the Thousand Skies
  6. Tunnel of Pain
  7. A Glimpse of Tomorrow
  8. A Sigh...
  9. ...For Death
  • Ossy Salonen
  • Natalie Koskinen
  • Tomppa Turpienen
  • Teemu Heinola
  • Jori Haukio
  • Henri Hakala
  • Iiro Aittokoski
  • Marissa Marjamäki



Decade Of Silence  
2022 Inverse
  1. Death Walks Among Us
  2. Endless November
  3. Dissociation of the Extinguished Mind
  4. As the Light Dims
  5. Parasites of Mind
  6. Kaamos (Land of Winter)
  7. Serpents
  8. Eternal Darkness
  9. Aeternus
  • Ossy Salonen
  • Teemu Heinola
  • Henri Hakala
  • Iiro Aittokoski




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