release date: 11/17/2008
Sweden's Forest of Shadows was founded as a solo-project in the autumn of 1997 by Niclas Frohagen. After having recorded the demo The Silent Cry, multi-instrumentalist Micce Andersson joined the band. Together they reinterpreted and polished up the old material and released it as promotion material both on cd and online at mp3.com, all with the intention of
attracting a record deal.
The English label Rage of Achilles (home for Mistress, Manitou, Spiritus Mortis, etc.) had noted this and offered the band a record deal. In 2001 the MCD Where Dreams Turned to Dust was released and soon afterwards the work on a full-length album began.
During its production, Niclas and Micce started drifting apart, not as friends but in terms of musical direction. This resulted in that Niclas finished the album, later on titled Departure, on his own. As if the separation wasn't bad enough Rage of Achilles went out of business just as the album was finished.
The record deal was handed over to Finnish label Firedoom Music who not only released the album but also offered a deal for yet another album. This time things went more smooth and in 2008, after three years of slow progression, the album Six Waves of Woe was finished.
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