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In celebration of their 30th anniversary, the funeral doomsters Shape Of Despair will perform a special live show at Tiivistämö in Helsinki on January 4, 2025. This one-night-only performance will feature a special guest from the band’s early years, vocalist Otso Mäensivu, who will perform a few tracks from the band's debut album. The legendary masters of the funeral doom genre, Skepticism are also joining the celebration with their massive dirges of unreal gravity. God Disease will deliver the first growls for the evening.

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Shape Of Despair's long-awaited new studio album Return To The Void is officially out today. 6 songs and almost 60 minutes in total are available for listening down under. Check it out.

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Funeral doom metal band Shape Of Despair are now releasing the third new song of their upcoming album, Return To The Void, due out February 25th via Season Of Mist. Listen to the song "Forfeit", accompanied by Guilherme Henriques-directed music video, on YouTube player.

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Funeral doom icons Shape Of Despair reveal "Dissolution", the second single off their long-awaited new studio album Return To The Void. The latter is ready to land in stores on February 25th, 2022 via Season Of Mist.

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Finnish funeral doom icons Shape Of Despair return from the wintry Nordic gloom with their new album, Return To The Void. The band is also streaming the first single from their upcoming offering, which will officially land in stores on February 25, 2022. Check out the visualizer for "Reflection In Slow Time" via YouTube channel below.

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With the mastering process being handled last week, the work on the next Shape Of Despair full length is now completed. The final piece was done at Chartmakers (Helsinki, Finland) by Svante Forsbäck. We can expect more details & info regarding the new product in coming weeks/months. Stay tuned.

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The masters of sorrow and despair, Shape Of Despair, have recently finalized the recordings of their next full length offering, the follow-up to 2015's Monotony Fields. For the additional info and details we'll have to wait a couple of weeks. Stay tuned.

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After departure back in 2015, Finland's Shape Of Despair are pleased to welcome back the group's original drummer Samu Ruotsalainen. Shape Of Despair's upcoming full length is still in the working process.

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In a brief statement, funeral doomsters Shape Of Despair have confirmed that the working process on their upcoming studio album is in full swing. More updates and details to follow. The band's latest record, Monotony Fields, was released back in 2015.

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Finnish funeral doom pioneers Shape Of Despair have unveiled details behind the release of the band's previously unreleased first demo Alone In The Mist. The demo was originally written and recorded in 1998 while the band was still known as Raven, and sees the legendary band's original take on the genre they would later innovate and popularize with their discography. The group is streaming the track "Shadowed Dreams" from Alone In The Mist now. Hear it here!

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Shape Of Despair are releasing their first new full-lenght album in eleven years called Monotony Fields. The band's crushing new record is now streaming in its entirety over at this location right now. Don't miss out on the opportunity. The record drops on June 15th worldwide and June 16th in North America via Season Of Mist. Pre-order it here.

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Here it is, the third song from Shape Of Despair's upcoming album Monotony Fields. Originally, "The Distant Dream Of Life" was intended to serve as an intro to the album. You can stream it now via Terrorizer. This is also the shortest track on the record which you can grab on June 15th worldwide, and June 16th in North America through Season Of Mist.

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Shape Of Despair have shared more material from their new album. While they have previously released the track "Monotony Fields", the second one is called "Descending Inner Night" which is also 10 minutes long. It is funeral doom after all! You can stream it here or over here, among others. According to the band, the song combines both the old and new elements of Shape Of Despair.

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More than a decade later, Finnish funeral doomsters Shape Of Despair are releasing a follow-up to Illusion's Play. And today is a big day because they are streaming the new song "Monotony Fields", taken from the new Shape Of Despair album of the same name. Also today, the band revealed the album cover art and tracklist. So you can take a look at all of that good stuff below. As for the music, enjoy it here. It's a 10-minute song to whet your appetite.

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Dutch Doom Days XIV just announced funeral doomsters Shape Of Despair as the headliner on Saturday for this year's festival. The band has a new album scheduled to be released this year through Season Of Mist. Their new opus will be titled Monotony Fields, it has just been revealed, and will be released on June 15th worldwide, and the 16th in North America. Let the anticipation begin...

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