Forgotten Sunrise

Forgotten Sunrise is an Estonian industrial rock band founded in Tallinn. Forgotten Sunrise was born in the summer of 1992 as the result of a common interest of Anders Melts and Jan Talts to make death metal in Estonia. Two friends with previous experiences, Margus Gustavson and Tarvo Valm, joined the yet unnamed band. After six months and first songs, in 1993 a quality demo “Behind The Abysmal Sky” was recorded. A few months later a contract with a Finnish label Rising Realm Records was signed and by the end of the year the “Forever Sleeping Greystones” Mini-CD had been recorded. The minialbum was released in the end of 1994. A time of a great deal of attention and concerts continued until the differences caused the drummer and the guitarist to leave the band.

With Renno Süvaoja and Tiiu Kiik joining the group, computers were now a part of the process of making the music. In the meantime the bands style had progressed and in 1996 Forgotten Sunrise basiacally started over from zero. A period of studies and experimenting followed until Forgotten Sunrise was again ready for stage. In 1997 they came out with a new sound. Though old atmospheric death metal was mixed with trip-hop, techno, folk and drum'n'bass merged with shoegaze and indie-pop, the dreary grim atmosphere and severe message were still intact.