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History
Antipope is a metal band from Oulu, Finland. Antipope was formed in 2004, initially as a black metal outfit, Antipope's sound would probably be best to disrcibe as progressive metal or avant-garde metal, since Antipope move between different genres integrating various styles of metal into their music. The main elements of influence have been gothic and industrial metal, melodic heavy metal, doom metal, and earlier, black metal. The vocal style of MJ Myllykangas was originally mainly scream/death grunt style but later on moved more melodic and clean direction, still retaining the harsher elements.
Antipope's roots can be traced to a black metal band named by "Tuska" ('pain/agony' in finnish). Kajaani based Tuska existed between the years 1998-2001. After a couple of years of break from "extreme metal" Santtu Heinilehto, MJ Myllykangas (guitars/vocals) and Jyri Palmu (drums), all former members of Tuska, started a black metal studio project, named by "Antipope".
