Skepticism

Skepticism is a very secret group, which leaves very little information about it. In spite of this, the formation has over the years acquired a status as a cult group in the history of the Doom, since considered as the best group of Funeral Doom Metal since Thergothon, the only group actually managed to push further the concept created by its legendary compatriots. The group was formed in 1991 in Riihimäki (Finland) by Matti (chant), Jani Kekarainen (guitar), Eero Pöyry (claviers) and Lasse Pelkonen (battery). This remains the only known line-up, since the band will always refuse to communicate on a subject other than its music. The first demo of the formation, Towards My End (1992), shows a Death Metal band, whose only originality lies in a few slow passages. Fortunately, the musical direction changes very quickly, the members opting for the slowness of the Doom combined with the power of Death Metal (like Thergothon) and a consistent use of keyboards, especially the organ. This new musical orientation clearly appears in a second demo dating back to 1994, Aeothe Kaear, with compositions seriously slowed down and enjoined by tablecloths of keyboards. But this is only the draft of future productions. Stormcrowfleet appears the following year. Taking on the sound concept of Aeothe Kaear, he goes further by offering six songs of an average length of ten minutes, the first fruits of a new genre initiated by Thergothon, the Funeral Doom Metal. The band subsequently released its first pair, consisting of an EP and an album linked thematically, in the sense that the sound is less black but much more abstract lyrics. Ethere , EP released in 1997, and Lead And Aether , album from the following year, are the perfect embodiment of Skepticism sound , between depression and meditation. The song The March And The Stream, which we find in two different versions on each of these discs is an ideal example, since today considered one of the most depressive Doom songs ever recorded. In 1999, the group started a new kind of exercise with the EP Aes. Indeed, it contains only one song of more than 28 minutes which shows a training capable of composing very long songs with various lyrics and musical themes, which manage to captivate the listener throughout the listening. The band's latest productions appear again as a pair, with the ep The Process Of Farmakon - Emanating Darkness dating back to 2002, and Farmakon , the final album released in 2003. These two records differ somewhat from the other albums of the band because we notice a new work of dissonance and sound experiments. The group closed its official website in 2005 and silenced radio. In anticipation of a hypothetical new album, a tribute album to Skepticism, Entering The Invitation , developed in which Shape Of Despair , It Will Come and Monolithe participate, among others. Finally, a new album entitled Alloy released in 2008, made some dates with Esoteric in 2009 and was extremely discreet in subsequent years, only rarely performing on stage on very special occasions. In 2015, the quartet released Ordeal via the Svart Records label.
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