The album Return to the Void (2022) from the band Shape of Despair

Finnish English-speaking doom metal band Shape of Despair has officially unveiled their new LP, which is titled "Return to the Void". The track list of the album is quite extensive and includes sixteen musical compositions. In a short period of time, the album has gathered a lot of approving comments from critics from the from all over the world. Uniquely, experts from one country or another note different components of musical compositions, for example, critical press from America emphasises the instrumental component, and from France the vocal component, from Finland of the critics especially noted the electronic music, which harmonises with heavy music.

It should be recalled that the band Shape of Despair was formed in 1995 and during its existence as a group there were only two contestants. The musical collective Shape of Despair gained worldwide popularity in the year 2000, that is just after five years of existencehe presentation of the band's debut album served as the occasion. Despite the fact that the first album of the musical collective has gained worldwide popularity and garnered a lot of rave reviews, lead vocalist and lead singer Tony Mäensivu left the band. It became a big blow to Shape of Despair. and the band was almost on the verge of disintegration, however, Tony was replaced by no less talented musician Pasi Koskinen, who was in the band until 2011. In 2011 Henry Koivula took his placewho is the lead vocalist of the group to this day.

The members of the musical group Shape of Despair note that they are in any case, in spite of difficulties or other circumstances will do what their heart and soul tells them to do, because in due time it was the this principle has helped them gain a loyal following around the world..