{{short description|Finnish rock band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = ShamRain | image = | image_upright = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Helsinki, Finland | genre = {{Hlist|Alternative rock|gothic rock}} | discography = | years_active = {{Start date|2000}}–present | label = Firebox, Spinefarm | current_members = Minna Sihvonen<br />Kalle Pyyhtinen<br />Jukka Laine<br />Mikko Kolari<br />Matti Reinola | past_members = Mika Tauriainen<br />Janne Jukarainen<br />Risto Ylönen | website = }}
'''ShamRain''' is a Finnish dark rock band from Helsinki, formed in 2000 by Janne Jukarainen and Matti Reinola. Their style is described as slow, atmospheric and dreamlike. The band released its second album, ''Someplace Else'', in 2005 via Firebox Records.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=8 November 2007 |title=SHAMRAIN: 'Passing Shadows' Video Posted Online |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/shamrain-passing-shadows-video-posted-online/ |access-date=26 June 2025 |website=Blabbermouth}}</ref>
== Musical style == ShamRain has been described as alternative rock,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jensen |first=Kim |date=August 31, 2011 |title=Review: ShamRain - Isolation |url=https://www.seaoftranquility.org/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=11394 |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Sea of Tranquility}}</ref> atmospheric rock,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-08-04 |title=ENTWINE Singer Launches Side Project |url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/entwine-singer-launches-side-project/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}</ref> dark rock,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Endres |first=Markus |date=10 July 2005 |title=ShamRain - Someplace Else Review |url=https://www.metal.de/reviews/shamrain-someplace-else-5363/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=metal.de |language=de}}</ref> and gothic rock.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=19 December 2007 |title=Shamrain – Goodbye To All That |url=https://www.metalnews.de/shamrain-goodbye-to-all-that/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518191924/https://www.metalnews.de/shamrain-goodbye-to-all-that/ |archive-date=18 May 2021 |website=Metalnews.de |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=March 2008 |title=ShamRain - Goodbye To All That |url=https://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/album/4291 |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Metalreviews}}</ref> The band almost completely foregoes the distorted guitars that are otherwise typical of rock music.<ref name=":0" /> Instead, in addition to delay, echo, and chorus effects, they also use a keyboard that imitates strings and choirs.<ref name=":1" /> This creates an atmospheric, melancholic, oppressive mood.<ref name=":0" />
Radiohead, The Cure, Placebo, Porcupine Tree, Antimatter, and Anathema<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gatz |first=Maurice |date=2013-04-06 |title=Shamrain - Goodbye To All That • Review |url=https://www.metal1.info/metal-reviews/shamrain-goodbye-to-all-that/ |access-date=2025-10-21 |website=Metal1.info |language=de}}</ref> have been named as comparable artists.
== Members == * Kalle Pyyhtinen – guitars, keyboards * Mikko Kolari – guitars * Matti Reinola – bass guitar, keyboards * Minna Sihvonen – vocals * Jukka Laine – drums
== Discography == * ''Pieces'' (2002, MCD) * ''Empty World Excursion'' (2003) * ''ShamRain'' (EP/2004) * ''Someplace Else'' (2005) * ''Deeper into the Night'' (2006, EP) * ''Goodbye to All That'' (2007) * ''Isolation'' (2011)
ShamRain also appears on the track "Charlotte Sometimes" on the album ''Our Voices – A Tribute to the Cure'' (2004).
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Category:Finnish rock music groups Category:Dark rock groups Category:Finnish gothic rock groups Category:Finnish alternative rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:2000 establishments in Finland Category:Spinefarm Records artists