# ShamRain

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{{short description|Finnish rock band}}

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| name            = ShamRain
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| origin          = [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), Finland
| genre           = {{Hlist|[Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)|[gothic rock](/source/gothic_rock)}}
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| years_active    = {{Start date|2000}}–present
| label           = [Firebox](/source/Firebox_Records), [Spinefarm](/source/Spinefarm_Records)
| current_members = Minna Sihvonen<br />Kalle Pyyhtinen<br />Jukka Laine<br />Mikko Kolari<br />Matti Reinola
| past_members    = [Mika Tauriainen](/source/Mika_Tauriainen)<br />Janne Jukarainen<br />Risto Ylönen
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'''ShamRain''' is a Finnish dark rock band from [Helsinki](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Blabbermouth)}}</ref>

== Musical style ==
ShamRain has been described as [alternative rock](/source/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](/source/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](/source/metal.de) |language=de}}</ref> and [gothic rock](/source/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](/source/Radiohead), [The Cure](/source/The_Cure), [Placebo](/source/Placebo_(band)), [Porcupine Tree](/source/Porcupine_Tree), [Antimatter](/source/Antimatter_(band)), and [Anathema](/source/Anathema_(band))<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).

== References ==
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== External links ==
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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

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