{{Short description|Finnish metal band}} {{ref improve|date=January 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Unshine | image = | caption = | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | background = group_or_band | origin = Finland | instrument = | genre = Gothic metal, symphonic metal | years_active = since 2000 | label = Crash Music, Massacre | associated_acts = | website = {{url|http://www.unshine.com}} | current_members = Susanna Vesilahti<br>Harri Hautala<br>Jari Hautala<br>Jukka "Stibe" Hantula<br>Teemu "Teemal" Vähäkangas | past_members = }}
'''Unshine''' is a gothic metal, symphonic metal band from Helsinki, Finland.
== Career == Unshine was formed in May 2000, when Susanna Vesilahti visited the rehearsal of the band for the first time. The other members, who had known each other for some years from other projects, describe that as a "kind of a musical awakening".{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} At that time the band had their rehearsal room at the cellar of the "Manala" restaurant in Helsinki.
The next years were filled with rehearsals and composing. At the beginning of 2002, Unshine self-produced their first demo which was called "Promo 2002", on which they published three songs. In the following summer, they had their first public gigs, which were followed by their second demo, "Promo 2003".
Their debut-album ''Earth Magick'' was recorded in 2004 by Low Frequency Records. One year later it was released in Finland and North-America by Crash Music. Unshine's second album, ''The Enigma of Immortals'', was released in April 2008. In 2013, the third studio album ''Dark Half Rising'' was released via Massacre Records<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soniccathedral.com/webzine/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=929 |title=Review of Unshine's Dark Half rising |publisher=Sonic Cathedral |accessdate=2014-01-15 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104047/http://www.soniccathedral.com/webzine/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=929 |url-status=dead }}</ref> followed by the album ''Astrala'' in 2018.
===Style=== In reviews, their music has described as gothic metal and atmospheric symphonic metal,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Unshine/Earth_Magick/79914/ |title=Review of Unshine's Earth Magick |publisher=Metal-archives |accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lordsofmetal.nl/en/reviews/view/id/13459 |title=Review of Unshine's The Enigma of Immortals |publisher=Lords of Metal |accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref> although they categorize themselves as druid metal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unshine.com/band |title=Band |work=Unshine official website |accessdate=14 January 2014}}</ref> Unshine's early style has been interpreted as being torn between bands like Nightwish and Lacuna Coil and a much more pop-oriented direction.
== Members == * Susanna Vesilahti - vocals * Harri Hautala - guitar, synthesizer * Jari Hautala - guitar * Jukka "Stibe" Hantula - drums * Teemu "Teemal" Vähäkangas - bass
== Discography == === Albums === * ''Earth Magick'' (2005) * ''The Enigma of Immortals'' (2008) * ''Dark Half Rising'' (2013) * ''Astrala'' (2018) * ''Karn of Burnings'' (2024)
=== Demos === * ''Promo 2002'' (2002) * ''Promo 2003'' (2003)
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.unshine.com Official Site]
{{Authority control}} Category:Finnish gothic metal musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2000