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The Man-Eating Tree
Vine

[ Century Media / CD ]

Release Date: Monday 6 December 2010

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Produced by the acclaimed Hiili Hiilesmaa (Sentenced and H.I.M), 'Vine' should appeal to fans of Opeth, Poisonblack, and Katatonia... or pretty much anything on the K-Scope label

Finnish atmospheric rockers The Man-Eating Tree was formed after Vesa Ranta's previous band Sentenced decided to call it quits in 2005. Vesa began to overcome his post-Sentenced battle fatigue and lack of musical motivation by concentrating on a fresh project that would continue expanding his renowned dark themes and melodic compositions. Said musical motifs are very evident on 'Vine', The Man-Eating Tree's debut album.

"After Sentenced I was in regular contact with my old band mate and friend Miika Tenkula. We spoke about establishing a new band and tried to make it happen for a while. However, finding a competent singer turned out to be difficult. Miika and I rehearsed only once. During this jam-session we drafted up and recorded one song. Unfortunately Miika's life came to a sudden end in February of 2009. I remember the moment I received the call from a relative of Miika. I was far up North, in the middle of a photo-session and could do nothing. It was impossible to believe the news - and it is difficult to this date. Still, life is full of surprises. One turn just happened only a few days after Miika's funeral. An acquaintance of mine knew that I was looking for a singer and sent me a link. It was the website of Fall of the Leafe with Tuomas on vocals. It felt like some strange fate had steered life for a moment, because his voice was exactly what Miika and I were looking for - we found Tuomas right after Miika had left us. I approached Tuomas and asked if he would be interested, as I felt that the long fermented idea of a new band needed to be taken to the next level straight away. Not tomorrow, but now. Thinking about it, this was a part of my own mourning process. I contacted another friend of mine, Janne Markus, with whom I had discussed working on a new band over a couple of years. Janne had already written several songs that suited Tuomas' voice perfectly. Only a few weeks down the road the line-up was completed and we were working in full gear."
-VESA

Produced by the acclaimed Hiili Hiilesmaa (Sentenced and H.I.M), 'Vine' should appeal to fans of Opeth, Poisonblack, and Katatonia... or pretty much anything on the Kscope label. ;-)

The Man-Eating Tree are: Tuomas Tuominen: vocals, Janne Markus: guitars, Mikko Uusimaa: bass, Heidi Määttä: keyboards, and Vesa Ranta: drums.

Tracks:

1. Lathing a New Man
2. The White Plateau
3. This Longitude of Sleep
4. King of July
5. Of Birth for Passing
6. Out of the Wind
7. Nights in White Satin
8. Tide Shift
9. Instead of Sand and Stone
10. Amended

Here's the official video to "Out of the Wind" (via YouTube).