Renascent (band)

Renascent
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Unblack metal,[1] Christian metal,[2][3] death metal,[2][3] Thrash metal[3][4]
Years active	2003-2005, 2014-present
Labels	Maamalainen Levykauppa, Metal Union
Members	Eero Tertsunen Mikaela Akrenius Voitto Rintala Joonas Heikkinen
Past members	Jani Stefanovic Barry Halldan Markus Saarela
Website	Renascent on Facebook

Renascent is an unblack metal band that originated in Helsinki, Finland, and the core of the band now currently reside in Bloomington, Indiana. The band has released an EP titled, Demon's Quest in 2004 and a full length titled Through Darkness in 2005. The band released their sophomore album, Praise of the Lord God Almighty, on 5 November 2016.[5] The band is openly Christian.[6] The band has been compared to Dimmu Borgir and Old Man's Child.[7]

History

Renascent started in the beginning of the year 2003, with drummer Jani Stefanovic meeting guitarist Eero Tertsunen and keyboardist Mikaela Akrenius.[8] The band official came up with their name the same week bassist Voitto Rintala joined the band.[8] In Summer 2004, the band hired Barry Hilliden as their vocalist and the band recorded their debut release Demon's Quest. In 2005, the band released Through Darkness and soon after the release, Stefanovic and Hilliden both departed from the band. Stefanovic then formed the band Miseration with former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Älvestam.[9] The band remained inactive until around 2014, when the band started recording a new album.[10] The album was scheduled to be released in 2016 with Tertsunen on vocals and guitar, Rintala on bass, Akrenius on keyboards and new member Markus Saarela on drums.[5] The album, Praise of the Lord God Almighty was released on 5 November 2016.[11]

Discography

Studio albums

• Through Darkness (2005)[7][12][13]
• Praise to the Lord God Almighty (2016)[14]

EPs

• Demon's Quest (2004)

Members

Current

• Eero Tertsunen - guitar (2003–present), vocals (2003–2004, 2005–present) (Angel of Sodom, The Slave Eye, Symphony of Heaven, The UnWorthy)
• Voitto Rintala - bass (2003–present)
• Mikaela Akrenius - keyboards (2003–present)
• Joonas Heikkinen - drums (2014–present) (Angel of Sodom, The Slave Eye, ex-Temple of Perdition)

Former

• Jani Stefanović - drums, vocals (Divinefire, ex-Crimson Moonlight) (2003–2005)
• Barry Halldan - vocals (ex-Darkend) (2004–2005)
• Markus Saarela - drums (2005–2007)

Touring

• Carlos Osnaya - guitar (2018–present) (ex-Temple of Perdition, The UnWorthy, Exousia)
• Pekka Taina - guitar (2005) (Sáwol, ex-Sotahuuto)

Session

• Rolf Pilve - drums (2016) (Stratovarius)

Timeline

References

1. xFiruath. "Unearthing the Metal Underground: The Unblack Metal Scene". Metal Underground. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
2. "Renascent". MusicMight. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
3. Jousmäki, Henna (2015). "Christian Metal Online: The Discursive Construction of Identity and Culture" (PDF). Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) "Renascent"
4. "Renascent". Metal for Jesus. 2004. Retrieved 3 June 2016. Finnish death metal thrashers Renascent has a new vocalist called Barry Halldan (ex-Darkened). Their mini-cd Demons' Quest is now released with 4 tracks of thrashing death metal
5. Renascent (5 November 2015). "Renascent announcement". Facebook. Retrieved 16 April 2016. For those who wait our release coming out at November 2015: There is still stuff to do with the album so I have to postpone possible release to 1st quarter of 2016. (we don't want to release this too near Christmas
6. xFiruath. "Eero Tertsunen of Renascent Discuss the Black Metal Ideology and How It Mixes with Christianity". Metal Underground. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
7. Morrow, Matt. "Renascent - Through Darkness". The Whipping Post. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
8. "Renascent". Tartarean Desire. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
9. Sweeney, Brian Review of Miseration - Your Demons, Their Angels at the Wayback Machine (archive index). Metal Review. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
10. Flores, Cinthia (6 December 2016). "Renascent, the bastard children of Dimmu Borgir" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 December 2016.
11. Beard, Mason (4 November 2016). "Renascent Releases Sophomore Album". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
12. "Renascent - Through Darkness". HM Magazine. May 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
13. Pelt, Doug Van (October 2006). "Renascent - Through Darkness". Heaven's Metal. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
14. Flack, Jethro (21 November 2016). "[Review] Renascent - Praise to the Lord God Almighty". Reanimated Radio. Retrieved 22 December 2016.