The first heartbeats of the year 2006: Tommi & Petteri began to forge the very foundations of Enthring. The backbone of the song called “Maelstrom” was created overnight but as one can imagine it was not the same song you can hear today. Without any musical knowledge the beginning was rough and success was achieved through trial and error.

“…Who does not resist to die for war…”

As time went on, it became vital to find a name for the band. There were many different propositions like Herian, Archaic Ruins and Enthring. None of them were chosen. Composing continued and, with increasing skill, songs like “Wolf and the Wintercold”, “Realm of the Forsaken”, “Caverns” and “Seen through Ice” were written. The year 2006 had already died and it was time to find other band members so we could put our creations to practice. It was not an easy task. First we found a keyboard player, Ida Ylhäinen, and a bassist, Erkka Huuhtanen. But as time passed, Erkka dropped out and also without a drummer rehearsing became everyone’s individual task.

“…And so came the tempest and the cataclysm…”

And we became Enthring. After all that time, we chose a name that was among the original propositions. We had a couple of drummers (Lauri Soiha and Roope Mustonen) for short periods of time but things did not take off as we had hoped – until we found Mika Lumijärvi at the end of 2008. With his experience, skill and enthusiasm we took a long leap in a short time. The progress was fast and with him we learned a great deal. At the same time we had also added another keyboardist to our ranks, Thomas Häggblom. Unfortunately after a short period Thomas decided not to continue working with us and so we were back to having two guitarists, a drummer, a keyboardist and no singer nor bassist. Although there were several candidates to become our singer, we felt that none of them was the right one for us.

“…Can you see how they rise…”

The first half of the year 2009: We had started to plan our first release, Maelstrom. Originally it was only intended as a demo with two or three songs but in the end it expanded into an EP with five songs. At the same time we received our much needed reinforcement for the bass. Now that Juho Karila had joined our ranks we could truly begin rehearsing for the upcoming recordings.

The second half of the year 2009: Having confirmed that JP Löfberg would be the man doing the work behind the computer, we started recording the EP. At the end of summer Mika first played all the drum tracks and Juho the basses. Due to some unfortunate health issues we had to record some of the guitar tracks with Toni Engblom. After JP got himself back on track it was time to record the rest of the guitars and Ida played the synthesiser parts. Still without a singer, we decided it was best that Petteri do the growling vocals and Pietari Mikkonen was hired for the clear parts. With the assistance of Henri Vuorenmaa we recorded the vocals during winter, slowed down by flu and other wicked creations.

Finally in the spring of 2010 we got everything ready for JP to mix and master the EP. The whole process of recording and everything related to it was very exciting for all of us. After all, this was the first recording of our own material. Soon after that, Tiariia Tamminen joined us as another keyboardist and Tommi took up growling, as well.

“...Now my peace is ruined, my sanctuary is built on scorched ground…”

After a long time playing with us, the paths of Enthring and Ida separated. It was a difficult decision which, now that time has passed, has proven to be the right one. And even more changes were headed our way: due to disagreements Juho stepped out of our group. Luckily enough, we got Teemu Tamminen to play bass so we were able to take part in our first concert. It was at Toimintakeskus Happi in Helsinki, and luckily for us, we got it all on film.

“Never forget who did this to us!''

In the beginning of the year 2011 we decided that within the very same year we will enter a studio to give birth to our debut album. Shortly after making a discovery called ''Henri Kotipelto'', who joined Enthring as a bassist in April, we decided that we will start recording the album in the end of July with Jarno Hänninen at D-studio. Dennis Sibeijn was decided to be the person turning our music into pictures by doing the cover arts and the booklet arts. Before heading to the studio in July, we played one gig in Espoo.

We recorded the album within 10 days with Jarno Hänninen and Markus Salo in Klaukkala. After the actual studio time Jarno mixed and mastered the album and ‘’The Grim Tales of the Elder’’ was finally finished and released online on October 30th. Also one gig was played in Espoo after the recordings in September. In November the journey with Tiariia came to an end and band continues playing without a synth player. The plan is to release the physical CDs before the end of 2011. After that the hunt for gigs and a label will start.

“Can you hear their chant, the vengeance orchestra”

The physical CD’s were received at the beginning of 2012 and went into distribution. The album got a warm welcome and the reviews were almost praising. By the same time negotiations started with a Brazilian Rock Brigade magazine about a tour in Brazil. At the end of spring we were able to announce “The Grim Tales 2012” tour consisting five gigs, two of them with a Finnish success Korpiklaani and rest with Brazilian bands. This happy event also included a sad side as our long time drummer Mika Lumijärvi had to resign from his role in the band due to family reasons. In order to the tour could happen, Toni Paananen joined in as a session drummer.

“We thrive on chaos and we dream of our...”

On the august of 2012 we announced that we had found our new drummer Matti Auerkallio, previously known from bands such as Katra and Soulfallen. Unfortunately on October the paths of Enthring and Henri Kotipelto diverged. We did occasional gigs at the end of 2012 and beginning of 2013. During the spring/summer of 2013 a new EP consisting three songs is made.