Forgotten Sunrise is an Estonian industrial rock band founded in Tallinn. Forgotten Sunrise was born in the summer of 1992 as the result of a common interest of Anders Melts and Jan Talts to make death metal in Estonia. Two friends with previous experiences, Margus Gustavson and Tarvo Valm, joined the yet unnamed band. After six months and first songs, in 1993 a quality demo “Behind The Abysmal Sky” was recorded. A few months later a contract with a Finnish label Rising Realm Records was signed and by the end of the year the “Forever Sleeping Greystones” Mini-CD had been recorded. The minialbum was released in the end of 1994. A time of a great deal of attention and concerts continued until the differences caused the drummer and the guitarist to leave the band.
With Renno Süvaoja and Tiiu Kiik joining the group, computers were now a part of the process of making the music. In the meantime the bands style had progressed and in 1996 Forgotten Sunrise basiacally started over from zero. A period of studies and experimenting followed until Forgotten Sunrise was again ready for stage. In 1997 they came out with a new sound. Though old atmospheric death metal was mixed with trip-hop, techno, folk and drum’n’bass merged with shoegaze and indie-pop, the dreary grim atmosphere and severe message were still intact.
Forgotten Sunrise signed a two album contract with the Italian label My Kingdom Music. The debut album “Ru:mipu:dus” was released in January 2004 and before that a full-length single “Ple:se Disco-Nnect Me” was given out. The album was followed by positive reviews. In 2005 the track “Never(k)now” was given out as a promo single. The second album „Willand“ was recorded in fall 2005 and was released in spring 2007. In 2006 Gerty Villo joined the band with keyboards and female vocals. Later in 2007 Pavel Torpan joined with guitars and «Different Knots of Ropelove» - 12 track remix CD (including remixes by Alec Empire, Pehr Herb, Darkmen etc.) was released.
Full-length CD-single «The Moments When God Was Wrong» was released self-reliantly and the demo tape «Behind The Abysmal Sky» + Mini-CD «Forever Sleeping Greystones» with 7 live bonus tracks was re-released on CD.
Present members
Anders Melts – vocals, programming
Gerty Villo – keyboards, female vocals
Pavel Torpan – guitars
Ragnar Kivi - electronic drums
