About This Empty Flow

This Empty Flow was an atmospheric rock band from Turku, Finland, formed in 1994 by Jori Sjöroos (vocals, guitar, programming) and Niko Sirkiä (keyboards), also founders of funeral doom metal pioneer band Thergothon. Aku-Toumas Mattila (bass) joined the band in August. In April 1995 This Empty Flow signed to the Italian label Avantgarde Music. Between September and November the band spent 12 days at the Studio U96 in Pori, Finland and recorded their debut album, "Magenta Skycode", released in March 1996. In November of the same year This Empty Flow played their first concert in Lahti, Finland, guitarist Jukka Sillanpää, producer of "Magenta Skycode", joined the band. In December Niko Sirkiä decided to leave the band to concentrate on his own projects. In January 1997 This Empty Flow played their second concert in Helsinki, Finland with Jukka Sillanpää on guitar and Hanna Kalske on keyboards, but in the Summer of the same year they decided to disband. Jori Sjöroos and Aku-Toumas Mattila started their own new projects. After the split-up there have been some other releases. "Three Empty Boys" was released in 1999 including 4 songs from the unreleased follower of the debut album and 7 studio rehearsals/demos recorded in 1995-97. After a mini album titled "Useless and Empty Songs" in 2000, in 2001 came out "Nowafter", a compilation album with rare and unreleased songs. In March 2006 Eibon Records re-released "Magenta Skycode" along with a bonus CD of extra tracks from around the album's time period as a 2-CD album, simply titled "The Album".