Charon are a "gothic-metal" band from Raahe Finland (northern), formed in 1992. It took them five years to find a record label to sign on, and in 1998 they released their first album entitled Sorrowburn. Their latest album to date is entitled Songs for the Sinners, and was released in 2005. Charon Timeline: 1992> Charon was founded by Antti Karihtala, Teemu Hautamäki, Pasi Sipilä and Jasse Hast 1993> Spring - "Inexorable Reciprocation"-demo 1993> Autumn - Promo `93 1994> December - "Dies Irae" -demo 1995> July - "Pilgrimage" -promo 1995> Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto officially took his place in the line-up 1996> Promo 1997> March - "Serenity" music video 1997> Record deal with Emanzipation Productions (EMZ) 1998> Debut album "Sorrowburn" - december-january`99 1999> 2nd album "Tearstained" - november-december 2000> Spring - Tour in Finland with Sentenced 2000> Summer - Charon signed to Spinefarm-records and the deal with danish Diehard-records is over. 2000> Autumn - Charon signed to a finnish gig-booking agency, Dex Viihde.
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