Yearning

来自芬兰的Yearning名气不大但绝对的经典，在铁杆Doom迷中声望极高。他们在Doom界以卓越、大气、灵秀的氛围独树一帜，兼有古典的情怀。其他方面则具有其他优秀Doom团的几乎所有优点，旋律上更是没得说，而且一点也不腻。
The band known as Yearning was formed by Finnish youths Juhani Palomäki (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Tero Kalliomäki (guitars), and Toni Kostiainen (drums) in late 1994, and originally went by the name Flegeton, which was derived from Dante's Divine Comedy. Like the ruthless Scandinavian winters, the music heard on their demo, "Through the Desolate Lands," was cold, somber, and depressing, and after securing the services of curiously named bass player Mr. Woodland (real name: Petri Salo), Yearning further developed their atmospheric brand of gothic dark metal with their second demo, "The Temple of Sagal."
The latter greatly impressed the folks at France's Holy Records, which subsequently release the band's 1997 debut album, With Tragedies Adorned, and its 1999 follow-up, Plaintive Scenes. Both of these efforts bordered on progressive rock, so wide was their stylistic range and so high their ambitions, but Yearning still managed to infuse them with plenty of melody, melancholy, and metal. The same was true of grandiloquent ensuing efforts, 2001's Frore Meadow and 2003's Evershade, during which Yearning endured a number of lineup changes, but carried on anyway.