Finnish Symphonic Doom/Death Metal band DEPRESSED MODE, has released their new single “Dead & Living”. This single was suppose to be part of “Words of Death” EP which was already recorded but was unfortunately destroyed bacause of hardware failure. So, this brand new single and earlier released re-recorded version of “Suffer In Darkness” are the only tracks survived from the planned EP.

Otto Salonen comments: “This is a new song which was composed right after our “Decade Of Silence” album. It was quite different from our previous songs, so I was a bit insecure about how it’s going to sound, but after drum recordings by Marko Tommila, I was sure it’s going to be loved by fans worldwide!

Due to hardware failure, this is it for our “Words Of Death” EP. In other words, all the remaining songs were destroyed, and won’t be released.”

DEPRESSED MODE was established in 2005 by composer Otto Salonen. Signed a contract with Firebox Records for two albums in 2006. First album “Ghosts Of Devotion” was released in 2007, and received really good reviews throughout the media. The second album “..For Death” released in 2009, was a success, and a step towards more Symphonic Death/Doom Metal, with great reviews as well.

Otto Salonen begun composing DEPRESSED MODE’s third album in January 2020. The lineup for the new album consists of Otto Salonen, Teemu Heinola, Henri Hakala and Iiro Aittokoski. Veronica Bordacchini from FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE took over the female vocals for the third album which was recorded and mixed at Ansa Studio by Teemu Heinola and Otto Salonen during 2021.

In autumn 2021 DEPRESSED MODE signed a deal with Inverse Records for the third album titled “Decade Of Silence”, which was mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios Helsinki and it was released on May 6th, 2022.

You can listen to “Dead & Living” in the following video: