---
title: "Barren Earth"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/barren-earth"
genre: "Progressive Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 2007
---

# Barren Earth

**Barren Earth** is a progressive metal band, from Finland, active 2007 to present.

Barren Earth is a Finnish progressive death metal band from Helsinki, formed in 2007. Their music is said to be a combination of death metal, progressive rock, and folk music, pulling influence from the different groups each member is associated with. Since their formation, the band has released one EP and four full-length albums.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barren_Earth

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Barren Earth |
| Genre | Progressive Metal |
| Parent genre | Metal |
| Origin | Helsinki, Finland |
| Formed | 2007 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Progressive Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/progressive-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Marko Tarvonen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/marko-tarvonen) |  |  | Current |
| [Olli-Pekka Laine](https://themetalnet.com/musician/olli-pekka-laine) |  |  | Current |
| [Sami Yli-Sirniö](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sami-yli-sirnio) |  |  | Current |
| [Janne Perttilä](https://themetalnet.com/musician/janne-perttila) |  |  | Current |
| [Kasper Mårtenson](https://themetalnet.com/musician/kasper-martenson) | Keyboard | 2007 to 2017 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | [Our Twilight](https://themetalnet.com/album/adccb220-88a1-46d0-a572-921d5eeef757) | EP |
| 2010 | [Curse of the Red River](https://themetalnet.com/album/4b0096e3-1c57-4171-8d19-2b8546b6756c) | Album |
| 2012 | [The Devil’s Resolve](https://themetalnet.com/album/805906b2-5b7c-469b-aafa-c849f49dda09) | Album |
| 2015 | [On Lonely Towers](https://themetalnet.com/album/99b0d6bf-6f37-4813-99af-6359da812cca) | Album |
| 2018 | [A Complex of Cages](https://themetalnet.com/album/5ecac66a-d57c-4160-b46d-441e59b1b57c) | Album |

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- [Ghost Brigade](https://themetalnet.com/band/ghost-brigade) (listened together)
- [Before the Dawn](https://themetalnet.com/band/before-the-dawn) (listened together)
- [Katatonia](https://themetalnet.com/band/katatonia) (listened together)
- [Be’lakor](https://themetalnet.com/band/be-lakor) (listened together)
- [Kalmah](https://themetalnet.com/band/kalmah) (listened together)
- [In Mourning](https://themetalnet.com/band/in-mourning) (listened together)
- [Ensiferum](https://themetalnet.com/band/ensiferum) (listened together)
- [Judas Priest](https://themetalnet.com/band/judas-priest) (listened together)
- [Eternal Tears of Sorrow](https://themetalnet.com/band/eternal-tears-of-sorrow) (listened together)
- [Behemoth](https://themetalnet.com/band/behemoth) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/officialbarrenearth
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Barren_Earth/3540294014
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BarrenEarth
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/barrenearth/
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/305348
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4o8YZJFsViA32OE9WnG8Gt
- x: https://twitter.com/barrenearthband

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/barren-earth](https://themetalnet.com/band/barren-earth). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt