---
title: "Shade Empire"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/shade-empire"
genre: "Melodic Black Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 1999
---

# Shade Empire

**Shade Empire** is a melodic black metal band, from Finland, active 1999 to present.

Shade Empire is a Finnish extreme metal band, formed in 1999 in the city of Kuopio.

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

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Shade Empire |
| Genre | Melodic Black Metal |
| Parent genre | Black Metal |
| Origin | Kuopio, Finland |
| Formed | 1999 |
| Releases in catalog | 6 |

## Genres

[Melodic Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-black) · [Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/black-metal) · [Melodic Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/melodic-death) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal) · [Industrial](https://themetalnet.com/genre/industrial-metal) · [Symphonic Black Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/symphonic-black)

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2004 | [Sinthetic](https://themetalnet.com/album/c69f3c35-5cca-30ca-a37f-649472bfb09b) | Album |
| 2006 | [Intoxicate O.S.](https://themetalnet.com/album/7abb4556-6c35-337e-98f9-566305cad098) | Album |
| 2008 | [Zero Nexus](https://themetalnet.com/album/cef28b1b-fb6c-3a91-ab80-c65adf638387) | Album |
| 2013 | [Omega Arcane](https://themetalnet.com/album/04899bc4-f585-4619-9d02-45886e7e5cff) | Album |
| 2017 | [Poetry of the Ill-Minded](https://themetalnet.com/album/8999992f-f30c-4bce-9335-f0238d92c418) | Album |
| 2023 | [Sunholy](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c5ed0b6-ac54-49bf-b766-8ed7050c132e) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Dark Tranquillity](https://themetalnet.com/band/dark-tranquillity) (listened together)
- [Omnium Gatherum](https://themetalnet.com/band/omnium-gatherum) (listened together)
- [Kalmah](https://themetalnet.com/band/kalmah) (listened together)
- [Mors Principium Est](https://themetalnet.com/band/mors-principium-est) (listened together)
- [Eternal Tears of Sorrow](https://themetalnet.com/band/eternal-tears-of-sorrow) (listened together)
- [Insomnium](https://themetalnet.com/band/insomnium) (listened together)
- [Amorphis](https://themetalnet.com/band/amorphis) (listened together)
- [Before the Dawn](https://themetalnet.com/band/before-the-dawn) (listened together)
- [Be’lakor](https://themetalnet.com/band/be-lakor) (listened together)
- [Children of Bodom](https://themetalnet.com/band/children-of-bodom) (listened together)
- [Graveworm](https://themetalnet.com/band/graveworm) (listened together)
- [Arch Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/band/arch-enemy) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shadeempireband
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/112844
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7vdH23uIvKDe36XYLQZTeH
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadeempireofficial/
- x: https://twitter.com/shade_empire
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Shade_Empire/3230

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