Catamenia

Catamenia was formed in 1995 by Riku Hopeakoski and Mika Tönning in Oulu, Finland. They released their first demo, simply titled Demo '95. Their second demo, Winds, released in 1996, led to the signing of a distribution contract with the label Massacre Records in 1997. Their first studio album, Halls of Frozen North, was recorded at Commusication Studios in Beindersheim, Germany, in 1997 with Gerhard Magin (Crematory, Mystic Circle) and was released in 1998. A year later, they recorded their second album, Morning Crimson (1999), in Sweden, at Sunlight Studios with Thomas Skogsberg (Katatonia, Dismember).