Finnish symphonic power metal band Dreamtale will perform a gig in Shekou this week.

    The music project was founded by guitarist Rami Keranen in the early months of 1999. Keranen also served as the band’s vocalist until 2002. The band first gained fame by playing as Sinergy’s supporting act in Finland, and their second demo, “Refuge From Reality,” sold out on the day of its release.

    Most of the copies of the demo were sold in Japan, which helped the band make itself known to record labels. Dreamtale started receiving recording deal offers from around the world, and in August 2001 signed a deal with Spinefarm Records.

    “Beyond Reality,” which was released in Japan in June and elsewhere July 2002, sold well and helped the band obtain a stronger following in Japan. To please Japanese fans, the band quickly began recording a second full-length album.

    Recordings for their second album “Ocean’s Heart” began in January 2003 at Fantom studios in Finland, where the album was then mixed by Samu Oittinen. Keyboardist Turkka Vuorinen left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Akseli Kaasalainen. In late 2008, bassist Pasi Ristolainen left the band, and was then replaced with Heikki Ahonen.

    In 2010, they released samples of their songs “Angel of Light,” “Reasons Revealed” and “Strangers’ Ode.” The fifth album “Epsilon” was released in 2011 through the band’s own label Secret Door Records. This album saw the return of original drummer, Petteri Rosenbom. With “Epsilon” released also in Russia by Fono Ltd., the band played their first shows in St. Petersburg and Moscow in October 2011.

    The sixth album, “World Changed Forever,” was released in 2013 and last year. Dreamtale released their seventh studio album, entitled “Seventhian... Memories of Time.” Alongside the 12 new songs that comprised the first disc, re-recordings of several tracks from the band’s earlier albums were also released.

    Time: 9:30 p.m., April 19

    Tickets: 230 yuan

    Venue: Brown Sugar Jar, QC 101 Community, 9 Gongye Road 6, Shekou, Nanshan District (南山区蛇口工业六路9号圈创101红糖罐蛇口店)

    Metro: Line 2, Shuiwan Station (水湾站), Exit B(SD News)