▁added ▁to ▁the ▁dark ▁metal ▁genre . ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁released ▁through ▁the ▁avant - gar de ▁music ▁sub - label ▁W ounded ▁Love ▁in ▁Spring ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁It ▁received ▁positive ▁reviews ▁from ▁the ▁press ▁and ▁listen ers ▁world wide . ▁ ▁Hi atus ▁( 2 0 0 0 – 0 3 ) ▁After ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁Binding ▁of ▁the ▁Spirit , ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁band , ▁Henri ▁Ko iv ula ▁and ▁Jan i ▁Hein ola , ▁moved ▁from ▁their ▁h omet own ▁Va asa ▁to ▁Tur ku ▁and ▁Hels ink i . ▁During ▁this ▁time ▁the ▁band ▁did ▁not ▁perform ▁together ▁for ▁several ▁months , ▁and ▁Jan i ▁and ▁Henri ▁considered ▁splitting ▁up ▁the ▁band ▁altogether . ▁However , ▁they ▁later ▁decided ▁to ▁re group ▁with ▁the ▁band ▁with ▁a ▁new ▁line - up , ▁with ▁all ▁members ▁but ▁Henri ▁res iding ▁in ▁Hels ink i . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁members ▁came ▁from ▁bands ▁that ▁were ▁already ▁familiar ▁to ▁Jan i ▁and ▁Henri ▁from ▁their ▁time ▁in ▁Va asa : ▁the ▁lead ▁guitar ist ▁Ju ha ▁Y lik os ki ▁had ▁played ▁with ▁the ▁band ▁Rotten ▁Sound , ▁the ▁bass ist ▁Har ri ▁Hu ht ala ▁had ▁played ▁in ▁Cart il age ▁and ▁V om it ur ition . ▁Their ▁drum mer ▁Jan i ▁Mart ikk ala ▁had ▁been ▁with ▁… And ▁O ce ans , ▁Black ▁Da wn ▁and ▁En och ian ▁C res cent . ▁ ▁Qu icks il ver ▁Cloud s ▁( 2