Aki Salonen – Vocals (growls)
Ville Hovi – Vocals (clean)
Timo Mölsä – Guitar
Aleksanteri Kuosa – Guitar, Bass
Samuli Mikkonen – Drums

Endless Chain is a Finnish progressive gothic metal band from Lahti, Päijät-Häme, founded and led by guitarist and composer Timo Mölsä. Although the band was officially formed in 2018, its roots reach back to 2016, when Mölsä began playing music together with his friend Ari Hokkanen. What initially started simply as a way of playing music for their own enjoyment soon developed into something considerably more ambitious when Mölsä discovered that he was far more interested in creating original material than learning cover songs.

Songwriting quickly became the driving force behind the project, with Mölsä handling the musical direction while Hokkanen contributed extensively to the lyrics. The project eventually took the name Endless Chain and gradually evolved from a personal songwriting outlet into a fully realized metal project involving a number of experienced musicians from the Finnish scene.

Endless Chain's music combines gothic and progressive metal with melodic death metal, doom and atmospheric elements, often moving between melancholic passages, heavy guitar-driven sections and more accessible melodic material. Clean and harsh vocals are frequently used alongside each other, while the band's lyrics revolve around subjects such as death, memories, the passage of time and the struggles and experiences encountered throughout life.

After several early recordings, Endless Chain began working towards its first full-length album. The resulting “Forthcoming Past” was released through Rockshots Records on June 25th, 2021. Rather than relying on a conventional permanent lineup, Mölsä assembled an impressive collection of musicians around his compositions. Vocal duties were shared between Mikko Heikkilä, Ville Hovi, Aki Salonen and Salla Sundberg, while producer Aleksanteri Kuosa contributed guitars, bass and keyboards and Samuli Mikkonen handled the drums.

The album also featured several notable guest appearances. Sami Yli-Sirniö, known from Kreator and Waltari, contributed lead guitar, while Antti Kolehmainen added cello to selected tracks. This collaborative approach gave Forthcoming Past a broad musical palette, ranging from atmospheric and melancholic gothic metal to heavier passages featuring growled vocals, progressive arrangements and occasional rock-oriented influences.

Rather than restricting Endless Chain to a narrowly defined style, Mölsä deliberately allowed the individual songs to develop in different directions. This became one of the defining characteristics of the project, with melody and melancholy remaining central even when the arrangements moved between heavier metal, progressive textures and quieter atmospheric sections.

Following the debut, Endless Chain continued developing into a more established band configuration. New material began appearing during the following years, including songs such as “Until No One Comes” and “Blind Kings”, the latter once again featuring Sami Yli-Sirniö alongside drummer Samuli Mikkonen and vocalist Ville Hovi.

The band's second full-length album, “Agony”, was released independently on August 23rd, 2024. The ten-track record continued the dark and melodic direction established on the debut while presenting a heavier and more focused version of Endless Chain. Mölsä remained the central composer and guitarist, with Ville Hovi providing clean vocals, Aki Salonen handling growled vocals, Aleksanteri Kuosa contributing guitars and bass, and Samuli Mikkonen on drums.

Guest musicians remained an important part of the Endless Chain sound. Sami Yli-Sirniö appeared on several tracks on Agony, while guitarist Panu Willman contributed to the album as well. Production duties were again handled by Aleksanteri Kuosa, with mastering by Svante Forsbäck.

What began as Timo Mölsä's personal songwriting project has therefore gradually developed into a collaborative Finnish metal band with its own recognizable identity. Endless Chain balances heaviness with melancholy and melody, drawing from gothic, progressive and melodic extreme metal without allowing any single genre to completely define its sound. With Mölsä's songwriting remaining at its core, the band continues to explore themes of mortality, memory, time and human vulnerability through an increasingly dark and atmospheric form of metal.

Full-length albums:

Forthcoming Past - 2021
Agony - 2024
Nothingness - 2026

Progressive Gothic Metal
Finland