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Omnium Gatherum

Omnium Gatherum is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Karhula, founded in the autumn of 1996. Although the band mainly follows the path of the melodic death metal genre, much of their work shows strong influences from progressive metal, especially their later albums. Their music is influenced by Gothenburg-style bands such as At the Gates, In Flames, Dissection, and Dark Tranquillity, but also Iron Maiden, Death, Anathema, and Megadeth among others.

History
After releasing four demos and an EP and signing with Rage of Achilles, Omnium Gatherum released their debut full-length album Spirits and August Light in April 2003, which gave the band some attention within the underground metal community and the press. Next, the band signed to the major metal label Nuclear Blast in the autumn of 2004 to release their second album Years in Waste. This album was more technical and progressive than their earlier releases. In the summer of 2008, bassist Eerik Purdon announced that he was leaving Omnium Gatherum, and in 2009 Toni Mäki officially joined the band as their new bassist. In August 2010, Omnium Gatherum announced that they had signed a deal with Lifeforce Records for their next release, and that their longtime rhythm guitarist Harri Pikka had left the band. Their official statement read "We're really sorry to announce also that Harri Pikka has silently decided to flee the OG crew after 13 years of solid service. We don't know his exact reasons for this but maybe someday mr. Mystery Man tells us… :) At the moment we've decided to finish the new album as a 5-piece unit, but we have the best possible live guitar unit called Joonas Koto (Malpractice / Ex-To/Die/For / Ex-Hateframe) filling the second guitar live duties at the moment and it rocks!" Omnium Gatherum entered the studio to record their fifth studio album for an early 2011 release. Lead guitarist Markus Vanhala handled all guitar parts for the recording. Mixing and mastering were handled by Dan Swanö. Their fifth album, New World Shadows, was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 4 February 2011, in Finland, Sweden and Hungary on 9 February, the rest of Europe on 7 February, and North America on 1 March. It topped the Finnish album charts and was on the fifth position on the official national album chart, as well as placing first on the Finnish Rumba indie chart. On 10 July 2015, the band announced that they had almost finished the recordings for a new album. The album, Grey Heavens, was released in 2016. In 2021, Omnium Gatherum released their ninth studio album, Origin, and announced a North American tour supported by Allegaeon and Black Crown Initiate. == Band members ==
Band members
Current • Markus Vanhala – lead guitar • Aapo Koivisto – keyboards, backing vocals • Jukka Pelkonen – lead vocals • Mikko Kivistö – bass • Atte Pesonen – drums • Joonas "Jope" Koto – rhythm guitar, clean vocals Former • Olli Lappalainen – lead vocals , rhythm guitar • Ville Salonen – drums • Mikko Nykänen – keyboards • Olli Mikkonen – bass • Harri Pikka – rhythm guitar • Jari Kuusisto – bass • Janne Markkanen – bass • Jarmo Pikka – drums • Tomi Pekkola – keyboards • Antti Filppu – lead vocals • Mikko Pennanen – keyboards • Jukka Perälä – keyboards • Eerik Purdon – bass • Toni "Tsygä" Mäki – bass • Erkki Silvennoinen – bass • Tuomo Latvala – drums • Pyry Hanski – bass • Nick Cordle – rhythm guitar Touring • Jani Liimatainen - rhythm guitar • Henry Hämäläinen - vocals Timeline == Discography ==
Discography
;Studio albums • Spirits and August Light (2003) • Years in Waste (2004) • Stuck Here on Snakes Way (2007) • The Redshift (2008) • New World Shadows (2011) • Beyond (2013) • Grey Heavens (2016) • The Burning Cold (2018) • Origin (2021) • May the Bridges We Burn Light the Way (2025) ;Demos • Forbidden Decay (1997) • Omnium Gatherum (1998) • Gardens, Temples... This Hell (1999) • Wastrel (2001) ;EPs • Steal the Light (2002) • Slasher (2023) == References ==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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