Omnium Gatherum
Omnium Gatherum is a Finnish melodic death metal band. There are bands of various styles to their influences, such as At the Gates, Judas Priest or Katatonia.
Band History
The band was founded in autumn 1996 by Markus Vanhala and Olli Lappalainen.
In 1997 the first demo CD Forbidden Decay was produced to which the self-financed demos Omnium Gatherum (1998) and Gardens, Temples ... This Hell (1999) followed. But only the fourth demo wastrel (2001) with new singer Antti Fillpu Omnium Gatherum gave a recording contract with the label Rage of Achilles. Shortly after the debut EP Steal the Light was recorded.
Just a year later the debut album Spirits and August Light was produced, which was praised by critics and got high ratings, and for the first video writhen was filmed. After a label change to Nuclear Blast, the album was released in Waste Years in 2004.
2006 Omnium Gatherum parted from the label Nuclear Blast, both also from the singer Antti Filppu. He was replaced by Jukka Pelkonen ( Elenium ). The third album Stuck here on Snake's Way was published in April 2007.
In 2008, the album The Redshift, which debuted on the Finnish album charts at number 24 appeared.
Shortly before the 2009 European tour with the bands Swallow the Sun and Insomnium, bassist Janne Markkanen left the band. He was replaced after its exit from Toni Mäki.
On 4 February 2011, the band with New World Shadows has released their fifth album under the label " Lifeforce ".
In November 2011, the band went inside the Neckbreakers ball on tour in Europe. Only one year after the last album first backbones for a new album in February 2012 were on the go. In July of the same year the recordings were begun.
On September 24, it was announced on the official website, as well as on Facebook, that the replacement bassist Eerik Purdon, who played earlier in the band and recently on the tour and in the studio helped out after Toni Mäki the Band 2011 left, now by the solid bassist Erkki Silvennoinen was replaced. Erkki had previously been successful in the bands Amoral and Ari Koivunen.
After a successful tour of Japan, the sixth studio album Beyond was published on 22 February 2013. For date of publication began a Finland tour the band. On August 30, 2013, the Beyond World Tour started in Europe. This is followed by appearances in Asia and the USA.
Discography
- 2002: Steal the Light ( EP)
- 2003: Spirits and August Light ( Rage of Achilles )
- 2008: The Redshift ( Candlelight )
- 2011: New World Shadows ( Lifeforce )
- 2013: Beyond ( Life Force)