Omnium Gatherum  

Omnium Gatherum is a Finnish band specializing in melodic death metal, a field more often dominated by their Swedish neighbors. Their debut album, Spirits And August Light, combines some of the more familiar sounds of the genre with a slight melancholic edge (the band themselves list Katatonia and Anathema as influences -- while neither is a dominant influence here, shades of both can be heard) as well as subtle keyboard touches that lend a bit of distinctiveness to the songs. For pure originality the band isn't at the top level yet (though there are plenty of bands in this field that are far more generic than Omnium Gatherum), but Spirits is a fine melodic death metal album, and their next album may well propel them into the first division.

Current Members Jukka Pelkonen vocals (Elenium) Markus Vanhala guitars (Insomnium, Manitou) Joonas Koto guitars (To/Die/For) Erkki Silvennoinen bass (Amoral, De Lirium's Order) Aapo Koivisto keyboards Jarmo Pikka drums (Total Devastation)

Former Members/Guests Antti Filppu vocals Harri Pikka guitars (Total Devastation) Janne Markkanen bass Eerik Purdon bass Toni Mäki bass Mikko Pennanen keyboards Jukka Perälä keyboards

Discography

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(EP) Steal The Light 
2002 Rage Of Achilles

Wastrel Son's Thoughts Candles For Giordano Bruno Ammo Lost & Found

Antti Filppu Markus Vanhala Harri Pikka Janne Markkanen Mikko Pennanen Jarmo Pikka

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Spirits And August Light 
2003 Rage Of Achilles

Writhen Deathwhite The Perfumed Garden Amor Tonight Cure A Wound The Emptiness Of Spirit Wastrel Son's Thoughts It Shines

Antti Filppu Markus Vanhala Harri Pikka Janne Markkanen Mikko Pennanen Jarmo Pikka

Reviews:   Chronicles Of Chaos  Metal Observer 

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Years In Waste 
2004 Nuclear Blast

The Fall Went Right Through Here Waste Of Bereavement Misanthropic (Let The Crown Fall) Black Seas Cry It'l A Long Night No Moon & No Queen Gravesilence The Nolan's Fati More Withering Auguries Gone

Antti Filppu Markus Vanhala Harri Pikka Janne Markkanen Jukka Perälä Jarmo Pikka

Reviews:   Chronicles Of Chaos  Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal  Lords Of Metal  Metal Observer 

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Stuck Here On Snakes Way 
2007 Nuclear Blast

The Snake And The Way Into Sea video Dysnomia A-Part Of God Undertaker Bastard-O The Third Flame Just Signs Truth Drudgery In Sane World Spiritual

Jukka Pelkonen Markus Vanhala Harri Pikka Janne Markkanen Aapo Koivisto Jarmo Pikka

Reviews:   Chronicles Of Chaos  Sea Of Tranquility  Lords Of Metal 

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The Redshift 
2008

Nail A Shadowkey Chameleon Skin No Breaking Point The Return Shapes And Shades The Redshifter Greeneyes The Second Flame Song For December Distant Light Highway

Jukka Pelkonen Markus Vanhala Harri Pikka Eerik Purdon Aapo Koivisto Jarmo Pikka

Reviews:   Chronicles Of Chaos  Sea Of Tranquility  Metal Observer 

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New World Shadows 
2011 Lifeforce

Everfields () Ego () New World Shadows () Soul Journeys () Nova Flame () An Infinite Mind () Watcher Of The Skies () The Distance () Deep Cold () Everfields Ego New World Shadows Soul Journeys Nova Flame An Infinite Mind Watcher Of The Skies The Distance Deep Cold [view lyrics

Jukka Pelkonen Markus Vanhala Toni Mäki Aapo Koivisto Jarmo Pikka

Reviews:   Sea Of Tranquility  Metal Review  Lords Of Metal  Metal Underground  Metal Observer  Angry Metal Guy 

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Beyond 
2013 Lifeforce

Luoto New Dynamic In the Rim Nightwalkers Formidable The Sonic Sign Who Could Say The Unknowing Living in Me White Palace

Jukka Pelkonen Markus Vanhala Joonas Koto Erkki Silvennoinen Aapo Koivisto Jarmo Pikka