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Omnium Gatherum - New Video Online
"Soul Journeys", the new video from Finnish melodic death metal band Omnium Gatherum has been posted online and can now be watched below. "Soul Journeys" comes off the band's upcoming album, New World Shadows, hitting stores in early February. More New World Shadows album details are available here.
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| Source: | omniumgatherum.org |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum - New Album Details
Finnish metallers Omnium Gatherum will release their forthcoming album, New World Shadows, via Lifeforce Records on the following dates:
Germany, Austria, Switzerland: February 4, 2011
Sweden, Finland, Hungary: February 9, 2011
Rest Of Europe: February 7, 2011
North America: March 1, 2011
The album was recorded at Astia Studios in Lappeenranta, Finland with Teemu Aalto, and was mixed and mastered at Unisound Studio in Örebro, Sweden by Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Hail Of Bullets, Novembers Doom).
New World Shadows cover art] tracklist:
01. Everfields
02. Ego
03. New World Shadows
04. Soul Journeys
05. Nova Flame
06. An Infinite Mind
07. Watcher Of The Skies
08. The Distance
09. Deep Cold
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Germany, Austria, Switzerland: February 4, 2011
Sweden, Finland, Hungary: February 9, 2011
Rest Of Europe: February 7, 2011
North America: March 1, 2011
The album was recorded at Astia Studios in Lappeenranta, Finland with Teemu Aalto, and was mixed and mastered at Unisound Studio in Örebro, Sweden by Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Hail Of Bullets, Novembers Doom).
New World Shadows cover art] tracklist:
01. Everfields
02. Ego
03. New World Shadows
04. Soul Journeys
05. Nova Flame
06. An Infinite Mind
07. Watcher Of The Skies
08. The Distance
09. Deep Cold
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| Source: | lifeforcerecords.com |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum - Guitarist Leaves The Band
After 13 years of service, guitarist Harri Pikka (also in Total Devastation) has fled left melodic death metal outfit Omnium Gatherum. The band issued the following explanation:
"We're really sorry to announce that Harri Pikka has silently decided to flee the Omnium Gatherum crew after 13 years of solid service. We don't know his exact reasons for this but maybe someday mr. Mystery Man will tell 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!"
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"We're really sorry to announce that Harri Pikka has silently decided to flee the Omnium Gatherum crew after 13 years of solid service. We don't know his exact reasons for this but maybe someday mr. Mystery Man will tell 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!"
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| Source: | blogs.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum - Sign To Lifeforce Records
Finnish melodic death metallers Omnium Gatherum have signed a deal with Lifeforce Records. The band will enter the studio this month to record their fifth album and an early 2011 release is expected. The band issued the following statement:
"We're very pleased to announce that Omnium Gatherum is now a part of the Lifeforce Records family. After a lot of consideration and negotiating with many parties, we came to a conclusion that Lifeforce is the way to go! They've been showing the right kind of interest in us for some time now and it seems that they have the same honest attitude towards music and mayhem as we do.
The material for the 5th Omnium Gatherum masterpiece is now almost finished and we're ready and 100% confident to hit the studio in the end of August. This time we've really put a lot of time and effort on the pre-production of the stuff. It's going to be an epic and massive attack of ever flowing stream of Finnish "melodic death metal", straight from the souls of black.
The album will be out early spring 2011 and before that the Omnium Gatherum crew will escape from the studio and tour Finland with Dark Tranquillity."
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"We're very pleased to announce that Omnium Gatherum is now a part of the Lifeforce Records family. After a lot of consideration and negotiating with many parties, we came to a conclusion that Lifeforce is the way to go! They've been showing the right kind of interest in us for some time now and it seems that they have the same honest attitude towards music and mayhem as we do.
The material for the 5th Omnium Gatherum masterpiece is now almost finished and we're ready and 100% confident to hit the studio in the end of August. This time we've really put a lot of time and effort on the pre-production of the stuff. It's going to be an epic and massive attack of ever flowing stream of Finnish "melodic death metal", straight from the souls of black.
The album will be out early spring 2011 and before that the Omnium Gatherum crew will escape from the studio and tour Finland with Dark Tranquillity."
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| Source: | lifeforcerecords.com |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Shear - New Project Feat. Imperanon, Amoral, Omnium Gatherum Members
Shear is the new female-fronted Helsinki-based six piece metal act. The members of Shear have played in many familiar metal bands such as Amoral, Omnium Gatherum, Imperanon, Elenium and Crystal Blaze, who won the Finnish Wacken Metal Battle in 2007.
The first release of Shear is entitled In Solitude. The four track EP was recorded in Autumn of 2009 and mastered at Chartmakers studios. The title track "In Solitude" and a sample collection of all four songs can be listened to on the band's MySpace profile.
The complete line-up of Shear is as follows:
Alexa Leroux - vocals
Mikael Grönroos (Crystal Blaze) - guitar
Lauri Koskenniemi (Elenium, ex-Imperanon) - guitar
Eerik Purdon (Crystal Blaze, ex-Omnium Gatherum, live Amoral) - bass
Lari Sorvo (Iconofear, Crystal Blaze) - keyboards
Juhana Karlsson (Amoral, Crystal Blaze, live Elenium) - drums
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The first release of Shear is entitled In Solitude. The four track EP was recorded in Autumn of 2009 and mastered at Chartmakers studios. The title track "In Solitude" and a sample collection of all four songs can be listened to on the band's MySpace profile.
The complete line-up of Shear is as follows:
Alexa Leroux - vocals
Mikael Grönroos (Crystal Blaze) - guitar
Lauri Koskenniemi (Elenium, ex-Imperanon) - guitar
Eerik Purdon (Crystal Blaze, ex-Omnium Gatherum, live Amoral) - bass
Lari Sorvo (Iconofear, Crystal Blaze) - keyboards
Juhana Karlsson (Amoral, Crystal Blaze, live Elenium) - drums
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| Source: | myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Shear |
Omnium Gatherum - Three New Songs Online
A new Omnium Gatherum track, called "Nail" is available for streaming through the band's official MySpace page. An E-card for "The Redshift" album is available at this location, which has the tracks "Shadowkey" and "The Redshifter". The album is scheduled to be released on 22 September in Europe and 14 October in the U.S. via Candlelight Records.
Album tracklisting cover]:
01. Nail
02. A Shadowkey
03. Chameleon Skin
04. No Breaking Point
05. The Return
06. Shapes And Shades
07. The Redshifter
08. Greeneyes
09. The Second Flame
10. Song For December
11. Distant Light Highway
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Album tracklisting cover]:
01. Nail
02. A Shadowkey
03. Chameleon Skin
04. No Breaking Point
05. The Return
06. Shapes And Shades
07. The Redshifter
08. Greeneyes
09. The Second Flame
10. Song For December
11. Distant Light Highway
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| Source: | blog.myspace.com |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum - Part Ways With Bassist
Omnium Gatherum have issued the following update:
"Shit happens again and we found ourselves again losing the bass player somewhere out in space. Eerik really surprised us all and decided to left the band this soon. No drama, no fights, no-thing, as we ain´t got a clue really whatta hell happened here! So - all the decent basstard candidates feel free to contact us on this case (ogatherum gmail com)!
However, this won´t affect in any way to our autumn touring and all the booked gigs and the european tour will be made & played..."
"Shit happens again and we found ourselves again losing the bass player somewhere out in space. Eerik really surprised us all and decided to left the band this soon. No drama, no fights, no-thing, as we ain´t got a clue really whatta hell happened here! So - all the decent basstard candidates feel free to contact us on this case (ogatherum gmail com)!
However, this won´t affect in any way to our autumn touring and all the booked gigs and the european tour will be made & played..."
| Source: | omniumgatherum.org |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum - New Album Update
Finnish metallers Omnium Gatherum have issued the following update:
"The new 4th Omnium Gatherum album, titled "The Redshift", is now ready 'n' willing and mixed 'n' mastered. ...And it´s rocking like never before! We´re very satisfied and proud of this work and this is a big leap to the next level!
"The Redshift" tracklisting:
01. Nail
02. A Shadowkey
03. Chameleon Skin
04. No Breaking Point
05. The Return
06. Shapes And Shades
07. The Redshifter
08. Greeneyes
09. The Second Flame
10. Song For December
11. Distant Light Highway
More info about the album & release date soon - Stay tuned!"
Here´s what the mixing/mastering wizard Dan The Man Swanö himself (Unisound Studio) said about this new album: "I hate bands like Omnium Gatherum, they are so good it pisses me off!!! Their fine blend of melody and aggression is so good I actually thought about stealing the record and release it as my own. You won´t find a better album in years."
"The new 4th Omnium Gatherum album, titled "The Redshift", is now ready 'n' willing and mixed 'n' mastered. ...And it´s rocking like never before! We´re very satisfied and proud of this work and this is a big leap to the next level!
"The Redshift" tracklisting:
01. Nail
02. A Shadowkey
03. Chameleon Skin
04. No Breaking Point
05. The Return
06. Shapes And Shades
07. The Redshifter
08. Greeneyes
09. The Second Flame
10. Song For December
11. Distant Light Highway
More info about the album & release date soon - Stay tuned!"
Here´s what the mixing/mastering wizard Dan The Man Swanö himself (Unisound Studio) said about this new album: "I hate bands like Omnium Gatherum, they are so good it pisses me off!!! Their fine blend of melody and aggression is so good I actually thought about stealing the record and release it as my own. You won´t find a better album in years."
| Source: | omniumgatherum.org |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum - New Album This Year
Finnish Melodic Death Metallers Omnium Gatherum have issued the following update:
"OG will begin to record the 4th magnum opus extravaganza in March and this time the album will be done in three different studios; recordings will be done at Sound Supreme Studios by Janne Saksa and at SouthEastSounds by Teemu Aalto and the mixing and mastering will be done at legendary Unisound Studio at Örebro, Sweden by Dan Swanö (Nightingale, ex-Edge Of Sanity, ex-Bloodbath etc.) who´ve produced the albums for Opeth, Katatonia and Dissection for example. So, we could say that we´re really enthusiastic about this, surprise!
First time the album composing process have been really easy task and this pure fresh spirit can really be heard from the songs. The next level have been entered, so beware folks - autumn 2008 will be time for THE OG INVASION!"
In other news the band have posted the following: "Evile have cancelled "The Great British Fiction Tour" and this means that OG will be the main support act and are playing just before Dark Tranquillity - which means a little bit longer set list! Evile will be compensated with local opening acts. See ya in UK!!"
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"OG will begin to record the 4th magnum opus extravaganza in March and this time the album will be done in three different studios; recordings will be done at Sound Supreme Studios by Janne Saksa and at SouthEastSounds by Teemu Aalto and the mixing and mastering will be done at legendary Unisound Studio at Örebro, Sweden by Dan Swanö (Nightingale, ex-Edge Of Sanity, ex-Bloodbath etc.) who´ve produced the albums for Opeth, Katatonia and Dissection for example. So, we could say that we´re really enthusiastic about this, surprise!
First time the album composing process have been really easy task and this pure fresh spirit can really be heard from the songs. The next level have been entered, so beware folks - autumn 2008 will be time for THE OG INVASION!"
In other news the band have posted the following: "Evile have cancelled "The Great British Fiction Tour" and this means that OG will be the main support act and are playing just before Dark Tranquillity - which means a little bit longer set list! Evile will be compensated with local opening acts. See ya in UK!!"
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| Source: | omniumgatherum.org |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
| Event: | Dark Tranquillity: UK Tour |
Omnium Gatherum - Part Ways With Bassist, Announce Replacement
The following update was posted on Omnium Gatherum's official website:
"We´re sad to inform that our long-time bass player for 10 years Janne Markkanen has decided to step aside from OG crew due to his lack of time and motivation for this type of music. There´s none bad blood between us and of course we wish him best of luck for whatever he is doing from now on.
Good news are that we have new fresh motivated blood in the crew as Eerik Purdon is our new bassist from now on and he´ll be looking after to create some demonic bottom pulse and groove to our noise. Eerik have been our good friend for some time and he also helped us and played bass on Omnium Gatherum's Summer Blast Fest Spain / Portugal -tour in June 2007 when Janne was unavailable to do the shows and the dude really showed his infernal talents and Omnium Gatherum attitude there! Eerik also plays in Crystal Blaze and he was acting session bassist in Amoral for their latest Finnish shows."
Janne's statement: "Thanks to everybody, Omnium Gatherum-dudes, other bands and fans for great times during these years. I really felt that it was time for me to step aside, and let someone with more enthusiasm to take my place. Eerik is a real bad-ass player and great dude, so be prepared for some major ass-kicking Omnium Gatherum material!"
"We´re sad to inform that our long-time bass player for 10 years Janne Markkanen has decided to step aside from OG crew due to his lack of time and motivation for this type of music. There´s none bad blood between us and of course we wish him best of luck for whatever he is doing from now on.
Good news are that we have new fresh motivated blood in the crew as Eerik Purdon is our new bassist from now on and he´ll be looking after to create some demonic bottom pulse and groove to our noise. Eerik have been our good friend for some time and he also helped us and played bass on Omnium Gatherum's Summer Blast Fest Spain / Portugal -tour in June 2007 when Janne was unavailable to do the shows and the dude really showed his infernal talents and Omnium Gatherum attitude there! Eerik also plays in Crystal Blaze and he was acting session bassist in Amoral for their latest Finnish shows."
Janne's statement: "Thanks to everybody, Omnium Gatherum-dudes, other bands and fans for great times during these years. I really felt that it was time for me to step aside, and let someone with more enthusiasm to take my place. Eerik is a real bad-ass player and great dude, so be prepared for some major ass-kicking Omnium Gatherum material!"
| Source: | omniumgatherum.org |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum - New Album Completed, Video Of Recording
Finnish death metallers Omnium Gatherum have posted an eight-minute video clip documenting the recording sessions for the group's new album, "Stuck Here on Snake's Way". Due on April 2 via Candlelight Records, the CD was recorded during November-December 2006 at Southeast Studios in Karhula, Finland with producer Teemu Aalto. Watch the clip at this location.
"Stuck Here on Snake's Way" track listing:
01. The Snake and The Way
02. Into Sea
03. Dysnomia
04. A-Part of God
05. Undertaker
06. Bastard-O
07. The Third Flame
08. Just Signs
09. Truth
10. Drudgery
11. In Sane World
12. Spiritual
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"Stuck Here on Snake's Way" track listing:
01. The Snake and The Way
02. Into Sea
03. Dysnomia
04. A-Part of God
05. Undertaker
06. Bastard-O
07. The Third Flame
08. Just Signs
09. Truth
10. Drudgery
11. In Sane World
12. Spiritual
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| Source: | omniumgatherum.org |
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |
Omnium Gatherum Complete Work On New Album
Finnish melo-death metallers OMNIUM GATHERUM have completed work on their sophomore album, "Fall Grave Silence", tentatively due in October/Novemeber through Rage Of Achilles Records.
The follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed "Spirits and August Light" was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Nino Laurenne and engineer Teemu Aalto. The mastering sessions will take place at Finnvox studios in Helsinki.
"Fall Grave Silence" tentative track listing:
01. The Fall Went Right Through Here
02. Misanthropic (Let the Crown Fall)
03. Bereavement
04. No Moon & No Queen
05. Gravesilence
06. It's a Long Night
07. The Nolan's Fati
08. Black Seas Cry
09. More Withering
10. Auguries Gone
OMNIUM GATHERUM have previously described the new material as "more of that old-school (melo)death ? groovier and heavier ? not that trendy-pop-death-metal-crap that's extruding everywhere."
The follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed "Spirits and August Light" was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki, Finland with producer Nino Laurenne and engineer Teemu Aalto. The mastering sessions will take place at Finnvox studios in Helsinki.
"Fall Grave Silence" tentative track listing:
01. The Fall Went Right Through Here
02. Misanthropic (Let the Crown Fall)
03. Bereavement
04. No Moon & No Queen
05. Gravesilence
06. It's a Long Night
07. The Nolan's Fati
08. Black Seas Cry
09. More Withering
10. Auguries Gone
OMNIUM GATHERUM have previously described the new material as "more of that old-school (melo)death ? groovier and heavier ? not that trendy-pop-death-metal-crap that's extruding everywhere."
| Band profile: | Omnium Gatherum |