History Music / OmniumGatherum

Pelkonen's much more deep {{Guttural Growler}} style helped push the direction of the music OG was putting out toward what it would end up being for most of their ensuing albums: deep, introspective pieces about human individuality, layered by very melodic and powerful riffs and beats, starting with ''[[NewSoundAlbum Stuck Here On Snake's Way]]'', and solidifying with ''The Redshift'' a year later. Their big break came from their next album, ''New World Shadows'', which was released to rave reviews and was considered a modern classic for the genre. Their most recent release is ''Origin'', which continues most of the themes and sound stylings of ''New World Shadows''.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Markus
** TheLancer: Jukka
** TheSmartGuy: Aapo
** TheBigGuy: Tuomo
** [[SixthRanger Fifth Ranger]]: Mikko

[[caption-width-right:350:{ }[[note]]From left to right: Markus, Jope, Jukke, Tuomo, Erkki, and Aapo[[/note]]]]

* Tuomo Latvala – drums (2016–present)

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs up to The Redshift stay around an 8 or a 9. Introspective mid-tempo songs (The Everfields, Deep Cold, The Unknowing, White Palace, Ophidian Sunrise) would be considered 7 despite not containing clean vocals. This is a rare occurrence in the industry because Jukka's death growls would easily place standard death metal songs into hardness 10+.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: A surprising number of their songs describe, or just outright ask the listener to get past outside criticism, look inward, and discover who they are and how they're important.

Omnium Gatherum is a {{Melodic Death Metal}} band that was formed in 1996 in Karhula, Finland. And has become something of a hidden gem of the genre ever since their first album, ''Spirits and Autumn Lights'' was released 7 years after said founding. From that point on, the band has sort of gone through a tonal shift from that initial album and the ensuing album ''Years In Waste'', which was spurred by the departure of the lead vocalist at the time, Antti Filppu and was replaced by Jukka Pelkonen.

Pelkonen's much more deep {{Guttural Growler}} style helped push the direction of the music OG was putting out toward what it would end up being for most of their ensuing albums: deep, introspective pieces about human individuality, layered by very melodic and powerful riffs and beats, starting with [[NewSoundAlbum ''Stuck Here On Snake's Way'']], and solidifying with ''The Redshift'' a year later. Their big break came from their next album, ''New World Shadows'', which was released to rave reviews and was considered a modern classic for the genre. Their most recent release is ''Origin'', which continues most of the themes and sound stylings of ''New World Shadows''.

Pelkonen's much more deep {{Guttural Growler}} style helped push the direction of the music OG was putting out toward what it would end up being for most of their ensuing albums: deep, introspective pieces about human individuality, layered by very melodic and powerful riffs and beats, starting with [[NewSoundAlbum ''Stuck Here On Snake's Way'']], and solidifying with ''The Redshift'' a year later. Their big break came from their next album, ''New World Shadows'', which was released to rave reviews and was considered an instant classic for the genre. Their most recent release is ''Beyond'', which continues most of the themes and some of the sound stylings of ''New World Shadows'', but even more epic in scale.

While many Melodeath bands don't often break out the lyrics about death and destruction, Omnium Gatherum seems to have taken an interesting inversion to the typical lyrics one might expect from a Death metal band. In fact, the [[LighterAndSofter band's lyrical content is actually quite optimistic, especially since the departure of Filppu.]] Most of their songs deal with emotion and how we deal with it, or how we react to certain situations in life.

They released a video for their single ''The Unknowing'' in 2013. ''Frontiers'' Got one in the wake of the release of ''Grey Heavens''

* Markus Vanhala – lead guitar (1996–present)

* Joonas "Jope" Koto – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2009–present)
* Erkki Silvennoinen – bass (2012–present)

* Jukka "J" Pelkonen – lead vocals (2006–present)
* Markus Vanhala – Lead guitars (1996–present)
* Joonas "Jope" Koto – Rhythm Guitars (2009–present)
* Erkki Silvennoinen – Bass Guitar (2012–present)
* Aapo Koivisto - Keyboards (2005-present)
* Jarmo Pikka – drums (1999–present)

* AltumVidetur: The band's name in latin means "A gathering of everything". Which doesn't exactly infer any particular person, intangible, or object. It's literally just a gathering of anything and everything.
* BilingualBonus: The band's name in latin as mentioned above, but it makes more sense when you find out that the band's lyrics are usually quite accepting of people's personal demons and their personal struggles, of which the band attempts to capture in it's music.

* ''The Burning Cold''

They released a video for their single ''The Unknowing'' in 2013.

They're also known for sharing a lead guitarist with {{Insomnium}}, and both fanbases are close enough that they sometimes call each other "Insomnium Gatherum".

* CoverVersion: ''Hanger 18'' from {{Megadeth}} on ''Spirits in August Light''.

* LyricalDissonance: The kings of it in Melodeath; While most of their songs are fairly hard hitting and seem sort of sad or emotional, all of their lyrics from ''The Redshift'' on are actually quite positive and uplifting.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Most of their songs stay around an 8 or a 9, it's very easy for them to slip down to about 4 or 5 with a quick change from harsh vocals to clean vocals.

* MohsScaleOfRockAndRollHardness: Most of their songs stay around an 8 or a 9, it's very easy for them to slip down to about 4 or 5 with a quick change from harsh vocals to clean vocals.

* CoverVersion: ''Hanger 18'' from [[Megadeth]] on ''Spirits in August Light''.

* FaceOfTheBand: Metal fans probably know the band's lead guitar player as the guitar player from Insomnium. Otherwise, it's usually Jukka, as the rest of the band doesn't often show up in music videos except for snippets here and there.