Wikipedia:Omniavatar

Omniavatar is a progressive metal band formed in 2008. They have released two albums – "United Earth" and "Ego Death" – which are characterized by a number of musical genres such as progressive metal, black metal, ambient music, symphonic metal and speed metal.

History
Timo Komulainen founded Omniavatar as he began writing the story of "United Earth" in December 2008. He had used the idea of composing music based on a story with his first solo album "Antediluvian Hunger".

As the compositional process of "United Earth" was completed at the end of 2009, Timo started recruiting musicians to bring his vision to life. Mikko Virtala (ex-Funeris Nocturnum) quickly proved himself to be the drummer of choice, being able to handle the wide range of styles Omniavatar represents. Mikko introduced Timo to Erno Korpelainen, who was chosen to handle most of the recording, mixing and mastering of the album.

The recording of "United Earth" began with drums at Studio Musica in June 2009. Soon after the guitars were recorded at the home studio of Erno, followed vocals. Johanna Vakkuri (ex-Ensiferum) lent her voice to Suzana, a female character in the story. The recordings were followed by several months of mixing and mastering.

"United Earth" was released on 30 October 2010. While received with some publicity, it suffered from lack of promotion. The line-up never became a full line-up capable of live performances and disbanded.

In 2015, Timo Komulainen formed a new line-up consisting of himself, Kimmo Pitkänen, Harri Moilanen and Pauliina Renholm. They began to work on Omniavatar's second album "Ego Death", which was published in December of 2016.

Band members

 * Current members
 * Timo Komulainen – lead vocals, guitars (2008–present)
 * Kimmo Pitkänen – bass (2015–present)
 * Harri Moilanen – guitars (2015–present)
 * Pauliina Renholm – vocals (2015–present)


 * Former members
 * Mikko Virtala – drums (2009–2011)
 * Erno Korpelainen – recording, mixing, mastering (2010–2011)
 * Johanna Vakkuri – vocals (2010–2011)
 * Miguel Arcángel Fraticelli – drums (2012–2012)

Discography

 * United Earth (2010)
 * Ego Death (2016)