Altaria (band)
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| Altaria | |
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| Origin | Jakobstad, Finland |
| Genres | Power Metal |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | Metal Heaven |
| Website | Altaria |
| Members | |
| Marco Lupenero Juha Pekka Alanen Petri Aho Tony Smedjebacka |
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| Past members | |
| Johan Mattjus Jouni Nikula Emppu Vuorinen Jani Liimatainen Taage Laiho Marko Pukkila |
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Altaria is a power metal band from Jakobstad, Finland, who have released four albums on the record label Metal Heaven and a fifth on Escape Music.
In January 2008, the band decided to part ways with their record label Metal Heaven for undisclosed reasons. In the same month, bass player Marko Pukkila parted ways with the band after an argument concerning the split with Metal Heaven, and was replaced by Ex-Terrorwheel bass player, and current Altaria vocalist, Marco Lupenero. This means that the only original member still active with Altaria is Tony Smedjebacka.
Towards the later part of 2008 the band announced on their website that they were in the process of writing songs for their fifth (fourth full) studio album. In March 2009, they stated that they had finished recording 12 tracks for their upcoming release. The title had yet to be confirmed, but one track had already been completed, entitled "Pride and Desire". Altaria's fifth studio album, Unholy, was released in May, 2009.
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[edit] Members
[edit] Current
- Marco Lupenero - Vocals, Bass (2006–Present)
- Juha Pekka Alanen – Guitar (2005–present) (formerly Celesty)
- Petri Aho – Guitar (2004 (live), 2006–present) (formerly Terrorwheel)
- Tony Smedjebacka – Drums (2000–present)
[edit] Former
- Johan Mattjus – Vocals (2000–2001)
- Jouni Nikula – Vocals (2002–2003) (also Requiem)
- Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen – Guitars (2002–2004) (also Nightwish)
- Jani Liimatainen – Guitars, keyboards (2000–2005) (formerly Sonata Arctica)
- Taage Laiho – Vocals (2003–2006) (also Kilpi)
- Marko Pukkila – Bass guitar (2000–2008)
[edit] Discography
- Sleeping Visions (2001 demo)
- Feed The Fire (2002 demo)
- Invitation (Metal Heaven, 2003)
- Divinity (Metal Heaven, 2004)
- The Fallen Empire (Metal Heaven, 2006)
- Divine Invitation (2007)
- Unholy (Escape Music, 2009)
[edit] External links
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