Omega Lithium
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Omega Lithium | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Umag, Croatia |
Genres | Industrial metal, gothic metal, alternative metal |
Years active | 2007–2011 |
Labels | Drakkar Entertainment Sony BMG Artoffact Records |
Members | Mya Mortensen Malice Rime Zoltan Harpax Torsten Nihill |
Omega Lithium was a Croatian industrial metal band. The band was formed in 2007 and is signed to Drakkar Entertainment, a part of Sony BMG.[1] The band's debut album, Dreams in Formaline, was released on 18 September 2009.
Career
The first single from the debut album was Stigmata. The single was played on the MTV rock chart [2][3] and peaked to the 4 place on the MTV Adria Rock chart, receiving a constant airplay for more than 2 months. The video appeared on other European and worldwide TV stations in their daily charts.
On YouTube Stigmata received more than a quarter of a million views, which is the highest viewing number for a debut song in this genre.
The band toured with the German folk metal band Subway to Sally on their "Kreuzfeuer" tour from 18 to 30 December 2009.
They headlined the 2nd stage on Metal Camp 2010, appeared on Wave Gothic Treffen and concluded the Dreams in Formaline tour with a performance on Metal Female Voices Fest 2010.[4] On 26 February 2010 they announced that a North American version of the debut album Dreams in Formaline will be released by Artoffact Records on 6 April and will include a bonus track.
The band released their second album Kinetik in 2011 via Drakkar Entertainment/Sony Music. It was recorded in Horus Studio in Hannover and was co-produced by the band's guitarist Malice Rime, and produced by Žare Pak. The band disbanded in 2011. Afterwards Marko Matijević Sekul (Malice Rime) and Zoltan Lečei (Zoltan Harpax) went on to form industrial folk metal band Manntra,[5] while Teodor Klaj (Torsten Nihill) joined Croatian death/thrash metal band Monox.[6]
Awards
They were awarded as "Newcomer of the year 2009" by Zillo (one of the leading German's alternative music magazines).[7]
They were also awarded as "Newcomer of the year 2009" on Sonic Seducer (Also one of the German's leading alternative music magazines) [8]
Lineup
Final lineup
- Mya Mortensen – Vocals (2008-2011)
- Malice Rime – Guitars, Synthesizers, Backing Vocals (2007-2011)
- Zoltan Harpax – Bass, Lyrics (2007-2011)
- Torsten Nihill – Drums, Percussions (2007-2011)
Former members
- Andrea Zuppani – Vocals (2007-2008) [9]
Discography
Albums
- Andromeda (EP) (2007)
- Dreams in Formaline (2009)
- Colossus (digital single) (2011)
- Kinetik (2011)
References
- ^ "Drakkar Entertainment GmbH | | OMEGA LITHIUM | NEWS | 2011". Drakkar.de. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ^ [1] Archived February 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Featured Content on Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ^ [2] Archived February 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nije lako dobiti vlastitu publiku i to treba stalno održavati". Glas-slavonije.hr. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ [3] [dead link ]
- ^ [4] Archived January 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Featured Content on Myspace". Blogs.myspace.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2017-08-30.
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