Omnium Gatherum Interview

For their fourth full-length, the Finnish band Omnium Gatherum recruited Dan Swano (Opeth, Marduk, Nasum). The Redshift also features their first foray into melodic vocals. Guitarist Markus Vanhala gets us up to speed on OG’s newest release, his musical history, the Finnish metal scene and more.

Chad Bowar: How has the band’s sound evolved from Stuck Here On Snake’s Way to The Redshift?
Markus Vanhala: A lot, even there’s only about one year between the albums. We’ve been getting to know each other in the band better as we’ve been touring and rehearsing more, and so the unit is much more coherent now. And as this is the second album featuring Jukka on vocals, it was easier to do this second one as we already know in advance what is in the mind of the Jukka-guy and what we want from each other and what we can do together. The Redshift was much easier and more relaxed to compose and record than Stuck Here On Snake’s Way, and I’m sure it can be seen as a positive energy and freshness on the album. We’ve having a good time and we hope that you are too when you listen to this new album.

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(photo courtesy Candlelight Records)