Sinergy (band)

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Sinergy
General information
Genre (s) Power Metal , Melodic Death Metal
founding 1997
resolution 2004 or later
Founding members
Kimberly Goss
Alexi Laiho
guitar
 Jesper Strömblad (until 1999)
Sharlee D'Angelo (until 1999)
Ronny Milianowicz (until 1999)
Last occupation
singing
 Kimberly Goss
guitar
 Alexi Laiho
guitar
 Roope Latvala (from 1999)
bass
 Lauri Porra (from 2002)
Drums
 Janne Parviainen (from 2002)
former members
Bass, vocals
 Marco Hietala (1999-2002)
Drums
 Tonmi Lillman (1999-2001)
Drums
 Mats Karlsson (2001)
Erna Siikavirta (1999)

Sinergy was a Scandinavian power metal band with melodic death metal influences that was founded in Sweden , but had since moved to Finland .

history

Kimberly Goss formed the band Sinergy in 1997. In the years before, she played keyboard with Dimmu Borgir, among others . Additional members Jesper Strömblad ( In Flames ), Alexi Laiho ( Children of Bodom ), Sharlee D'Angelo ( Arch Enemy ) and Ronny Milianowicz of the founding members. The debut album Beware the Heavens recorded with this line-up was accepted by the masses on a successful tour through Japan in 1999 . Then the band introduced a new line-up, which, in addition to Kimberly Goss and Alexi Laiho, consisted of Roope Latvala (main band Waltari , since 2003 also with Children of Bodom), Marco Hietala ( Tarot ) and Tonmi Lillman ( To / Die / For ). The reason for this was that the previous members lived in two countries and were also tied to their main bands, which made songwriting and rehearsals a problem.

Since the new members also played in other bands, they had to promise to keep Sinergy serious and lasting. This was followed by a European tour and in 2000 the second album To Hell and Back with a promotional tour through Mexico and other countries. Just a year later, the third album was finished: Suicide by My Side . The album was the last with Tonmi Lillman - who then left the band. His successor was initially Mats Karlsson, then three months later Janne Parviainen. Then bassist Marco Hietala switched to Nightwish and was replaced by Lauri Porra. The band then began work on a fourth album called The Sins of the Past . In 2007 the band announced that a lot of the recorded material had disappeared, but the almost completed album could be released in 2008. In fact, however, the band broke up at an unknown point in time.

style

Within the Metal Hammer editorial team, there were different opinions about the style of the debut album. In the review written by Matthias Mineur it is said that it can be assigned to Melodic Power Metal and interspersed with classical quotes, while in a later overall editorial review there is talk of a strong Death Metal portion, which will only benefit from the successors traditional metal elements has declined. Daniel Böhm spoke of a “mixture of Children of Bodom and Hammerfall ” on the occasion of the release of To Hell and Back , which is now “less symphonic, but with a much more pronounced eighties vibe”. And Goss is a "mixture of Lita Ford and Michael Sweet ". Andreas Stappert from Rock Hard said she looked “like a metal queen of the eighties”. The style of To Hell and Back is pure "Metal". With Suicide by My Side there was an "increase in heavy metal hardness", said Daniel Böhm in the Metal Hammer . Michael Edele from Laut.de and Götz Kühnemund from Rock Hard came up with the simple formula “Power Metal” , the latter still having Goss' “Power Vocals, which almost reach the level of Lee Aaron or Leather Leone ( Chastain ) at the best of times “Mentioned.

Contrary to the brilliant appearance of their front woman, the fellow musicians are experienced as "slightly cramped and somewhat stiff" or "rooted on the boards" during live performances.

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
To Hell and Back
  FI 29 28/2000 (2 weeks)
Suicide by My Side
  FI 11 02/2002 (4 weeks)
  • 1999: Beware the Heavens ( Nuclear Blast )
  • 2000: To Hell and Back (Nuclear Blast)
  • 2002: Suicide by My Side (Nuclear Blast)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Boris Kaiser: Sinergy. “It just had to kick my ass!” In: Rock Hard . No. 149 , October 1999, Smalltalk. In a nutshell, p. 65 .
  2. ↑ a b Sinergy. Laut.de biography. In: laut.de. Retrieved November 26, 2014 .
  3. ^ Andreas Stappert: Sinergy. Bitch with a killer instinct . In: Rock Hard . No. 159 , August 2000, p. 121 .
  4. ↑ News from the exchange bank . Sinergy. In: Rock Hard . No. 178 , March 2002, News, p. 12 .
  5. ↑ News from the exchange bank . Nightwish. In: Rock Hard . No. 176 , January 2002, News, p. 10 .
  6. ↑ Sinergy: 'Sins Of The Past' Update. ultimate-guitar.com, May 18, 2007, accessed November 25, 2014 .
  7. ↑ Children Of Bodom: 'Doing Stupid-Ass Covers Is One Of Our Favorite Hobbies'. ultimate-guitar.com, February 16, 2011, accessed November 25, 2014 .
  8. ^ Matthias Mineur: Sinergy. Beware the Heavens . In: Metal Hammer . July 1999, Reviews, p. 101 .
  9. ↑ The Hammer CD. Sinergy. I Spit on Your Grave . In: Metal Hammer . February 2000, p. 36 .
  10. ^ Daniel Bohm: Sinergy. To Hell and Back . In: Metal Hammer . July 2000, Reviews, p. 94 f .
  11. ^ Andreas Stappert: Sinergy. To Hell and Back . In: Rock Hard . No. 158 , July 2000, p. 96 .
  12. ^ Daniel Bohm: Sinergy. Suicide by My Side . In: Metal Hammer . January 2002, Reviews, p. 102 .
  13. ↑ Michael Edele: Sinergy. Suicide by my side. Laut.de criticism. Kimberly's singing differs refreshingly from all the eunuchs ... In: laut.de. Retrieved November 26, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Götz Kühnemund: Sinergy. Suicide by My Side . In: Rock Hard . No. 176 , January 2002, Dynamit, p. 100 .
  15. ^ Wolfgang Schäfer: Primal Fear, Metalium, Sinergy. Ludwigsburg, rock factory . In: Rock Hard . No. 150 , November 1999, Live… and dangerous, p. 152 .
  16. ^ Andreas Stappert: Nightwish, Sinergy, Eternal Tears of Sorrow. Bad Salzungen, Kallewerk . In: Rock Hard . No. 163 , December 2000, live… and dangerous, p. 142 f .
  17. ↑ Charts FI