Sinergy

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Sinergy
The band Sinergy, in the "Suicide By My Side" line-up
Background information
Origin	Finland
Genre(s)	Power/Speed metal
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	Nuclear Blast
Members
Kimberly Goss Alexi Laiho Roope Latvala Lauri Porra Janne Parviainen
Former members
Jesper Strömblad Sharlee D'Angelo Marco Hietala Ronny Milianowicz Tommi Lillman

Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland.

1 Biography
2 Line-up
- 2.1 Former members
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
4 External links

[edit] Biography

The initial idea of assembling Sinergy originated when the then Dimmu Borgir keyboard player Kimberly Goss met with In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad during a European tour. They discussed the idea of assembling a female-fronted metal band, but due to time constraints and other band obligations they were unable to take the idea much further.

When Kimberly's session work with Dimmu Borgir came to an end, she moved to Sweden and decided that it was time to turn her project with Strömblad into a reality. The first incarnation of Sinergy was composed by them, bassist Sharlee D’Angelo (from Arch Enemy and Mercyful Fate), drummer Ronny Milianowicz and by the then unknown guitarist Alexi Laiho (from Children of Bodom).

The debut album Beware the Heavens was released in 1999 and had a basic concept: returning to the essence of woman-fronted metal bands, leaving aside the operatic elements introduced in the 1990s and bringing back the style of old school singers such as Doro Pesch (from Warlock).

The album sold rather well and was received warmly by European metal fans, but Sinergy was facing serious problems when it came to managing the time its members spent with their main bands. To complicate matters further, Kimberly moved to Finland by the end of the same year, making it almost impossible for them to meet regularly, being that three of the band members lived in Sweden.

Thus, the band was essentially dissolved, but Kimberly and Alexi wanted to continue with the project. In order to accomplish that, they assembled a new line-up, composed of Finnish members only. Roope Latvala (founding member of Stone, one of the bands which started the heavy metal music movement in Finland) assumed the position of rhythm guitarist, Marco Hietala (from Nightwish and Tarot) became the bassist and Tonmi Lillman (ex-To/Die/For) was chosen as the new drummer. This line-up recorded To Hell and Back and subsequently toured with Nightwish. By that time, Sinergy was starting to receive world recognition. This tour is perhaps most notable for being included on Nightwish's DVD release From Wishes to Eternity. A memorable moment from the DVD was when a practical joke was made by the members of Sinergy, as they made their way on stage pretending to be Nightwish. Ironically, Marco Hietala filled the role of Nightwish's bassist Sami, who he was to replace on their next album.

Some would argue that Sinergy would only assume their true identity with the recording of the album Suicide By My Side. Kimberly dropped the use of lighter - more typically feminine - vocals and switched to a rougher and more impacting style which she would use from then on, including on her guest participations in the recordings of the band Warmen.

Soon after the release of the third album, Lillman was replaced by ex-Waltari drummer Janne Parviainen(also with Ensiferum). Sinergy currently plans the release of their fourth album sometime in 2007 [1].