Anne Marjanna Nurmi (born 22 August 1968) is a Finnish singer, composer and
keyboard player who is a member of the band
Lacrimosa. She lives in Switzerland.
Nurmi was born in
Tampere. In her youth she sang in church choirs and began playing keyboards. Nurmi is a
contralto singer.
In 1987, Nurmi and a singer named Jyrki started a
gothic rock
Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie a ...
band called ''Noidat'' ( fi, The Witches). In 1989, two more members, Nauku and Toby, joined the band. The band then changed its name to ''Two Witches'' and started writing its lyrics in
English.
In 1993,
Two Witches
Two Witches is a gothic rock band from Finland, formed in 1987. As with several other late 1980s bands (like Dream Theater and Nosferatu), Two Witches started basing the main part of their appearances and lyrics on vampiric imagery. The group wa ...
toured together with Lacrimosa, where Anne met the
German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
-born musician
Tilo Wolff
Tilo Wolff (born 10 July 1972) is a German musician and artist. He was born in Frankfurt am Main and currently lives in Switzerland.
His longest-running project is the band Lacrimosa, which since its debut in 1990 has produced 11 albums. The b ...
. Tilo was so fascinated by Anne's voice that he invited her to join his project and so Anne became a member of Lacrimosa in 1993.
Discography
Lacrimosa albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
References
External links
Lacrimosa
1968 births
Living people
musicians from Tampere
Women heavy metal singers
21st-century Finnish women singers
Finnish heavy metal singers
Finnish keyboardists
Finnish expatriates in Switzerland
Finnish expatriates in Germany
20th-century Finnish women singers
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