Tomi Koivusaari (born 11 April 1973) is the current rhythm guitarist and former vocalist of the

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Amorphis Amorphis is a Finnish heavy metal band founded by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari, and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but on later albums they evolved into playing other genres, including progressive metal, an ...

. He started playing at the age of 12, his first band was Violent Solution formed in 1987, with him on guitars and vocals,

Esa Holopainen Esa Holopainen (born 1 October 1972) is a Finnish musician, currently the main songwriter, occasional lyricist, founding member and lead guitarist of the Finnish metal band Amorphis. He is one out the two longest standing members of the band (t ...

on guitars and Jan Rechberger on drums. The band played thrash metal, recorded a demo and an EP. He also formed a death/doom band called

Abhorrence Abhorrence is a Finnish death metal band originally formed in 1989. History Abhorrence was formed in early 1989 by guitarists Tomi Koivusaari (of Violent Solution and Amorphis) and Kalle Mattsson, vocalist Jukka Kolehmainen and bassist Juss ...

in 1989, and recorded a demo and an EP. Both bands broke up in 1990, but Tomi was not a member of Violent Solution since he formed Abhorrence. In 1990, Tomi was hired to be in

. In 2006, Tomi was briefly in the band '' Ajattara'', under the name "Samuel Lempo".

Discography

With Violent Solution

* ''Paralysis / Individual Nightmare'' (1990) * ''Period of Depression'' (1990)

With Abhorrence

* ''Vulgar Necrolatry'' (1990) * ''Abhorrence'' (1990)

With Amorphis

* ''Disment of Soul'' (demo, 1991) * ''Amorphis'' (single, 1991) * '' The Karelian Isthmus'' (album, 1992) * ''Privilege of Evil'' (EP, 1993) * ''

Tales from the Thousand Lakes ''Tales from the Thousand Lakes'' is the second full-length album by doom metal band Amorphis. It is a concept album, the lyrics are based on the Finnish national epic, ''Kalevala''. While still predominantly melodic death metal and gothic ...

'' (album, 1994) * '' Black Winter Day'' (EP, 1995) * ''

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'' (album, 1996) * '' My Kantele'' (EP, 1997) * ''Isle of Joy'' (bootleg, 1997) * "Divinity / Northern Lights" (single, 1999) * ''

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'' (album, 1999) * '' Story - 10th Anniversary'' (compilation, 2000) * ''Alone'' (single, 2001) * ''

Am Universum ''Am Universum'' is the fifth album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. This album was a departure from the doom/stoner metal influence on their previous album, ''Tuonela'', featuring more of a vocal-driven hard rock sound. This is the first ...

'' (album, 2001) * ''

Far from the Sun ''Far from the Sun'' is the sixth studio album by Finnish heavy metal band Amorphis. It was the first album to feature drummer Jan Rechberger since 1994's ''Tales from the Thousand Lakes'', replacing Pekka Kasari who had quit the band to spend ...

'' (album, 2003) * ''Day of Your Beliefs'' (single, 2003) * ''Evil Inside'' (single, 2003) * ''

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(best-of compilation, 2003) * ''Relapse Singles Series Vol. 4.'' (split (where Amorphis appears with the self-titled single), 2004) * "House of Sleep" (single, 2006) * ''

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'' (album, 2006) * "The Smoke" (single, 2006) * '' Silent Waters'' (album, 2007) * "Silver Bride" (single, 2009) * ''

Skyforger Skyforger is a heavy metal band from Latvia which was formed in 1995 out of the remains of doom metal band Grindmaster Dead. Musical style and lyrical themes Most of their songs are about Baltic mythology and warfare; they also play Latvia ...

'' (album, 2009) * '' Magic & Mayhem - Tales from the Early Years'' (compilation, 2010) * "You I Need" (single, 2011) * ''

The Beginning of Times ''The Beginning of Times'' is the tenth studio album by Finnish metal band Amorphis, released on 25 May 2011 in Finland, 27 May in Europe and 7 June in the United States. Like previous Amorphis albums, ''The Beginning of Times'', is a concept alb ...

'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Under the Red Cloud'' (2015) * '' Queen of Time'' (2018) * ''Halo'' (2022)

With Ajattara

* '' Äpäre'' (album, 2006)

References

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