Atrum Materia is a vintage metal band from Helsinki, Finland. We play the classic songs of Deep Purple, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Uriah Heep, Whitesnake etc.
Band name
Atrum Materia, what the hell is that? Well, my son, most of the matter and energy in the entire Universe is invisible. This missing mass is called dark matter or atrum materia in Latin. You don’t know where it is or what it is, but the scientists have calculated that it’s got to be there somewhere. The physicist of our band, Juha (PhD), came up with the idea that the missing dark energy of the Universum is here, in our band. Where exactly, I’m not sure – it might be in his insanely loud subwoofer, I guess.
Band history
The band was founded as a therapy project for Timo, Juha and Mikko (ex-drummer) in 2007. After experimenting with various singers the band called Pasi in on May 28, 2008.
Dio-oriented Pasi shifted the band’s musical repertoire from progressive old school metal into more melodical classic metal and hard rock with emphasis on powerful vocals.
Busy attorney Mikko had to leave the band in the beginning of 2009, and Niko walked in on April 22, 2009. He was perfectly comfortable with all the material the guys were playing and was hungry for more.
The band’s working title “Dark Sunday” was changed to “Atrum Materia” on June 24, 2009.
The band has tried out several hammond players to complete the classic metal band sound. Ahmed, a.k.a. Kari, showed up in June 2009. He really added to the Purple sound, but had to leave the band because of moving his residence too far away from us. Another very good keyboard player Make joined the band in February 2010 and quit after the gig in May 2010. Fortunately we are glad to have Timo K. with us now since March 2011.
The band did its first gig at the Paino Bar, Helsinki, on Sep 2009. Since then we’ve been playing in Helsinki, Lappeenranta and Vimpeli, and we’re always looking for new venues to conquer.
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