Kimberly Goss
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Kimberly Goss (born February 15, 1978, Los Angeles, California) is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish-based heavy metal band Sinergy.
[edit] Early life
She was born in Los Angeles to a Korean father and a German-American mother, who was a jazz singer. When she was a year old, her mother accepted a job offer to sing in Japan, where they went on to live for one year in the town of Kawasaki, near Tokyo. They moved back to Los Angeles in 1980 and eventually relocated to Chicago (her mother's birthplace), where Kimberly was raised for most of her childhood.
[edit] Career
Before starting her own band she sang and played keyboards for Norwegian black metal band Ancient from 1996 to 1997, and during those years was also the touring keyboard player for Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. She also played live keyboards for Dimmu Borgir, having toured with them throughout the world in support of their Enthrone Darkness Triumphant album. She did a European tour with Children of Bodom in 1998, playing keyboards for them to temporarily replace Janne Wirman while he was occupied with graduating from school. She was in a long term relationship with and eventually married guitarist Alexi Laiho (who plays lead guitar for both Sinergy and Children of Bodom), but the couple separated in 2003. Although no longer together, they still remain close friends and bandmates.
Goss started her career in music early, debuting as a singer for the underground band Avernus at the age of fifteen. She went on to write and publish her own underground extreme metal fanzine at the age of sixteen, interviewing widely recognized bands such as Emperor, Darkthrone, Mayhem and Bathory, to name a few. Still at seventeen, she moved to Norway in order to pursue an offer she received to play in the band Ancient. After recording one album with them, they went on tour with bands like Dark Funeral and Bal-Sagoth. She was also invited to play keyboards and sing backing vocals on Therion's world tour in support of their Theli album. With Therion, she toured with bands like Amorphis, Sentenced and My Dying Bride as well as playing major European festivals like Dynamo Open Air. In 1997 she was also asked to join Dimmu Borgir as a session keyboardist where they went on to tour with bands like In Flames, Krisiun and Kreator. During the tour with In Flames in august of 1997, she met guitarist Jesper Strömblad and together they formed the first incarnation of Sinergy. She moved to Sweden in 1998 to rehearse with the first line-up of the band and proceeded to record their debut album, Beware the Heavens. Shortly after, she relocated once again and moved to Finland, where she currently lives. Together with original band member Alexi Laiho, they reformed Sinergy with Finnish musicians. Over the years Sinergy has teamed up to tour with bands like Nightwish, Angra, Dark Tranquility, In Flames and Children of Bodom. They've also played some of the biggest metal festivals in the world including Wacken Open Air. Their success in Japan led Kimberly to receive an offer to write a monthly column for over 3 years in Burrn! magazine.
Goss has also made contributions to other bands, writing some lyrics for Children of Bodom on two of their albums, and lending her voice to guest sing on albums by Warmen, Eternal Tears of Sorrow and, most recently, Kylähullut.
A new Sinergy album − Sins of the Past - is slated for release in 2007.
