Altaria (band)

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Altaria
Origin	Jakobstad, Finland
Genre(s)	Power Metal
Years active	2000 - present
Label(s)	Metal Heaven
Members
Marco Lupenero Juha Pekka Alanen Petri Aho Tony Smedjebacka
Former members
Johan Mattjus Jouni Nikula Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen Jani Liimatainen Taage Laiho Marko Pukkila

Altaria is a power metal band from Finland. They have released four full-length albums on the record label Metal Heaven.

In January 2008, the band decided to part ways with their record label Metal Heaven for undisclosed reasons. They are currently searching for a new record deal. Songs for a new album have been written which had originally been planned for release in late 2007; as soon a new contract with a record company is signed, work on the planned release will continue.

In the same month, bass player Marko Pukkila parted ways with the band after a disagreement concerning the split with Metal Heaven. His replacement is Ex-Terrowheel bass player and current Altaria vocalist Marco Lupenero. This means that the only original member still active with Altaria is Tony Smedjebacka.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 Current 1.2 Former 2 Discography 3 External links

[edit] Members

[edit] Current

• Marco Lupenero - Vocals, Bass (2006-Present)
• Juha Pekka Alanen – Guitar (2005–present) (formerly Celesty)
• Petri Aho – Guitar (2004 (live), 2006–present)
• Tony Smedjebacka – Drums (2000–present)

[edit] Former

• Johan Mattjus – Vocals (2000–2001)
• Jouni Nikula – Vocals (2002–2003) (also Requiem)
• Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen – Guitars (2002–2004) (also Nightwish)
• Jani Liimatainen – Guitars, keyboards (2000–2005) (also Sonata Arctica)
• Taage Laiho – [Vocals]] (2003–2006) (also Kilpi)
• Marko Pukkila – Bass guitar (2000–2008)

[edit] Discography

• Sleeping Visions (2001 demo)
• Feed The Fire (2002 demo)
• Invitation (Metal Heaven, 2003)
• Divinity (Metal Heaven, 2004)
• The Fallen Empire (Metal Heaven, 2006)
• Divine Invitation (2007)

[edit] External links

• Official website