Sinergy

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Sinergy
Origin	Finland
Genre(s)	Heavy metal Power metal
Years active	1997–present
Label(s)	Nuclear Blast
Members
Kimberly Goss Alexi Laiho Roope Latvala Lauri Porra Janne Parviainen
Former members
Jesper Strömblad Sharlee D'Angelo Marco Hietala Melanie Sisneros Ronny Milianowicz Tonmi Lillman

Sinergy is a power metal supergroup from Finland, formed in an effort to present a "balls-out female-fronted metal band" to the world, by American vocalist Kimberly Goss, who was keyboarding for Dimmu Borgir at the time, and In Flames lead guitarist Jesper Strömblad in 1998.

They took their idea to Sweden, and after enlisting the services of guitarist Alexi Laiho from Children of Bodom, bassist Sharlee D'Angelo from Arch Enemy and drummer Ronny Milianowicz from Dionysus, they recorded their first album, Beware the Heavens, in 1999.

Shortly after this, Kimberly relocated to Finland, making recording with her Swedish bandmates somewhat difficult. All-new Finnish band members Roope Latvala, who had recently left Waltari, bassist Marco Hietala from Tarot and Nightwish, along with To/Die/For drummer Tonmi Lillman came on board, recording the album To Hell and Back in 2000. Sinergy also toured with the famous Finnish power metal band Nightwish, on their European Wishmaster tour.

The band recorded their third album, Suicide By My Side, in 2002, shortly after which drummer Tonmi left the band. He was soon replaced by Barathrum drummer Janne Parviainen. Bassist Marco also left about this time, presumably due to his Nightwish commitments, and was replaced for 1 show by Melanie Sisneros from New Eden. However, Lauri Porra from famous power metal band Stratovarius is currently in that role.

Sinergy are currently recording their latest album, entitled Sins of the Past, for a release planned for late 2005, but which has gone into 2008.