Tuomas Seppälä is a Finnish guitarist, keyboardist, and composer, best known as a founding member and main composer of the Finnish symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn.[1]
Tuomas Seppälä | |
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 Seppälä to the right and Emil Pohjalainen to the left, on tour with Amberian Dawn in 2009. | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Symphonic power metal |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, keyboard |
| Years active | 2000–2023 |
| Website | http://amberiandawn.com |
Biography
editSeppälä started playing piano at the age of five, and in his teen years he got interested in 1980s rock, pop and heavy metal, including Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Yngwie Malmsteen and ABBA.[2] Seppälä joined the band Virtuocity as a keyboardist in the early 2000s (decade), and when the band disbanded in 2005 he formed a new band called Atheme One with Tommi Kuri and Peter James Goodman, led by his songwriting skills. In 2006, he and Tommi Kuri decided that they wanted to transform the band to include female vocals, but the same compositional style, and found the classical soprano Heidi Parviainen, with whom they formed what would be Amberian Dawn.
Seppälä graduated at Helsinki University of Technology in 2000.
Discography
editWith Amberian Dawn
edit- Amberian Dawn (2006)
- River of Tuoni (2008)
- The Clouds of Northland Thunder (2009)
- End of Eden (2010)
- Circus Black (2012)
- Re-Evolution (2013)
- Magic Forest (2014)
- Innuendo (2015)
- Darkness of Eternity (2017)
- Looking For You (2020)
With Conquest
editThe Harvest 2012
With Virtuocity
edit- Northern Twilight Symphony (2004)