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VENIA
CURRENT NAME	Venia
FORMER NAMES	-
ORIGIN	Finland
STATUS	Active
FORMED IN	2002
LABEL	Bombworks Records
GENRE	Heavy metal; Power metal
STYLE	Melodic
LYRICAL THEME	Christian
BAND ADDED	2005-12-29, 00:00
LAST UPDATE	2007-04-17, 23:33

Band biography

In the fall of 2002 Viktor placed an ad on a finnish message board searching for members to start a melodic metal band. Jere replied and together with a drummer he knew, the three started playing together right after Christmas. The band started out playing mostly cover songs but soon the band noticed they had a bunch of songs of their own and started to concentrate on them. Search for a vocalist and bass player begun without luck. Also in the fall of 2003 the drummer got too busy for the band and Viktor and Jere were on their own. This was an important stage however as Viktor wrote a lot of new songs and they started recording rough versions using programmed drums.

In the beginning of 2004 after months of praying and searching for bandmembers the band activity was almost dead and the hope to complete the band lineup almost lost. In February however vocalist Veronica contacted the guys and soon after drummer Daniel. The two new members immediately learned all the songs thanks to the demo recordings and the band started rehearsing again. The band also started to search for a suitable name, but it seemed as all good ones were already taken. From a meeting the word forgiveness caught Jeres mind and he asked Viktor to check what the latin translation of the word is. It turned out to be venia and the band immediately knew it was the name they had been looking for as it fit perfectly.

Hope of playing live grew and a temporary bass player joined us while search continued for a permanent one. Luckily it didn't take long before Juhani reported that he had the time to join Venia. He had recently bought a bass and wanted to play in a band where he's not stuck behind the drums or keyboards on the concerts. In the end of May 2004 Juhani joined Venia and so the band was ready to take on the stages. The summer was spent training but mostly recording a demo CD to promote the band with. The first live performance was set for September 2004 and the demo was released at that concert. The road has been long but the story of Venia as a complete band has only just begun. To be continued...

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Veronica Fagerlund	2004-	Violin, vocals
Jere Veijalainen	2002-	Guitars
Viktor Fagerström	2002-	Guitars
Juhani Palttala	2004-	Bass

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Daniel Puolimatka	2003-2007	Drums
Alex Järvinen	2002-2003	Drums

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2004	Genesis (demo 2004)	No label
2005	In Our Weakness	Bombworks Records

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