Now in their 25th year as a band, Omnium Gatherum is preparing to release their ninth studio album Origin on November 5, a more ’80s-inspired musical journey, seeking to be a melodic death metal version of Def Leppard’s legendary Hysteria (where each track has the feel of a single, and it’s also noted to show its inspiration in the melody department). Having heard the album several times prior to this conversation, it certainly lives up to being a non-stop blast through some of Omnium Gatherum’s punchiest material to date, and is a fitting follow up to 2018’s The Burning Cold, also released via Century Media Records. To discuss the forthcoming album, lead vocalist Jukka Pelkonen joins me over Zoom, the day following a media event promoting the album at Sonic Pump Studios in Helsinki and if...
