The Finnish power metal group Olympos Mons was formed in 2002 by guitarist Jari Sundström and singer Ian E. Highhill. It was the passion for melodic, symphonic metal music and one which led the two experienced musicians to the important decision of founding a band in which they could bring their creativity to full range! Thanks to their year-long activities in various bands they certainly had the skills and experience required. Jari Sundström feels just as much at home in the world of classical music as he does in rock and metal, has been composing songs for many years and his aggressive style of playing guitar has made him a popular figure on the local scene. For his part, Ian E. Highhill has a voice of exceptional range and is known both as a composer and as the author of dark, romantic lyrics.



Their first demo, "Seven Seas", released in August 2002, was a clear demonstration of OLYMPOS MONS' musical direction. The mixture of hard and aggressive guitar riffs and musical-like passages with strings, bagpipes and harps are the basis for powerful, bombastic metal songs full of a uniquely mystical atmosphere. And between the melodic, varied songlines, the listener can bathe in singer Ian's romantic lyrics. It is a mixture which immediately awakened the interest of numerous labels, webzines and power metal fans in Europe, Japan, the USA and South America.

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