Career
He started playing at the age of 12, his first band was Violent Solution formed in 1987, with him on guitars and vocals, Esa Holopainen on guitars and January Rechberger on drums. The band played thrash metal, recorded a demo and an European Parliament. He also formed a death/doom band called Abhorrence in 1989, and recorded a demo and an European Parliament. In 1990, Tomi was hired to be in Amorphis. In 2006, Tomi was briefly in the band Ajattara, under the name "Samuel Lempo".
