It all began, like most events in life, by a series of coincidences. Kimmo and Harri had known each other since 2016 in the band Omniavatar. Their journey in that band lasted for about a year but the friendship stayed.
In 2019 Petteri was working on a project (link) with a local artist Wille Zombie which he met in a small cover band. Kimmo was hired to mix and produce the song. During the production Kimmo and Petteri noticed that they have similar taste in music and sound, so Petteri was invited to Kimmo’s band at that time (Crimson Rising at that point, My Haven later).
Later that year Crimson Rising was also searching for a singer and found Essy through muusikoiden.net website. Also Harri did a quick visit in Crimson Rising. Things didn’t work out as expected in Crimson Rising for Petteri, Essy and Harri but luckily the contacts stuck.
Kimmo, Petteri, Harri and Essy agreed to keep contact and during the Covid years 2020-2021 started to make music first on the side. Harri had (and has) his main project The Divergent and secondary project Cosmocrat. Petteri, Kimmo and Essy made a short appearance in Cosmocrat but later decided to work on a little more simple level.
After My Haven had published their first album, Kimmo got more time in his hands and things started to escalate for Unén. New ideas started flowing between Kimmo and Petteri initially and Essy joined the workflow with her melody and lyrics writing skill.
In late 2021 Kimmo, Petteri and Essy decided to contact Harri again if he would be interested in a band with just a little toned down “progressiveness” but certainly with progressive elements. We were so lucky to get Harri aboard to give his more advanced ideas. What a dream team!