June 2008, Ari Koivunen (the band) published the second album Becoming. The album was once again produced by Nino Laurenne and Pasi Heikkilä. The major part of the songs were made for this album by Ari Koivunen band. Luca Gargano (guitar) and Mauro Gargano (drums) were part of the band from the beginning until 2008 and also participated the recording session of Becoming. Becoming debuted at No. 1 on the Finnish album chart and received gold status (over 15 000 copies sold) after only one week's sales. "Becoming" was released in Japan on 25 June and in Germany on 10 October 2008. Ari Koivunen played about 160 gigs in Finland during the years 2007–2008, and two gigs in Tokyo, Japan at the end of May 2008. Ari Koivunen members Ari Koivunen – vocals Erkka Korhonen – guitar, backing vocals Vili Robert Ollila – keyboards Erkki Silvennoinen – bass, backing vocals Former members: Luca Gargano – guitar, backing vocals (2007–2008) Mauro Gargano – drums (2007–2008) Amoral (Ari 2008–2017) Show Your Colors (2009) On 25 November 2008, metal band Amoral announced Ari as their lead vocalist. He made his vocal debut with Amoral in the studio album Show Your Colors on 6 May 2009. The album is the fourth official release in Amoral's history but the first one with Ari Koivunen as their vocalist. "Show Your Colors" reached Finland's chart-position No. 19 in the first week. There are two singles released of the album – Year of the Suckerpunch and Gave Up Easy. Beneath (2011–2012) Amoral's second album Beneath with Ari was released 26 October 2011. The Japan edition was out 19 October 2011. The first single was "Same Difference" and the second single, and the first video, was "Silhouette". Silhouette has both electric and acoustic versions, from which the acoustic one is the original. The second video was made from the punk rock oriented track "Wrapped in Barbwire", which pays obeisance to Guns N' Roses video "Garden of Eden". On 14 February 2012, Beneath was released in the US via The End Records and in Mexico it was published 15 February. In Russia it was out 27 March 2012 via Fono Records. The album was ranked by public voting as the fourth best domestic metal album at the Finnish Metal Awards 2011. and Ari as the fourth-best vocalist. Fallen Leaves & Dead Sparrows (2014) Amoral's sixth album, third with Ari, Fallen