Eynomia is a symphonic prog metal group formed in late 2015 when Rutter and Bickley

met on Facebook and began trading ideas. Rutter lived in Minneapolis, where her long-term artistic

achievement and support of the music scene won her induction into the Mid-America Hall of Fame and

several Minnesota Music Awards. Bickley was a veteran of Thunderhead, a New Orleans southern prog

rock band beloved of Johnny Winter, and the touring guitarist for SNL singer Christine Ohlman and Rebel

Montez.

The pair soon discovered a working chemistry—each liked what the other was able to do with their songs

—and they began talking about putting a band together. Bickley called in his long-time friend, the

drummer Gaetano Nicolosi, a conservatory-trained percussionist living in Italy, as well as keyboardist

Jimmy Pitts of NorthTale and Eternity’s End. Rutter suggested the bass player Mike LePond an in-

demand session player best known for his work in Symphony X and Silent Assassins.