Loading ...Finnish symphonic metal band Northern Kings released their debut album, Reborn, just few weeks ago. The band is founded in 2007 by four leading metal music singers in Finland, namely Jarkko Ahola (Teräsbetoni), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (Charon) and Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot). They play 1980’s classic songs, such as Tina Turner’s “We Don’t Need Another Hero”, as symphonic metal cover versions. Northern Kings was first called as Hell divo and Kill divo, but finally the name was chosen to be Northern Kings. They have sold already gold in Finland.
Northern Kings has received feedback from both extremes, good and bad. Some folks seem to like Northern Kings very much, while some folks hardly can stand them. For example in RateYourMusic.Com the scale of rates is from one to four. Interesting thing is that many people have given one, while nobody has given five stars.
HardRockHouse.Com has rated the album 7.5/10. They praise the band for being courageous and different, but they also point out that some parts of the album just don’t work. Especially they seem to like the operatic vocals and orchestrations in this album. For instance, HardRockHouse review praises the ballad I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight because of the simplicity of the song, while Rebel Yell just does not work at all.
In FinnishCharts.Com Northern Kings has stayed in the list for five weeks now. I hope all the best for this band. I really enjoy these guys and I recommend this album for you as well. Back to the original question, “is Northern Kings continuing their success or flopping”? I would say they are not flopping and there is a big enough market for this kind of music. If you haven’t heard Northern Kings yet, check out the video below.
Northern Kings - We Don’t Need Another Hero
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