Northern Kings Sold Gold in Finland

Have you heard about Northern Kings, those four mighty metal tenors from Finland? Northern Kings is a project of Jarkko Ahola (Terasbetoni, Dreamtale), J-P Leppaluoto (Charon), Marco Hietala (Tarot, Nightwish) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica). They play well-known symphonic metal covers, such as I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight and We Don’t Need Another Hero. In the beginning they were supposed to be called Helldivo or Killdivo (related to quarter Il Divo), but finally Northern Kings was chosen. As the band says in their MySpace site, they can without a doubt be called as all-star line-up of Finnish metal.

Northern Kings released their debut album, Reborn, in the end of November. They had their first gig in Radio Rock Finland festival in Helsinki in December 5th. After their gig the band was certified gold in Finland for sales in excess of 15,000 copies.

“Reborn” track listing:

01. We Don’t Need Another Hero
02. Don’t Bring Me Down
03. Sledge Hammer
04. I Just Died In your Arms Tonight
05. Hello
06. Ashes To Ashes
07. Broken Wings
08. Brothers In Arms
09. Rebel Yell
10. Creep
11. In The Air Tonight
12. Don’t Stop Believing
13. Falling On Hard Times

What do you think about Northern Kings? Some folks have praised them in metal forums, while some folks think the band sucks. I do like them because of their singing skills. I enjoy listening good singers, and in this band I really enjoy listening to the songs sang by Jarkko Ahola and J-P Leppäluoto. Jarkko Ahola is a damn good tenor, while J-P Leppäluoto has a unique and wonderful low velvet sound. Tony Kakko and Marco Hietala are pretty good singers as well, but I prefer these two guys I mentioned. Listen to Brothers in Arms and I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight and you know why I enjoy these two metalheads.

Many people will probably miss Northern Kings just because the album is full of covers and the target audience is rather small. Anyhow, I recommend you to check them out. Listen to more than the Tina Turner cover below. I recommend you to listen to these two at least to know more about the band.

I Just Died in Your Arms Tonight.
Brothers in Arms.

So, what do YOU think about Northern Kings? It would be nice to hear your opinnion. Please, drop your comment below.

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5 Responses to “Northern Kings Sold Gold in Finland”

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1 Fuck Bucket Mar 16th, 2008 at 12:22 am

Excellent video. Northern Kings rock solid! Awesome.
2 headbanger Mar 16th, 2008 at 5:19 am

Yeah, I like as well. Especially I enjoy the voice of Jarkko Ahola and J-P Leppäluoto. Awesome..
3 Flipmode May 2nd, 2008 at 1:27 am

Possibly the best symphonic rock album of the year. Absolutely brilliant. Northern Kings’ rendition of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’ is awe-inspiring. Simply amazing stuff.
4 Will May 12th, 2008 at 3:00 pm

Hey Hey!

cool to see you already know about Northern Kings and dig it!

Just to let you know :

“‘Reborn’ the new record from Finnish supergroup Northern KIngs is released in the UK on Monday 16th June through Warner Music Entertainment, for more info contact info@noblepr.co.uk”

cool, we all love it too!

Will