Northern Kings

Northern Kings
Origin	Finland
Genres	Symphonic metal, power metal, progressive metal
Years active	2007 - 2010
Labels	Warner Music Finland
Associated acts	Nightwish, Tarot, Sonata Arctica, Charon, Teräsbetoni, Sinergy, Dreamtale
Website	myspace.com/northernkings
Members	Jarkko Ahola Marco Hietala Tony Kakko Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto

Northern Kings is a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup, made up of four musicians who have already become well known in their existing bands: Jarkko Ahola from Teräsbetoni, ex-Dreamtale, Marco Hietala from Nightwish and Tarot, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja.

Their first single, "We Don't Need Another Hero", (originally performed by Tina Turner) was released in 2007, followed by their debut album Reborn. In late 2008, their second album Rethroned was released, headlined by the single "Kiss from a Rose" (originally performed by Seal).^[1] They released a new single "Lapponia" in 2010, and are also planning their third album which will include original material.^[2]

Discography

Albums

• Reborn (2007)
• Rethroned (2008)

Singles

• "We Don't Need Another Hero" (2007)
• "Hello" (2007)
• "Kiss from a Rose" (2008)
• "Lapponia" (2010)

Members

• Jarkko Ahola - Vocals
• Marco Hietala - Vocals
• Tony Kakko - Vocals
• Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto - Vocals

References

1. "Ragnarök Radio Interview". Retrieved 2008-08-06.
2. http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=241416211&blogId=538984943

External links

• Northern Kings at MySpace
• Ragnarok Radio Interview