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Northern Kings is a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup, made up of four well known musicians: Jarkko Ahola from Teräsbetoni, ex-Dreamtale, Marko Hietala from Nightwish and Tarot, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja.

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Northern Kings
Origin	Finland
Genres	Symphonic metal, power metal, progressive metal
Years active	2007–2010, 2022–present
Labels	Warner Music Finland
Members	Jarkko Ahola Marko Hietala Tony Kakko Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto

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 last released a single "Lapponia" in 2010.

On 18 June 2022, Northern Kings made a comeback after being on hiatus for 12 years. The band performed at the 'Tuhdimmat Tahdit festival' in Nokia, Finland.[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
• Marko Hietala – vocals
• Tony Kakko – vocals
• Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto – vocals

References

External links

• Northern Kings at MySpace
• Ragnarok Radio Interview
• "Northern Kings". Discogs. Retrieved 26 November 2020.

На других языках

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[de] Northern Kings

Northern Kings ist eine vierköpfige finnische Heavy-Metal-Supergroup.

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[es] Northern Kings

Northern Kings es el nombre de un supergrupo de versiones finés, compuesto por cuatro de los más reconocidos músicos del metal nórdico: Jarkko Ahola (Teräsbetoni), Marco Hietala (Nightwish y Tarot), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica) y Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto (Charon). Su primer sencillo, "We Don't Need Another Hero", es una versión de una canción escrita por Graham Lyle y Terry Britten e interpretada por Tina Turner como tema principal para la banda sonora del filme de 1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

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[ru] Northern Kings

Northern Kings — финская супергруппа играющая кавер-версии поп-хитов 1980-х годов в стиле симфо-пауэр метал. Основана в 2007 году. Инициаторами создания группы стали Марко Хиетала (Nightwish, Tarot) и Тони Какко (Sonata Arctica)

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