NORTHERN KINGS - Members Of NIGHTWISH, SONATA ARCTICA, CHARON Join Forces In New Finnish Band
September 7, 2007, 17 years ago
MetalFromFinland.com reports:
NORTHERN KINGS plays symphonic metal and the band contains 4 extremely well known Finnish musicians - J. Ahola (TERÄSBETONI), Marco Hietala (TAROT, NIGHTWISH), Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA), J-P Leppäluoto (CHARON).
Each and every one of these musicians have gained success in Finland and around the world. They ended up using the name Northern Kings but originally they had working titles like "Killdivo" and "Helldivo".
Northern Kings will release an album on October 24th and it will contain 80's hits played in different types of metal arrangements. First single to be released on September 26th will feature TINA TURNER's 'We Don't Need Another Hero'. Some of the songs featured on the album include: 'I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight' (CUTTING CREW), 'In The Air Tonight' (PHIL COLLINS), 'Brothers In Arms' (DIRE STRAITS), 'Sledgehammer' (PETER GABRIEL) and 'Ashes To Ashes' (DAVID BOWIE).
