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Northern Kings is a Finnish
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supergroup, made up of four well known musicians:
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. Their first single, "
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), was released in 2007, followed by their debut album '' Reborn''. In late 2008, their second album '' Rethroned'' was released, headlined by the single "
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" 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.


Discography


Albums

*'' Reborn'' (2007) *'' Rethroned'' (2008)


Singles

*"
We Don't Need Another Hero "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" is a song written by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten. It was recorded by American singer Tina Turner for the soundtrack album to the 1985 film ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'', which starred Mel Gibson and ...
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Kiss from a Rose "Kiss from a Rose" is a song from British singer-songwriter Seal's second eponymous album (1994). The song was first released as a single in July 1994 by ZTT, Sire and Warner Bros., and included in the film '' The NeverEnding Story III'' t ...
" (2008) *"
Lapponia Lapponia ('Lapland') may refer to: * Lapland (disambiguation), various regions in northern Scandinavia * Lapponia (book), ''Lapponia'' (book), a 1673 ethnographic account of Lapland by Johannes Schefferus * Lapponia (train), a Finnish express passen ...
" (2010)


Members

*
Jarkko Ahola (born 24 August 1977) is a Finnish performing artist, composer and singer. Born in , he is the vocalist and bass player and one of the three songwriters of the band . He is also a member of a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup Northern ...
vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...
*
Marko Hietala Marko Tapani "Marco" Hietala (born 14 January 1966) is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal vocalist, bassist and songwriter. Internationally, he is best known as the former bassist, male vocalist and secondary composer to Tuomas Holopainen, ...
– vocals *
Tony Kakko Toni Kristian "Tony" Kakko (born 16 May 1975) is a Finnish musician, composer and vocalist. He is known as the vocalist, primary songwriter, and creative lead of the band Sonata Arctica since 1996. Biography Kakko was born in Kemi, Finland and ...
– vocals *
Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto Juha-Pekka is a Finnish given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Juha Pekka Alanen, Finnish guitarist of Altaria * Juha-Pekka Haataja (born 1982), Finnish ice hockey player * Juha-Pekka Hytönen (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey play ...
– vocals


References


External links


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* Musical groups established in 2007 Heavy metal supergroups Finnish symphonic metal musical groups Finnish musical quartets Musical groups disestablished in 2010 Musical groups reestablished in 2022 {{finland-band-stub