Petri Lindroos (born 10 January 1980 in

Espoo Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

) is a melodic death/folk metal guitarist and vocalist. He is currently the lead vocalist in

Ensiferum Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal." History Formation, demos and ''Ensiferum'' (1995−2002) ''Ensiferum'' was founde ...

. Previously, he was a founding member and lead vocalist for Norther.

Biography

At 14 years old, Petri (also known as "Pete") began to play the guitar. In 1996 he founded the

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavi ...

band Norther with drummer Toni Hallio. In 2004, he joined the

folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for examp ...

Viking metal Viking metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by a lyrical and thematic focus on Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age. Viking metal is quite diverse as a musical style, to the point where some consider it more a c ...

band Ensiferum as lead vocalist and continued to perform and record with Norther until 3 March 2009, when Norther's official website announced his departure from the band to focus more on his duties with Ensiferum. Petri said later in an interview that he did not want to quit the band, and on the contrary, the band members forced him to. In 2008, Lindroos fell sick and was subsequently unable to perform on the planned Russian tour. For the duration of the tour, bass player Sami Hinkka took over Lindroos' vocals while ex-bassist Jukka-Pekka Miettinen filled in as a sessional guitarist.

Discography

With Norther

*''

Warlord A warlord is a person who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region in a country without a strong national government; largely because of coercive control over the armed forces. Warlords have existed throughout much of h ...

'' (2000) - Demo *'' Released'' (2002) - CD Single *'' Dreams of Endless War'' (2002) - CD *''

Unleash Hell ''Mirror of Madness'' is the second full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther, released on 12 July 2003 by Spinefarm Records. ''Mirror of Madness'' features a cover song, " Smash" by punk rock band The Offspring. I ...

'' (2003) - CD Single *''

Mirror of Madness ''Mirror of Madness'' is the second full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther, released on 12 July 2003 by Spinefarm Records. ''Mirror of Madness'' features a cover song, " Smash" by punk rock band The Offspring. I ...

'' (2003) - CD *''

Spreading Death Norther was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo formed in 1996 and broke up in 2012. History Norther formed under the name Requiem (Lindroos, Korpas, Hallio) in 1996 after various early stage band formations. The band's debut effort w ...

'' (2004) - CD/DVD Single *''

Death Unlimited Death Unlimited (with Faux Cyrillic and Capitals: DEДTH UИLІMITED) is the third full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther. It was released on 3 March 2004 through Spinefarm Records. The Japanese release of ''Death ...

'' (2004) - CD *''Solution 7'' EP (2005) - Mini CD *'' Scream'' (2006) - CD Single *'' Till Death Unites Us'' (2006) - CD *'' No Way Back'' (2007) - EP *'' N (2008)

With Ensiferum

*'' Dragonheads'' (2006) EP *" One More Magic Potion" (2007) CD Single *''

Victory Songs ''Victory Songs'' is the third studio album by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. It was released on 20 April 2007 by Spinefarm. It is the band's first full-length album to feature new members Petri Lindroos, Sami Hinkka and Janne Parviainen, and ...

'' (2007) CD *'' From Afar'' (2009) CD *'' Unsung Heroes'' (2012) CD *''

One Man Army 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

'' (2015) CD *'' Two Paths'' (2017) CD *''

Thalassic ''Thalassic'' is the eighth studio album by Finnish folk metal band Ensiferum. It was released on 10 July 2020 through Metal Blade Records. It is the first Ensiferum album to feature new keyboardist and clean vocalist Pekka Montin, who joined the ...

'' (2020) CD

References

External links

Official Private Android App from Petri LindroosLast Functional Wayback Machine Cache of Official Norther website NORTHER - the Finnish Breeze fansite -Official Ensiferum website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindroos, Petri 1980 births Living people Finnish heavy metal musicians Finnish heavy metal guitarists Finnish heavy metal singers People from Espoo 21st-century Finnish singers 21st-century guitarists Ensiferum members Norther members