Ronnie Atkins (born Paul Christensen on 16 November 1964) is a Danish singer, best known as the co-founder, lead vocalist and primary songwriter for heavy metal band

Pretty Maids Pretty Maids is a Danish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Horsens. Formed in 1981 by Ken Hammer, and completed with Ronnie Atkins in 1982, their sound and music can be described as classic guitar-laden heavy rock with a strong emphasis ...

. Atkins co-founded Pretty Maids in

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of the Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 64,418 (1 January 2025) and the municipality's population is 97,921 (), making it the List of cities and ...

, Denmark in 1981 with guitarist Ken Hammer. Pretty Maids has released sixteen studio albums, four live albums and four extended plays. He released his first solo album, '' One Shot'', in 2021, followed by his sophomore album, ''Make It Count'', in 2022.

Discography

;Studio albums *'' One Shot'' (2021) *'' Make It Count'' (2022) *''

Trinity The Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the Christian doctrine concerning the nature of God, which defines one God existing in three, , consubstantial divine persons: God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ) and God the Holy Spirit, thr ...

'' (2023) ;Extended plays *''4 More Shots'' (2021) *''Symphomaniac'' (2022) ;Nordic Union *''Nordic Union'' (2016) *''Second Coming'' (2018) *''Animalistic'' (2022) ;Avantasia * ''

The Mystery of Time ''The Mystery of Time'' is the sixth full-length album by Tobias Sammet's german metal opera project Avantasia. The album was released on 26 April 2013. This is the first Avantasia release to feature the German Film Orchestra Babelsberg (the s ...

'' (2013), ''guest on Invoke The Machine'' * ''

Ghostlights ''Ghostlights'' is the seventh full-length album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on 29 January 2016. The opening track and first single " Mystery of a Blood Red Rose" was a candidate for the German repre ...

'' (2016), ''guest on Let the Storm Descend Upon You, Unchain the Light and Wake up to the Moon'' * '' Moonglow'' (2019), ''guest on Book of Shallows, Starlight and The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' * ''

A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society ''A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society'' is the ninth studio album by Tobias Sammet's German metal opera project Avantasia. It was released on 21 October 2022, through Nuclear Blast. Background According to Avantasia founder Tobias S ...

'' (2022), ''guest on Paper Plane'' * '' Here Be Dragons'' (2025), ''guest on Phantasmagoria''

Health

Atkins was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 and underwent at least 33 radiation and four chemotherapy treatments before being declared cancer-free. The lung cancer returned in 2021 in stage 4.https://www.sonicperspectives.com/news/pretty-maids-singer-ronnie-atkins-lung-cancer-is-back-now-in-stage-4/ PRETTY MAIDS Singer RONNIE ATKINS Lung Cancer Is Back, Now in Stage 4

References

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PRETTY MAIDS Singer RONNIE ATKINS On His Stage Four Cancer Battle: 'I'm Pretty Much Living Day By Day'