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Northern Kings

Formed in 2007

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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 Tarot, ex-Nightwish, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon, Harmaja and ex-Poisonblack.

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). 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.

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Northern Kings est un groupe de power metal symphonique composé de 4 chanteurs finlandais de metal connus qui reprennent des titres des années 1980.

Leur premier single We don't need another hero (version originale par Tina Turner) est sorti en 2007, puis fut suivi par leur premier album Reborn. Fin 2007, ils sortirent leur deuxième album Rethroned, mené par le single Kiss from a Rose (version originale par Seal). Lapponia est le nom de leur single de 2010. Ils planifieraient de sortir un troisième album, contenant cette fois des morceaux originaux.

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