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Originally known as Requiem, the Finnish metal band Norther came together as a result of the collaboration of Toni Hallio and Petri Lindroos. After a spell working out the bugs, the pair were joined by Kristian Ranta on guitar and clean vocals, and Norther was born. The rhythm section was rounded out with the addition of Tuomas Planman, and for the odd flourish or two, keyboardist and synth-player Jukka Koskinen came on board. The band released their first album, Dreams of Endless War, in 2002. A top twenty hit in their home country, Dreams of Endless War led to studio time with Anssi Kippo, who manned the helm for their follow-up in 2003, Mirror of Madness. With Mirror almost breaking the top ten, Norther landed themselves a touring support slot with Dimmu Borgir and Hypocrisy later that year. While the third chapter of Norther, Death Unlimited, wasn't the hit the previous platter was, it led to more shows, and more noteriety. 2005, besides an EP release, found the band working with legendary metal producer Fredrik Nordström (producer of work by other metal legends such as At the Gates and Opeth) on their next opus, the January 2006 release, Till Death Unites Us. Before the release however, Hallio left Norther, and was replaced by Hikki Saari. The album was a huge hit in Finland, hitting number six, and the band spent the better part of the next year and half touring behind it. 2008 marked the band's first release for Century Media, simply titled N. ~ Chris True, Rovi
"dis band poped my meatle cherry i never herd a metle band befor requiem wich was north befor they changed" - Looks like you need your spelling cherry popped, son!
I'm on the edge about Aleksi. He was excellent in Imperanon, but after hearing him sing Frozen Angel, I don't think he'll be able to come anywhere near Petri. Of course, I should be patient and wait for the guys to release some new stuff with the new singer.
Petri is an awesome vocalist! I hope the new singer can live up to his legacy. Or, as Anette from Nightwish said when asked if she could fill Tarja's shoes: "No thanks, I brought my own."
...I wish they had Death Unlimited on here, though.
You can hear the Children of Bodom influence. He plays some phrases right out of Alexi Laiho's bag of licks. Only thing different is Norther has clean vocals.
Toumas is the keyboardist and jukka is the bassist. People are so ignorant about metal its crazy. That type of stuff would never happen with some obscure 80s arena-rockafunkilly-elctro fusion band. But out look metal band and bassist and keyboards are the same thing. Kristian Ranta didn't do clean vocals when the band started either. If you listen to dreams of an endless war and mirror of madness neither of those albums have ANY clean vocals on them. Check your sources more clearly if you
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Toni Hallio and Petri Lindroos?!?!
It just HAD to kick a**!!!!!!
loved it
...I wish they had Death Unlimited on here, though.
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