Norther

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Norther

Background information
Origin Finland Espoo, Finland
Genre(s) Melodic death metal, Power metal
Years active 1994 – present
Label(s) Spinefarm Records
Website http://norther.net
Members
Petri Lindroos
Kristian Ranta
Heikki Saari
Jukka Koskinen
Tuomas Planman
Former members
Toni Hallio
Tuomas
Roni Korpas
Sebastian Knight
Joakim Ekroos

Norther is a melodic death metal band from Helsinki, Finland whose style incorporates elements of heavy metal, black metal and power metal. Norther's sound has been said to be similar to that of Children of Bodom, and the band has cited Children of Bodom as being an influence to them. However, they deviate from Children of Bodom in that their songs tend to be more melodic and less technical.

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[edit] Biography

The band began in early 1994 under the name of Requiem, and was assembled by guitarist Petri Lindroos and drummer Toni Hallio, accompanied by two other musicians. In the beginning, the band suffered from the lack of a proper rehearsal place, but in late 1997, guitarist Alexander Kuoppala (ex-Children of Bodom) found a suitable place for them to practice at Lepakko; around this time the band decided to change their name from Requiem to Decayed. Their luck was short-lived, however, as their new rehearsal place was soon to be demolished. The musicians who played with Lindroos and Hallio soon lost their motivation and quit Requiem.

After a few months, the band managed to find another rehearsal place, and began looking for members to complete their line-up. After quite a few auditions, they were unable to find musicians that they deemed fit to play with them, and thus went on a hiatus, which lasted until the beginning of 2000, when they met guitarist Kristian Ranta. The band became active once more, and with the help of two brothers who were friends of Lindroos - Sebastian and Joakim Ekroos - the band recorded their first demo, for the first time using the name Norther. A promising demo led to them signing a deal with Spinefarm Records.[1]

Due to internal problems, the Ekroos brothers quit the band; this lead Norther into finding its first stable formation when bassist Jukka Koskinen and keyboardist Tuomas Planman were incorporated into the band.

When the album Dreams of Endless War was recorded and released in 2002 Norther received a positive response from the specialized press and began playing gigs in the Helsinki area. Following this, the band maintained a prolific release schedule, releasing the albums Mirror of Madness (2003), Death Unlimited (2004), and Till Death Unites Us (2006), as well as the singles Released (2002), Unleash Hell (2003), Spreading Death (2003), and Scream (2006), the MiniDVD single Spreading Death, and an EP titled Solution 7 (2005).

In October of 2005, drummer Toni Hallio left the band, leaving guitarist/vocalist Lindroos as the only remaining original member. Hallio was replaced by Heikki Saari, drummer of Virtuocity.

[edit] Other Notes

Petri is now also a full time guitarist/vocalist of Folk Metal Band Ensiferum in place of Jari Mäenpää.

[edit] Line-up


[edit] Former members

  • Toni Hallio - Drums (1994-2005)
  • Tuomas (Stubu) - Bass (1994-1997)
  • Roni Korpas - Guitar (1994-1999)
  • Sebastian Knight - Keyboard (2000)
  • Joakim Ekroos - Bass (2000)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Covers

  • "Youth Gone Wild" (Skid Row) - found on Released (CD single)
  • "Final Countdown" (Europe) - found on Dreams of Endless War
  • "Smash" (The Offspring) - found on Unleash Hell (CD single)
  • "Tornado of Souls" (Megadeth) - found on Spreading Death (CD single)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rockdetector - Norther

[edit] External links

[edit] Fansites

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