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Discography

with Whorion

*''Fall of Atlas'' *''The Reign Of The Seventh Sector''

with Norther

*''Frozen Angel'' (single for the movie Vares 2: Jäätynyt Enkeli) *'' No Way Back'' EP *'' N''

with Finntroll

*''Vredesvävd''

with Virtuocity

(Played under the pseudonym Joey Edith) *''Northern Twilight Symphony''

with Atheme One

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with a different drummer as Heikki left the band at the end of 2006.

Session Work

Heikki was recruited by Scottish metal band Hellbound, along with

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Norther 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 ...

, on their debut EP. Since 2017, he has been the live session drummer for

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External links

Whorion websiteHeikki's Youtube channelOfficial Norther websiteOfficial Norther MySpace -profileEndlessWar, an extensive fansiteOfficial Amberian Dawn website NORTHER - the Finnish Breeze fansiteRussian Norther FansiteOfficial hellhole of Heikki Saari

References / Notes

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