Norther was a Finnish
melodic death metal band from
Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
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 was the album, ''Dreams of Endless War'', released through Spinefarm Records in 2002. The album entered the Finnish charts at position 17. At the time, Norther was playing shows only in and around the
Helsinki
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area. That changed when the album ''Mirror of Madness'' came out in early 2003 (entering the Finnish charts at position 11). The group toured with
Dimmu Borgir
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and
Hypocrisy
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in late 2003. In early 2004, Norther released its third full-length album, ''Death Unlimited,'' which reached 17 on the Finnish charts.
Norther played several shows in 2005 and then recorded an EP, ''Solution7'' (recorded at Astia Studio). It landed in the official Finnish charts at position five. Norther added Kristian Ranta's vocals afterward. In the summer of 2005, Norther used
Studio Fredman
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It is popular among Swedish metal bands, with artists such as At the Gates, Deathstars, Nightrage, Norwegian band Dimmu Borg ...
in
Gothenburg, Sweden
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, to record their fourth full-length-album named ''Till Death Unites Us'', with producers
Fredrik Nordström
Björn Tom Fredrik Nordström (born 5 January 1967) is a Swedish musician and record producer, best known as the guitarist of heavy metal band Dream Evil. Nordström is one of the leading melodic death metal and power metal producers in Sweden ...
and Patrick J. Sten. Soon after recording the album, Toni Hallio left the band to pursue other interests; Heikki Saari replaced him at drums. After its release in January 2006, ''Till Death Unites Us'' was number six on the Finnish album charts. Later the same year, the band composed the theme song ("Frozen Angel") for a major Finnish feature film, ''
V2: Dead Angel'' produced by Solarfilms, Inc. The band is also featured in the film. In February 2007 Norther released a new EP, ''No Way Back'', released only in Finland and
Japan
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. The record hit number one in the Finnish charts. Later that year the released ''Amoral & Drone'', and supported it with a European tour.
Petri Lindroos quit as lead vocalist on 1 February 2009 and was replaced by
Aleksi Sihvonen (ex-Imperanon) on 14 April 2009. Their sixth studio album, ''Circle Regenerated'', and was released 19 April 2011.
The band made their final appearance at the
Brutal Assault
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festival in the
Czech Republic
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on 10 August 2012.
Band members
;Final lineup
*
Kristian Ranta
Kristian Ranta, also known as Kride, was the guitarist of the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther, until their break up in 2012. Kristian has composed most of Norther's best known songs including Frozen Angel, and is also credited for ren ...
–
guitars
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(2000–2012),
clean vocals
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(2004-2012)
*
Jukka Koskinen
Jukka Koskinen is a Finnish musician, who is the bassist for the Finnish band Wintersun. He was also the bassist for Norther from 2000 until their disbandment in 2012, for Amberian Dawn from 2010 until 2013, for Cain's Offering from 2009 until ...
–
bass
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* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
(2000–2012)
*
Tuomas Planman
Tuomas Planman was the keyboardist for the Finnish Melodic death metal band Norther, until their break up in 2012; he also played in the black metal band Gramary.
Personal information
*''Date of Birth:'' 17 March 1980
*''From:'' Espoo, Finland
* ...
–
keyboards
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Music
* Musi ...
,
synthesizers
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,
electronics
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(2001–2012)
*
Heikki Saari –
drums
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(2005–2012)
*
Aleksi Sihvonen –
harsh vocals (2009–2012)
*
Daniel Freyberg
Daniel Freyberg (born 4 February 1982) is a Swedish-born Finnish heavy metal guitarist, best known as a former guitarist for Finnish metal band Children of Bodom and Bodom After Midnight. He is the current vocalist and guitarist of Naildown. He i ...
– guitars,
backing vocals
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(2009–2012)
;Former members
*
Petri Lindroos
Petri Lindroos (born 10 January 1980 in Espoo, Finland) is a melodic death/folk metal guitarist and vocalist. He is currently the lead vocalist in Ensiferum. Previously, he was a founding member and lead vocalist for Norther.
Biography
At 14 yea ...
– harsh vocals, guitars
(1996–2009)
*
Toni Hallio
Toni Hallio is the former drummer for and one of the founding members of melodic death metal band Norther. He left the band in October 2005 to pursue other interests. However, he still recorded the drums for Norther's ''Till Death Unites Us'' inst ...
– drums
(1996–2005)
* Roni Korpas – guitars
(1996–1999)
* Tuomas "Stubu" – bass
(1996–1997)
* Joakim Ekroos – bass
(2000)
* Sebastian Knight – keyboards
(2000)
Timeline
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Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Dreams of Endless War'' (2002)
* ''
Mirror of Madness
''Mirror of Madness'' is the second full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther, released on 12 July 2003 by Spinefarm Records. ''Mirror of Madness'' features a cover song, " Smash" by punk rock band The Offspring. I ...
'' (2003)
* ''
Death Unlimited
Death Unlimited (with Faux Cyrillic and Capitals: DEДTH UИLІMITED) is the third full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther. It was released on 3 March 2004 through Spinefarm Records. The Japanese release of ''Death ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Till Death Unites Us
''Till Death Unites Us'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Norther. It was released on 25 January 2006 through Spinefarm Records. The album has no cover song, while most other Norther releases include ...
'' (2006)
* ''
N'' (2008)
* ''
Circle Regenerated
''Circle Regenerated'' is the sixth and final full-length studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Norther. The album was released through Century Media Records on 30 March in Japan, on 13 April in Finland, on 15 April in Germany, Austria ...
'' (2011)
Demos and EPs
* ''Warlord'' (Demo) (2000)
* ''Solution 7'' (2005)
* ''No Way Back'' (2007)
Singles
* "Released" (2002)
* "Unleash Hell" (2003)
* "Spreading Death" (2004)
* "Spreading Death" (DVD) (2004)
* "Scream" (2006)
* "Break Myself Away" (Online Single) (2010)
Videography
References
External links
*
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{{Authority control
Finnish melodic death metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1996
Musical groups from Helsinki
Century Media Records artists
Musical groups disestablished in 2012