Members Of HIM, Norther, Korpiklaani and Sonata Arctica are among a group of musicians who were interviewed for an upcoming documentary, called ‘Promised Land Of Heavy Metal’, about the history and philosophy of heavy metal in Finland. The film tells the story of Finnish metal beginning with its early underground days to its present day [...]
Norther has found a new lead singer! Aleksi Sihvonen will replace Petri Lindroos as the frontman for Norther. According to the band, Aleksi is a diverse and creative vocalist with loads of experience. His talent, variable singing styles and personality will allow him to fit right in with the band. Also, the band has recruited [...]
Norther was parted ways with their lead singer/guitarist, Petri Lindroos. Due to the increasing amount of time Petri’s other band, Ensiferum, has required of him, band mates were forced to let him go. Petri wishes Norther the best of luck for their future and they in turn wish Petri the same for Ensiferum as well [...]
Stam1na was the big winner at this year’s Finnish Metal Awards. They won in the categories of Best Album (Raja), Best Band, Best Album Art (Raja) and lead singer Antti Hyyrynen won Best Vocalist. The awards were held during the Finnish Metal Expo at Kaapelitehdas (Cable Factory) in Helsinki on February 13, 2009. Other winners [...]
Ensiferum was voted No. 1 by readers in the Terrorizer Readers’ Poll as ‘Best Band’ and was voted to the No. 5 spot as ‘Best Live Band’. Also, Petri Lindroos (Ensiferum/Norther) was voted No. 3 for ‘Best Guitarist’ while Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom) was voted No. 1. Both guitarists beat guitar legends such as [...]
Norther will head out on a 3 date tour in Finland at the end of January. Those dates are: Jan 22, 2009 @ On The Rocks…Helsinki Jan 23, 2009 @ Kellari…Joensuu Jan 24, 2009 @ Woodoo…Imatra Norther entered the Finnish music charts at No. 5 back in February with their current album, N. The album [...]
Norther will release their fifth full-length album, ‘N’, in North America (US and Canada) on September 2, 2008. Following the release, they will do a 7 day tour of Canada. This will be their first trip across the Atlantic and they’re thrilled to be doing a tour here. The Canadian shows are: 9/19/08 The Trash [...]