Group
Northern Kings
- From
- Finland
- Since
- 2007–present
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 6
- metal
- heavy metal
- power metal
- symphonic metal
About
Northern Kings is a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup, made up of four well known musicians: Jarkko Ahola from Teräsbetoni, ex-Dreamtale, Marko Hietala from Tarot, ex-Nightwish, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon, Harmaja and ex-Poisonblack.
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Their first single, "We Don't Need Another Hero" (originally performed by Tina Turner), was released in 2007, followed by their debut album Reborn. In late 2008, their second album Rethroned was released, headlined by the single "Kiss from a Rose" (originally performed by Seal). They last released a single "Lapponia" in 2010.
On 18 June 2022, Northern Kings made a comeback after being on hiatus for 12 years. The band performed at the 'Tuhdimmat Tahdit festival' in Nokia, Finland.
Members
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Jarkko Ahola lead vocals
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Marko Hietala lead vocals
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Tony Kakko lead vocals
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Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto lead vocals
Discography
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Tags
- finnish
- rock and indie
- symphonic power metal
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
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- ISNI
- 0000000089810157
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.