Northern Kings are a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup, made up of four musicians who have already become well known in their existing bands: Jarkko Ahola from Teräsbetoni, Marco Hietala from Nightwish and Tarot, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon. Their first single, "We Don't Need Another Hero", is a cover of a song written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, and performed by Tina Turner for the 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. In an interview with Ragnarok Radio it was revealed that the vocals for the second Northern Kings album began recording in early August 2008.^[1]

Discography

• "We Don't Need Another Hero" (Single) - 2007
• Reborn - 2007
• "Hello" (Single) - 2007
• Untitled Second Album - 2009

Members

1. Jarkko Ahola - Vocals
2. Marco Hietala - Vocals
3. Tony Kakko - Vocals
4. Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto - Vocals

References

External links

• Northern Kings at MySpace
• Ragnarok Radio Interview

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