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Helsinki, Finland (1996 – present)
Norther is a metal band from Helsinki, Finland. The band began in early 1996 under the name of Requiem, and was assembled by guitarist Petri Lindroos and drummer Toni Hallio accompanied by two other musicians. In the beginning, the band suffered from the lack of a proper rehearsal place, but in late 1997, guitarist Alexander Kuoppala (ex-Children of Bodom) found a suitable place for them to practice at Lepakko; around this time the band decided to change their name from Requiem to Decayed. Their luck was short-lived, however, as their new rehearsal place was soon to be demolished.
The musicians who played with Lindroos and Hallio soon lost their motivation and quit Requiem.
After a few months, the band managed to find another rehearsal place, and began looking for members to complete their line-up. After quite a few auditions, they were unable to find musicians that they deemed fit to play with them, and thus went on a hiatus, which lasted until the beginning of 2000, when they met guitarist Kristian Ranta. The band became active once more, and with the help of two brothers who were friends of Lindroos - Sebastian and Joakim Ekroos - the band recorded their first demo, for the first time using the name Norther. A promising demo led to them signing a deal with Spinefarm Records.
Due to internal problems, the Ekroos brothers quit the band; this lead Norther into finding its first stable formation when bassist Jukka Koskinen and keyboardist Tuomas Planman were incorporated into the band.
After a few months, the band managed to find another rehearsal place, and began looking for members to complete their line-up. After quite a few auditions, they were unable to find musicians that they deemed fit to play with them, and thus went on a hiatus, which lasted until the beginning of 2000, when they met guitarist Kristian Ranta. The band became active once more, and with the help of two brothers who were friends of Lindroos - Sebastian and Joakim Ekroos - the band recorded their first demo, for the first time using the name Norther. A promising demo led to them signing a deal with Spinefarm Records.
Due to internal problems, the Ekroos brothers quit the band; this lead Norther into finding its first stable formation when bassist Jukka Koskinen and keyboardist Tuomas Planman were incorporated into the band.
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mikebrew150 wrote:
Amon Amarth drum cover :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBUAPUN0Bac
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Neversmiler wrote:
2011 album sucks, seriously.[2]
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Bolthorn79 wrote:
Norther made our MSRcast 121: 2011 Rewind Part 2 Favorites http://www.metalinjection.net/podcasts/msrcast/msrcast-121-2011-rewind-part-2 \m/
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UnrealGerry wrote:
@ RadicalFL kalmah = shit
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RadicalFL wrote:
Kalmah>every mdm band out there
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umosay wrote:
Wonder who wrote New Beginning. A whole album in that style would be perfection... love the minimalistic and atmospheric stuff.
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hammerstrikebg wrote:
MoM > DU by little
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Ensiferum_Sword wrote:
Check out http://www.facebook.com/logofficial and "Like", please, Thankyou
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PariClemente wrote:
Death Unlimited is their best album IMO. [3]
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Hugo_AcesHigh wrote:
COB for hipsters?
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BeddaSh wrote:
Death Unlimited is their best album IMO. [2]
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friendlyfire92 wrote:
I'd say Mirror of Madness is slightly better, but the first three are all good.
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VitunHipit wrote:
Death Unlimited is their best album IMO.
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Pinball_Map18 wrote:
so funny.xD
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friendlyfire92 wrote:
Real death metal
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xdarkirax wrote:
Hey everyone, here a really great melodic death metal band from France called ' Pendact ' for fans of Children of Bodom, Norther, Imperanon ... Last Fm : http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Pendact Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/pendact Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/202856136463658/ Their music video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yf1TpGhMXk&context=C37ab80eADOEgsToPDskJRmMh5E1qW856ykM3s6M0e Please take a listen and support new metal band \m/
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wormvortex wrote:
I'm only 1minute into the first track but this isn't as shit as every review I've heard so far.
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Charles-Morbid wrote:
q?
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PariClemente wrote:
Any updates on these guys doing a tour or anything?
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impres666 wrote:
Norther = COB > Kalmah > Ensiferum
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Through It All
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Break Myself Away [New single…
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Savior
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Events
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Mar
15
Norther
Vera, Groningen, Netherlands
4 going
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Mar
17
Norther
Baroeg, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1 going
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Aug
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Brutal Assault XVII
Vojenská pevnost Josefov, Jaroměř-Josefov, Czech Republic
973 going
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Circle Regenerated out now! Order yours!
19 Apr 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/norther
Circle Regenerated available for a free stream at
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