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Northern Kings – Rethroned (2008) (@256)
24 Apr 2010
(Review from revelationz.net, wikipedia)
On their debut, the Northern Kings all came together for one song on that debut release, the masterful Tina Turner cover of “We Don’t Need Another Hero” and then split the rest of the covers between individual singers. In “Rethroned” vocal duties are shared more often, with 5 songs sung by all four singers and 2 of them are duetted.
The songs are even more far fetched than their debut, spanning niche pieces such as Depeche Mode’s “Strangelove” to 80s classics like “Wanted Dead or Alive”. Even songs you would not imagine would ever fall to the sword of this genre, like Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”, are thrown to the howling wolves and given the metal makeover. There’s even an instrumental thrown in as an opener from the Rocky IV motion picture.
Line-up:
- Marco Hietala / vocals (2-4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
- Tony Kakko / vocals (3-5, 7, 8, 10)
- Jarkko Ahola / vocals (3, 4, 6-11)
- Juha/Pekka Leppaluoto / vocals (3, 4, 7-10)
Track List:
01. Training Montage (Instrumental Vince DiCola) – 3:32
02. Wanted Dead Or Alive (Bon Jovi) – 3:49
03. Kiss From A Rose (Seal) – 6:02
04. A View To A Kill (Duran Duran) – 5:18
05. Nothing Compares 2 U (Prince/Sinead O’Connor) – 6:39
06. My Way (Frank Sinatra) – 4:21
07. Strangelove (Depeche Mode) – 4:33
08. Take On Me (A-ha) – 3:56
09. I Should Be So Lucky (Kylie Minogue) – 4:42
10. Killer (Adamski/Seal) – 4:31
11. A Rock Legend (Thin Lizzy) – 7:29
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about 1 year ago
Thank you very much for these Northen Kings recordings. With this aproach as presenting well-known tunes in a totally different way and creating something really good – calls up Vanilla Fudge as a comparisonm – do you think?
Talking about significant Finnish rock, I have to mention Hidria Spacefolks. Do you know this band? – I’m sure, you would like it (Ozric Tentacles could be mentioned as something similar, if I were forced to chose one). If you were considering a series from them, the community of your blog surely would love it.
Sincerely yours,
Thalamus
about 1 year ago
Kiitos (thanks),
Jörg