I've been down this Finnish rabbit hole for almost two years now. Each of those singers are amazing, and you'll have an amazing reaction journey with each of them. JP Leppäluoto, Jarkko Ahola, Tony Kakko and of course Marko. They grouped together again for Raskasta Joulua (with others too), and sing Christmas Carols each year, with a metal vibe - lots of great songs to react to for the holiday season. Raskasta joulua is led by the guitarist Erkka Korhonen, and all the other band members you see here are part of it too. Each and every one of them accomplished musicians.
I just did this song last week on my livestream! To say I was blown away is an understatement!!! Marko, Jarkko, JP, and Tony are kings! And to have them together is a such a treat! You should see their cover of HOLY DIVER!!! It’s with Powerless Trio though!!! Powerless Trio is Marko’s other band with JP! Marko also has Tarot, and his self titled band! THIS song was SPECIAL!!! To see so many legends on the stage is absolutely amazing! You should also see Jarkko’s cover of “Walking in the air” oh my gawd 😱 it’s FLAWLESS!!! Oh and check out JP with Dark Sarah! My favorite is “Dance with the Dragon” omg it’s sooooo so good! I’m throughly convinced Finland has bred some of the best musicians in the whole wide world! Great reaction! He sent the camera back to 1985! The guy you said had a great voice (they ALL Do 😂) is Jarkko Ahola! He’s flipping amazing! Tony Kakko is also amazing! He’s in Sonata Arctica!!! And he’s also the bff of Tuomas from Nightwish! Oh you have NO clue what rabbit hole you just dove down with these guys! To compare them to Pantera and their covering Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan”, is awesome! Dude, I’m really enjoying your content! Keep it going and you will do very well!!! My only recommendation is to back up the video (a tad) when you pause, just so you don’t miss anything! Best wishes, Jen Edit: What I loved most about this performance, each of them brought their all!!!
Yeah, we have the best bands and best dragons 🙃 Btw Jen, have you seen Marko singing Planet Caravan to Jukka's baby? th-cam.com/video/-XBZutbxSf4/w-d-xo.html
Just Jen Reacts Have you listened to JPs old band Charon? Colder and Little Angel for instance? Don't miss Charon if you haven't! I've been down the Finnish rabbit hole since the beginning of 2000. I'm half Finnish myself living in Sweden so I mostly listen to Nordic music anyway 😘 I love your channel and especially your Nightwish reactions. So happy that you got to see them live and meet them ❤️
Another "boy band" the Powerless Trio... covering Holy Diver. It's Marco & JP (of Charon) and Ari Koivunen, who actually got his fame by winning Finnish Idols in 2007. th-cam.com/video/j5X03tHmKZg/w-d-xo.html And Jarko Aloha singing "Walking in the Air" is a must see. Completely self taught singer I believe. th-cam.com/video/WqBSDB5oHug/w-d-xo.html
Tony is also a very good friend of Tuomas Holopainen. The song of Sonata Arctica I like most is The last amazing grays (it suuuper sad), but I know they have other songs that are much much more popular.
Kelly Tony says they're not prog. They're Melodic Metal and Tony is going back to Power Metal now that he had a chance to rest himself and his voice. Ancestry Darkest Day ft Tony.
This video and performance of Northern Kings was held on the Finnish National Eurovision Qualifying Finals on 2009 - so it was a Guest Appearance and Special in between the Contest Performance.
There's a playlist of Northern Kings Album called "Reborn", where they sing all popular and famous pop songs (Don't Stop Believin', Rebel Yell, Broken Wings, Ashes to Ashes, I Just Died in Your Arms, Don't Bring Me Down, Creep, Brothers in Arms etc.) with their own Metal twist and style - th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_k3_fsHA0x72yAuIx4f6D7tFfTowW53ld8.html
Eurovision is huge in Australia... I have no idea why Eurovision is so huge... I know we have some performers with Greek and Italian ancestry that have sung on Eurovision, but to quote former Prime Minister Paul Keating ' Australia is the arse end of the world' so I have no idea why Eurovision is so big here!.... .... It's 5:30am here right now... I need sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.....
Oh how many nice little bands and songs we Finns happen to have when you just let someone help you to know where to look. Tarot, Sentenced, Children of Bodom, HIM, really many weird covers that just happen to work great, really really weird cameos from people who you wouldnt think youd see etc...
@@gonzaloponti5769 perkele :D. But yeah, things like that. Or "weird" bands like Steve n seagulls, bands like Teräsbetoni, Lordi (won Eurovision song contest one year)...
And now you should check out Jarkko Ahola from this group. He is one of the best singers out there, with no vocal training at all. You could start with his My Way with Northern Kings. His Christmas concerts in churches are absolutely amazing and very famous. If youre into classic music check out his take out on Nessun Dorma Adagio, both from Olavinlinna castle, or Walking In The Air live.
Definitely he should check out Jarkko, he's got such unique vocal style. Here's few links to his performances. Jarkko's take on Holy Diver: th-cam.com/video/HodZzgh5tY8/w-d-xo.html And Walking in the Air: th-cam.com/video/WqBSDB5oHug/w-d-xo.html
Best male singers from Finland + Marko Saaresto and Tomi Joutsen ❤️ Did I forgot someone? JP's voice always amaze me! Also loving their version of Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero 👍 Toni Kakko is from Sonata Arctica and he is very good friend with Tuomas Holopainen. Two other guys are Jarkko Ahola and JP Leppäluoto. Drummer is Mirka Rantanen and he did solo album last year. Marko is singing one song there, it's called Sheriff of Ghost Town. Very good song ❤️ th-cam.com/video/vRxJSojrGSY/w-d-xo.html And gotta love the keyboardist 😂 Tuomas Holopainen is no where near of this 😅
oooh yes, Tomi Joutsen with Amorphis! many songs but specially Bee! official lyrical video version as there is not yet good live recording, I even surprise myself loving that one so much! and here is the link in case anybody wants to check it out th-cam.com/video/xf_4uvymwRw/w-d-xo.html
Marko is definitely one of the best. Some other great ones: Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun), the former and current Amorphis singers Pasi Koskinen and Tomi Joutsen, Mathias Nygård (Turisas). And of course Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius. Jarkko does that one thing very well, but is very one-sided. Tony and JP, I never understood why they are so popular.
Hi Eric! I LOVE A-ha...I have all their albums, 10, and they are number 5 in my top 10 list of non-metal music... Years ago I bought Northern Kings album and I was amazed of the fantastic orchestra arragements...I read on the cd credits that were made by Mikko P. Mustonen...but no mention to which orchestra was used...Then, I just phoned him (Finland😂) and asked him about that. He just told me that everything was done using a symphonic library...😮. He is really a master on that and has worked with many metal artists, creating wonderful orchestrations.... Greetings from Madrid👍🤘☺
Hey Eric, Eurovision is a competition, but this is not the Eurovision contest but the finals from Finland to choose the representative for the contest. The way Eurovision works, is every Europe country send one representative. This is the finale to choose the one from Finland. Also, the contest is very mainstream and usually a very POP contest, so not a lot of Rock/Metal on it
For decades, Finland's success in the Eurovision has been almost our national shame. In Finland, there was an old folk saying: "Hell freezes sooner than Finland wins Eurovision Song Contest". Well, officially Hell froze in 2006 by this monster😉🤘 th-cam.com/video/gAh9NRGNhUU/w-d-xo.html
Hey Eric , Eurovision it is a singing contest among all Europe countries , each country is sending a singer/band and they sing and people vote by phone but you can't for your country singer/band , is a pop competition btw.
As some people commented this was the Finnish Eurovision final to find the act that represented Finland in Eurovision, so I'm going to point out the pink elephant in the comments Erik you must check Lordi's performance in Eurovision as Winners, once they announced the winner, they go back to the stage and they play the winning song one more time. Lord didn't get much support from Yle the Finland channel affiliated to Eurovision, so Lordi ask their fans for donations, if I'm not wrong they crowdfunded 5000 euros to embellish their performance, I was going to donate, by the time I tried they already got funded. I don't want to mention more stuff about Lordi and that amazing performance so I hope a lot of the people enjoying your reviews just like my comment enough so we can catch your attention and you decide to watch this without finding out many things about the performance and the band. I felt so proud of seeing Mr. Lordi and the gang winning the pop contest
I've watched some of your videos from start to finish multiple times. It's great listening to someone from the industry with such history, experience and knowledge talk about something they are obviously passionate about. It makes you want to just keep listening till the end.
You gotta hear, you don't need another hero. From Nk. It will blow you away. This is to he best I've ever heard. Also the powerless trio. Is awesome. Again yet another Marko Band
All four of these guys have amazing voices, yes. I don’t see a whole lot about JP Leppäluoto in the comments already so I’ll add my own recs. He is indeed from Charon back in the day; if you’re not familiar with them I particularly both 4 Seasons Rushnand Desire You, though I’m not well versed in official videos or live performances. JP spent a few recent years working with Dark Sarah, a cinematic metal project from Finland. Dance With the Dragon is a personal favorite, with a semi-sinister vibe in the vein of Alice in Wonderland meets Phantom of the Opera. JP plays the Dragon and he’s obviously enjoying the role: th-cam.com/video/dc3XcTcTjaw/w-d-xo.html
I recognize Tony Kakko there. Tony has done a couple of songs in the early days with Nightwish. He is in the group with Sonata Arctica. I believe Sonata Arctica came out with a new video last month.
This was indeed a mid-contest guest visit. Finland has the highest metal band per capita ratio in the world, so bands that break through tend to be very good in their technical competence. Tony Kakko is known from Sonata Arctica. Paid in Full or Full Moon might work for introduction to them. Jarkko Ahola is from Teräsbetoni, Dreamtale and solo career. If you want him to show metal singers *can* sing, check his solo Nessun Dorma, which is certainly not a radio hit but a challenging and well known opera piece. The fourth guy is JP Leppäluoto from Charon.
Teräsbetoni, literally steely concrete, meaning reinforced concrete, was a kind of Manowar tribute/parody band, but they were so good they had some songs that far surpassed the originals in Finnish media. Taivas lyö tulta was one of the biggest hits on one summer.
The project was started by the guitarist Erkka Leppänen years ago and his band and various metal singers released three albums of metal versions of Christmas carols. On these records and live gigs the singers fluctuated a bit depending on who happened to be off touring at each point. It was a way for them to relax and have fun and maybe get into Christmas spirit while at it. After these three records and numerous gigs these four singers and the band released two albums of covers of pop songs and I think got some precious metal records for them. On receiving one of these tokens on Christmas carol gig stage Marko also commented it was also a bit of fun in the sense of seeing if 'true metal' folks get upset by this.
Needless to say these folks are far beyond the point of having to take themselves *too* seriously. Finns are not as competition-oriented as Americans, and these guys can add color that suits each verse and agree on harmonies almost in their sleep, so shows like this don't really push any limits. They can just go there and let the music flow. On Nightwish shows like the song the Islander performed at Tampere Marko was sitting alone with a non-distorted guitar in a middle of audience of 20000-30000 people and entertained them in relaxed but professional manner. He knows he's good, he doesn't have to stress about things.
But the point of ESC is that in a continent often locked into arms race countries compete against each other in a constructive manner, relieve tensions and celebrate European culture while at it. So countries sometimes *do* send people very popular already. It's just looked down by serious musicians, so it's usually pop artists, not highly skilled people like top metal folks who want to attend. But there are exceptions.
And for several decades Finland was a metal country. Any kids picking up an instrument started by trying to play Iron Maiden, Metallica and so. So the people spending years honing their skills with guitars, drums or vocals often ended up playing hard rock or metal. And the music was composed to showcase these skills. For example Alexi Laiho of Chrilden of Bodom (RIP) won numerous awards and recognitions for his guitar playing, and he was voted the best metal guitarist in Total Guitar poll.
Marko was a “choir leader” in another music competition where a covers of for example like a virgin, bad romance Tarot - is amazing check out their live concert “undead indeed”
Marko is also in a trio called The Powerless Trio and another trio called The All Hietala Trio with his son and brother. There's a American Acapella group called Home Free that sing Seven Bridges road. Also there is a guy called Jensen Ackles from the t v show Supernatural sings Seven with some of the cast .
Hey, you should definitely check out a awesome singer Jarkko Ahola who was a member of the Northern Kings band, and is now doing solo shows, try his live show cover of Queen Who Wants To Live Forever song from the Highlander movie, live show, awesome thanks requesting 😎Jarkko Ahola is considered the Metal God, or Marco Hietela? Thanks 😊
The Eurovison Song Contest ESC: 1. Organized by the EBU the European Broadcasting Union. Thier general label for any type of broadcast, which is aired in more than Nation is "Eurovision", it is shown at the beginning of a broadcast. But the ESC is by far the most sucessfull cross border broadcast. So most non europeans call the ESC just "Eurovision" 2. Every European Nation can send a song. - original, - published only one year or half a year before. - any branch of music can be send. But the ESC start in the 1950ies as "Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson". Not the singer wins the competion, the writer of the song wins. 3. How the Nation selects the song its up to them. i.e Sweden and Italy have big national "Battle of the Bands", Germany as some sort of crappy "Jury/public vote" system which changes every year. It my also be the programm director of the TV/Radio station in charge to pick the national song. 4. Since there are more than 40 Nations in Europe, not every song can be shown in the main competition - The Finals. According to this, there are semi finals to narrow the field of the competitors. BUT 5 Nations a automatically set for the finals - Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy because they pay most of the bill. 5. In the finals there is a jury vote and a public vote from every european nation (not only from the Nations which have a song in the Finals). Both votes make a ranking of 10 songs (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12). All points are added, and the song with the most points wins. 6. Since it is a long running contest, every nation has its own traditions to celebrate the contest. One normal reation is, that the national TV station makes a nationwide Eurovison show, before and after the Main Show. I think this "northern King" a from the finnish show. 7. Since the ESC has a big audience it is very intering for lauching a song to an international audience. i.e you are a good songwriter from Greece (small country) but you have no contacts outside Greece. ESC is your chance to play get know by big boys. i.e. Your are a well known and influention swedish songwriter/producer but you have no chance that your song is selected by Sweden. What to do? Offer it a smaller country like Lativa or Estonia. 8. The rest is politics in voting and the art of TV producers how to make a good show, more commercial think how to produce/place a song....
Please do Sonata Arctica (the guy with the bright voice Toni Kakko is the lead singer), something like the song Full Moon would be nice th-cam.com/video/CKhC7J8ejq0/w-d-xo.html
"stodgy outside person" cracked me up 😂. But yeah, far too often you meet people who think about metal that way. It is a particular joy when those outside people apprehensively stick a toe in the community and find out to their surprise that the majority of people in there are very likable and come from all walks of live. Watching their expressions of shock and incredulity never gets old :-).
They are about to do Finnish festivals starting June. Villi is the keyboard player. Mirkka drums, Erki bass guitar, Erkka lead guitar. Sonata Arctica is my favourite band. The only song I suggest of theirs then you do your journey, White Pearl Black Oceans live. That way you get an idea of Tony's song writing. No laundry list. Lol
They where like making fun of a band call IL DIVO that use to make pop clasics into Clasical singing or something like that shit. Sorry for the broken english. Not my first language.
next to marko is jarkko ahola who looking like johnny depp and guitarist looking like pedro pascal :) thanx to great reaction like always. heavy be the force always number 1 :) have awesome weekend. here suggestion to something different finish rock roll weirdo looking likes leningrad cowboys - buena vodka social club th-cam.com/video/0bQM9XsvsNM/w-d-xo.html this band have 2 long movies in history,Leningrad cowboys meet the moses and Leningrad cowboys going america. they also performance with red army choir in helsinki in old days ( we know what happen that choir later ). even they style is joke,they are brilliant rock group.
I think my favorite Northern Kings cover has to be....We don't need another hero.....it is soooo coool. Here's one from Jarko (the one you mistook for Ronnie James Dio) th-cam.com/video/PiH9PywWjGY/w-d-xo.html enjoy
Every time I watch one of these Nothern Kings vids I mean to check out JP's music. He sounds a bit like Peter Murphy to me and that is never a bad thing! Also, If you love Seven Bridges Road you should check out an a capella cover of it by Home Free. Stellar stuff, but of course - Not metal! 😀
For a band that has the 80s vibe and sound allbeit heavier nailed is The Night Flight Orchestra all their stuff is original but it just feels like the 70s/80s. Formed by two members of Soilworks (another great band) as a bit of of a diversion they now have six albums.
Thank you Aspen dental and Connect 200, but can we get a hair salon from Nashville area to get on board and do something about that thing on Eric's head? :)
I love these side projects that finnish metal musicians and singers do. These bring down those prejudices what you said. Aside from Northern kings, metal christmas tour is very popular amongst those who dont so much even listen to metal music. There is also collaborations with opera singers, most precious to me is a finnish anthem Finlandia with Jarkko Ahola and famous finnish opera singer Valtteri Torikka. Its not a reaction probably, but I suggest you to check it at least on your own!
Thanks, you got all the additional info you need in other comments so there's no need for me to write any more about that. If you are looking for a female Super-Group doing covers it has to be Exit Eden - (in the order they are standing on stage in the link I'm posting below) Amanda Somerville (Aina, Trillium, Kiske / Somerville, HDK), Anna Brunner (Kissin' Dynamite, Beyond The Black), Marina La Torraca (Synnoveriem, Phantom Elite, Highlight Kenosis, Avantgard) and Clémentine Delauney (Whyzdom, Serenity, Visions Of Atlantis). The song I'm suggesting is a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", her original was released on TH-cam on 1 April 2010. There is an Official Video released by Napalm in 21 July 2017, but since I got the impression that you rather watch Live performances I dug up one of those. No need to worry, this is also an Official release from Napalm, 17 Nov 2017. Exit Eden with "Impossible" (Shontelle cover), Live at HH Metal Dayz th-cam.com/video/hCXDvj9tTmM/w-d-xo.html Cheers / B.
Kept looking on Wikipedia and on the page for Amanda Somerville I found out that the idea behind Exit Eden was exactly the same as for Northern Kings (making it easy for me so this is just Copy-Paste from that source): "The band was conceived with the plan "to show the world that almost every classic song can be transformed into a solid Metal-Rock song", a concept similar to Finland's Northern Kings." / B.
"Yeah but can you sing?" "Yeah, and very well, too, so up yours." I love that XD Also, about half the reason I listen to power metal to begin with is 'cause the singing's so good, I don't know what the fuck hypothetical outsider person is talking about man.
My favorite broadcaster: Danny Vera - 'Roller Coaster' Live @ Stenders Platenbonanza | NPO Radio 2 : th-cam.com/video/cWe4e0_UmIc/w-d-xo.html Danny Vera was in the first class of 1999 with Floor at the dutch "Rock Academie" in Tilburg. But he makes totally a different genre music wich will be very familiar to you Eric Clark 🎶🎶😜😜😎😎
I suppose there are some metal singers who can't sing, just screech or growl, but I never thought of metal singers not being able to sing. Many reactors to Disturb's "The Sound Of Silence" voiced their surprise that David Draiman could sing, and those who already knew that he could, showed surprise at just how good he can sing.
@@NightwishArena The live version from The Tonight Show has a little bit of auto tune, one maybe two spots, and he was infuriated when he found out. David Draiman hates auto tune, and didn't need it, even though he was sick. David is classically trained, in Opera I believe.
@@bartonbagnes4605 Ok, thanks. Those damn tv-shows tend to use it to make the singers sound "perfect", and it only sounds worse. Even the best singers are not perfect, but they are so close, that it actually sounds better than perfect. It just gives the notes some vividness and color.
It would be great if you feel like reacting to Lordi heavy metal band that won Eurovision contest a fee years ago and also to Wig Wam from Norway, a glam metal band that ,in 2005,, ended at place 9 of 21.... countries.
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I've been down this Finnish rabbit hole for almost two years now. Each of those singers are amazing, and you'll have an amazing reaction journey with each of them. JP Leppäluoto, Jarkko Ahola, Tony Kakko and of course Marko. They grouped together again for Raskasta Joulua (with others too), and sing Christmas Carols each year, with a metal vibe - lots of great songs to react to for the holiday season. Raskasta joulua is led by the guitarist Erkka Korhonen, and all the other band members you see here are part of it too. Each and every one of them accomplished musicians.
Northern Kings will do festivals this summer, can't wait for that.
@@Piia2023 would be amazing to see! Are they only in Tuska?
@@helky8 ad far as I know yes...
@@helky8 I believe they are in Tuska and Kuopio... If I remember correctly.
Marko is the busiest retired guy. Me he's been awesome for .almost 4 yearsl
Jarkko Ahola, another Rabbit Hole! One of the richest male voices out there
I just did this song last week on my livestream! To say I was blown away is an understatement!!! Marko, Jarkko, JP, and Tony are kings! And to have them together is a such a treat! You should see their cover of HOLY DIVER!!! It’s with Powerless Trio though!!! Powerless Trio is Marko’s other band with JP! Marko also has Tarot, and his self titled band! THIS song was SPECIAL!!! To see so many legends on the stage is absolutely amazing! You should also see Jarkko’s cover of “Walking in the air” oh my gawd 😱 it’s FLAWLESS!!! Oh and check out JP with Dark Sarah! My favorite is “Dance with the Dragon” omg it’s sooooo so good! I’m throughly convinced Finland has bred some of the best musicians in the whole wide world! Great reaction! He sent the camera back to 1985! The guy you said had a great voice (they ALL Do 😂) is Jarkko Ahola! He’s flipping amazing! Tony Kakko is also amazing! He’s in Sonata Arctica!!! And he’s also the bff of Tuomas from Nightwish! Oh you have NO clue what rabbit hole you just dove down with these guys! To compare them to Pantera and their covering Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan”, is awesome! Dude, I’m really enjoying your content! Keep it going and you will do very well!!! My only recommendation is to back up the video (a tad) when you pause, just so you don’t miss anything! Best wishes, Jen
Edit: What I loved most about this performance, each of them brought their all!!!
Yeah, we have the best bands and best dragons 🙃
Btw Jen, have you seen Marko singing Planet Caravan to Jukka's baby?
th-cam.com/video/-XBZutbxSf4/w-d-xo.html
@@NightwishArena wow thats priceless. thnks for the link
@@dropshot1967 I just published a bit better version of it: th-cam.com/video/XpOrknB-QR8/w-d-xo.html
JP is the greatest King, in my opinion. 😅 He's not nearly as well-known as he should be. He's so talented, and such a sweet person.
Just Jen Reacts Have you listened to JPs old band Charon? Colder and Little Angel for instance? Don't miss Charon if you haven't! I've been down the Finnish rabbit hole since the beginning of 2000. I'm half Finnish myself living in Sweden so I mostly listen to Nordic music anyway 😘 I love your channel and especially your Nightwish reactions. So happy that you got to see them live and meet them ❤️
Another "boy band" the Powerless Trio... covering Holy Diver. It's Marco & JP (of Charon) and Ari Koivunen, who actually got his fame by winning Finnish Idols in 2007.
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And Jarko Aloha singing "Walking in the Air" is a must see. Completely self taught singer I believe.
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I concur to both!
I love Jarkko's version of Holy Diver too. My favourite by Jarkko is the cover of The Scorpions' Still Loving You.
@@myradutkiewicz9739 Jarkko is amazing! 🔥
@@helky8 He is!
I concur on Powerless Trio’s Holy Diver - one of my faves. 👍
Tony is from Sonata Arctica. Great prog band. They have an epic live version of White Pearl Black Ocean. Storytelling music.
Tony is also a very good friend of Tuomas Holopainen.
The song of Sonata Arctica I like most is The last amazing grays (it suuuper sad), but I know they have other songs that are much much more popular.
Sonata Arctica has nothing to do with prog. Power metal influenced pop rock (does this make any sense? :D) might be a good description of their music.
Yes to this suggestion! Love White pearl black ocean! There is a great live for it!
Kelly Tony says they're not prog. They're Melodic Metal and Tony is going back to Power Metal now that he had a chance to rest himself and his voice.
Ancestry Darkest Day ft Tony.
This video and performance of Northern Kings was held on the Finnish National Eurovision Qualifying Finals on 2009 - so it was a Guest Appearance and Special in between the Contest Performance.
There's a playlist of Northern Kings Album called "Reborn", where they sing all popular and famous pop songs (Don't Stop Believin', Rebel Yell, Broken Wings, Ashes to Ashes, I Just Died in Your Arms, Don't Bring Me Down, Creep, Brothers in Arms etc.) with their own Metal twist and style - th-cam.com/play/OLAK5uy_k3_fsHA0x72yAuIx4f6D7tFfTowW53ld8.html
Northern Kings' version of Creep ❤.
Eurovision is huge in Australia... I have no idea why Eurovision is so huge... I know we have some performers with Greek and Italian ancestry that have sung on Eurovision, but to quote former Prime Minister Paul Keating ' Australia is the arse end of the world' so I have no idea why Eurovision is so big here!.... .... It's 5:30am here right now... I need sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.....
Hoping Voyager gets in. Supported Nightwish and Epica when they toured here.
We dress up for it! I know people who actually went over to watch it a few years ago now ha
Oh how many nice little bands and songs we Finns happen to have when you just let someone help you to know where to look. Tarot, Sentenced, Children of Bodom, HIM, really many weird covers that just happen to work great, really really weird cameos from people who you wouldnt think youd see etc...
Children of Bodom doing Opps I Did It again ...epic... RIP ALEXI
@@gonzaloponti5769 perkele :D. But yeah, things like that. Or "weird" bands like Steve n seagulls, bands like Teräsbetoni, Lordi (won Eurovision song contest one year)...
Tarot I concur TAROT - Wings Of Darkness (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO): th-cam.com/video/xD1q21dr8tw/w-d-xo.html
I concur! I also vote for a double-react of the 1987 version followed by the 2011 version 👍
And now you should check out Jarkko Ahola from this group. He is one of the best singers out there, with no vocal training at all. You could start with his My Way with Northern Kings. His Christmas concerts in churches are absolutely amazing and very famous. If youre into classic music check out his take out on Nessun Dorma Adagio, both from Olavinlinna castle, or Walking In The Air live.
Definitely he should check out Jarkko, he's got such unique vocal style. Here's few links to his performances.
Jarkko's take on Holy Diver: th-cam.com/video/HodZzgh5tY8/w-d-xo.html
And Walking in the Air: th-cam.com/video/WqBSDB5oHug/w-d-xo.html
Yes to all things Jarkko
@@Hezeri I concur!
I concur!
Jarkko's version of Walking In The Air
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I love watching Marco enjoy singing different songs. This is my favorite!
Northern Kings :-D , you will hear amazing arrangements and 4 of the Top voices of Finland ! Soon you will find Raskasta Joulua also ;-)
Actually this is a Finnish boyband, they dont know what pop is, they whent from Polka to Metal.
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Northern Kings will play some shows in Finland next summer.
Great stuff, Eric. I love all these side projects many of these artists do. Again, thanks!
Well, Marko won finnish Masked singer \m/
Best male singers from Finland + Marko Saaresto and Tomi Joutsen ❤️ Did I forgot someone? JP's voice always amaze me! Also loving their version of Tina Turner's We Don't Need Another Hero 👍
Toni Kakko is from Sonata Arctica and he is very good friend with Tuomas Holopainen. Two other guys are Jarkko Ahola and JP Leppäluoto. Drummer is Mirka Rantanen and he did solo album last year. Marko is singing one song there, it's called Sheriff of Ghost Town. Very good song ❤️ th-cam.com/video/vRxJSojrGSY/w-d-xo.html
And gotta love the keyboardist 😂 Tuomas Holopainen is no where near of this 😅
oooh yes, Tomi Joutsen with Amorphis! many songs but specially Bee! official lyrical video version as there is not yet good live recording, I even surprise myself loving that one so much! and here is the link in case anybody wants to check it out th-cam.com/video/xf_4uvymwRw/w-d-xo.html
@@siddni_ Yes, so many good ones! That voice is something else 🔥🤟 And yes I forgot one: Ville Valo ofcourse 😏
I concur for We don't need another hero by Northern Kings. Such a good song.
@@myradutkiewicz9739 I concur
Marko is definitely one of the best. Some other great ones: Jari Mäenpää (Wintersun), the former and current Amorphis singers Pasi Koskinen and Tomi Joutsen, Mathias Nygård (Turisas). And of course Timo Kotipelto from Stratovarius.
Jarkko does that one thing very well, but is very one-sided. Tony and JP, I never understood why they are so popular.
Hi Eric!
I LOVE A-ha...I have all their albums, 10, and they are number 5 in my top 10 list of non-metal music...
Years ago I bought Northern Kings album and I was amazed of the fantastic orchestra arragements...I read on the cd credits that were made by Mikko P. Mustonen...but no mention to which orchestra was used...Then, I just phoned him (Finland😂) and asked him about that. He just told me that everything was done using a symphonic library...😮. He is really a master on that and has worked with many metal artists, creating wonderful orchestrations....
Greetings from Madrid👍🤘☺
You should check out Tuska20 - The Anniversary Song. Tuska is a Finnish metal festival..
Hey Eric,
Eurovision is a competition, but this is not the Eurovision contest but the finals from Finland to choose the representative for the contest. The way Eurovision works, is every Europe country send one representative. This is the finale to choose the one from Finland. Also, the contest is very mainstream and usually a very POP contest, so not a lot of Rock/Metal on it
Only Finland sends heavy music to Eurovision.
For decades, Finland's success in the Eurovision has been almost our national shame. In Finland, there was an old folk saying: "Hell freezes sooner than Finland wins Eurovision Song Contest". Well, officially Hell froze in 2006 by this monster😉🤘 th-cam.com/video/gAh9NRGNhUU/w-d-xo.html
Hey Eric , Eurovision it is a singing contest among all Europe countries , each country is sending a singer/band and they sing and people vote by phone but you can't for your country singer/band , is a pop competition btw.
It's all gearing up for Eurovision 2022 now, as countries are picking their finalists now. Always an eclectic mix of songs and worth looking into.
As some people commented this was the Finnish Eurovision final to find the act that represented Finland in Eurovision, so I'm going to point out the pink elephant in the comments Erik you must check Lordi's performance in Eurovision as Winners, once they announced the winner, they go back to the stage and they play the winning song one more time. Lord didn't get much support from Yle the Finland channel affiliated to Eurovision, so Lordi ask their fans for donations, if I'm not wrong they crowdfunded 5000 euros to embellish their performance, I was going to donate, by the time I tried they already got funded. I don't want to mention more stuff about Lordi and that amazing performance so I hope a lot of the people enjoying your reviews just like my comment enough so we can catch your attention and you decide to watch this without finding out many things about the performance and the band. I felt so proud of seeing Mr. Lordi and the gang winning the pop contest
I've watched some of your videos from start to finish multiple times. It's great listening to someone from the industry with such history, experience and knowledge talk about something they are obviously passionate about. It makes you want to just keep listening till the end.
You gotta hear, you don't need another hero. From Nk. It will blow you away. This is to he best I've ever heard. Also the powerless trio. Is awesome. Again yet another Marko Band
All four of these guys have amazing voices, yes. I don’t see a whole lot about JP Leppäluoto in the comments already so I’ll add my own recs. He is indeed from Charon back in the day; if you’re not familiar with them I particularly both 4 Seasons Rushnand Desire You, though I’m not well versed in official videos or live performances. JP spent a few recent years working with Dark Sarah, a cinematic metal project from Finland. Dance With the Dragon is a personal favorite, with a semi-sinister vibe in the vein of Alice in Wonderland meets Phantom of the Opera. JP plays the Dragon and he’s obviously enjoying the role: th-cam.com/video/dc3XcTcTjaw/w-d-xo.html
I recognize Tony Kakko there. Tony has done a couple of songs in the early days with Nightwish. He is in the group with Sonata Arctica. I believe Sonata Arctica came out with a new video last month.
Glad you were not harsh with them since Northern Kings do not take themselves very seriously, it is a tongue in cheek kind of a project.
This was indeed a mid-contest guest visit.
Finland has the highest metal band per capita ratio in the world, so bands that break through tend to be very good in their technical competence.
Tony Kakko is known from Sonata Arctica. Paid in Full or Full Moon might work for introduction to them.
Jarkko Ahola is from Teräsbetoni, Dreamtale and solo career. If you want him to show metal singers *can* sing, check his solo Nessun Dorma, which is certainly not a radio hit but a challenging and well known opera piece.
The fourth guy is JP Leppäluoto from Charon.
Teräsbetoni, literally steely concrete, meaning reinforced concrete, was a kind of Manowar tribute/parody band, but they were so good they had some songs that far surpassed the originals in Finnish media. Taivas lyö tulta was one of the biggest hits on one summer.
The project was started by the guitarist Erkka Leppänen years ago and his band and various metal singers released three albums of metal versions of Christmas carols. On these records and live gigs the singers fluctuated a bit depending on who happened to be off touring at each point. It was a way for them to relax and have fun and maybe get into Christmas spirit while at it.
After these three records and numerous gigs these four singers and the band released two albums of covers of pop songs and I think got some precious metal records for them. On receiving one of these tokens on Christmas carol gig stage Marko also commented it was also a bit of fun in the sense of seeing if 'true metal' folks get upset by this.
Needless to say these folks are far beyond the point of having to take themselves *too* seriously. Finns are not as competition-oriented as Americans, and these guys can add color that suits each verse and agree on harmonies almost in their sleep, so shows like this don't really push any limits. They can just go there and let the music flow.
On Nightwish shows like the song the Islander performed at Tampere Marko was sitting alone with a non-distorted guitar in a middle of audience of 20000-30000 people and entertained them in relaxed but professional manner. He knows he's good, he doesn't have to stress about things.
But the point of ESC is that in a continent often locked into arms race countries compete against each other in a constructive manner, relieve tensions and celebrate European culture while at it. So countries sometimes *do* send people very popular already. It's just looked down by serious musicians, so it's usually pop artists, not highly skilled people like top metal folks who want to attend. But there are exceptions.
And for several decades Finland was a metal country. Any kids picking up an instrument started by trying to play Iron Maiden, Metallica and so.
So the people spending years honing their skills with guitars, drums or vocals often ended up playing hard rock or metal. And the music was composed to showcase these skills.
For example Alexi Laiho of Chrilden of Bodom (RIP) won numerous awards and recognitions for his guitar playing, and he was voted the best metal guitarist in Total Guitar poll.
Marko was a “choir leader” in another music competition where a covers of for example like a virgin, bad romance
Tarot - is amazing check out their live concert “undead indeed”
Marko is also in a trio called The Powerless Trio and another trio called The All Hietala Trio with his son and brother. There's a American Acapella group called Home Free that sing Seven Bridges road. Also there is a guy called Jensen Ackles from the t v show Supernatural sings Seven with some of the cast .
Hey, you should definitely check out a awesome singer Jarkko Ahola who was a member of the Northern Kings band, and is now doing solo shows, try his live show cover of Queen Who Wants To Live Forever song from the Highlander movie, live show, awesome thanks requesting 😎Jarkko Ahola is considered the Metal God, or Marco Hietela? Thanks 😊
The Northern Kings Oh mi God...powerful amazings voices ....this is so emotional moment in the music...tanks for reaction❤🤘🙏
The Eurovison Song Contest ESC:
1. Organized by the EBU the European Broadcasting Union. Thier general label for any type of broadcast, which is aired in more than Nation is "Eurovision", it is shown at the beginning of a broadcast. But the ESC is by far the most sucessfull cross border broadcast. So most non europeans call the ESC just "Eurovision"
2. Every European Nation can send a song. - original, - published only one year or half a year before. - any branch of music can be send. But the ESC start in the 1950ies as "Grand Prix Eurovision de la Chanson". Not the singer wins the competion, the writer of the song wins.
3. How the Nation selects the song its up to them. i.e Sweden and Italy have big national "Battle of the Bands", Germany as some sort of crappy "Jury/public vote" system which changes every year. It my also be the programm director of the TV/Radio station in charge to pick the national song.
4. Since there are more than 40 Nations in Europe, not every song can be shown in the main competition - The Finals. According to this, there are semi finals to narrow the field of the competitors. BUT 5 Nations a automatically set for the finals - Germany, France, UK, Spain, Italy because they pay most of the bill.
5. In the finals there is a jury vote and a public vote from every european nation (not only from the Nations which have a song in the Finals). Both votes make a ranking of 10 songs (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,12). All points are added, and the song with the most points wins.
6. Since it is a long running contest, every nation has its own traditions to celebrate the contest. One normal reation is, that the national TV station makes a nationwide Eurovison show, before and after the Main Show. I think this "northern King" a from the finnish show.
7. Since the ESC has a big audience it is very intering for lauching a song to an international audience. i.e you are a good songwriter from Greece (small country) but you have no contacts outside Greece. ESC is your chance to play get know by big boys. i.e. Your are a well known and influention swedish songwriter/producer but you have no chance that your song is selected by Sweden. What to do? Offer it a smaller country like Lativa or Estonia.
8. The rest is politics in voting and the art of TV producers how to make a good show, more commercial think how to produce/place a song....
Please do Sonata Arctica (the guy with the bright voice Toni Kakko is the lead singer), something like the song Full Moon would be nice th-cam.com/video/CKhC7J8ejq0/w-d-xo.html
I concur because I like to see you happy
I concur!
"stodgy outside person" cracked me up 😂. But yeah, far too often you meet people who think about metal that way. It is a particular joy when those outside people apprehensively stick a toe in the community and find out to their surprise that the majority of people in there are very likable and come from all walks of live. Watching their expressions of shock and incredulity never gets old :-).
The guy who looks like Ronny James Dio is Jarkko Ahola, the metal god of Finland. Very simular at singing as Ronny james Dio
They are about to do Finnish festivals starting June. Villi is the keyboard player. Mirkka drums, Erki bass guitar, Erkka lead guitar.
Sonata Arctica is my favourite band.
The only song I suggest of theirs then you do your journey, White Pearl Black Oceans live.
That way you get an idea of Tony's song writing.
No laundry list. Lol
Always love to see reactions to this. 😁 I definitely suggest checking out JP Leppäluoto, the singer with the deep voice. He is criminally underrated.
They where like making fun of a band call IL DIVO that use to make pop clasics into Clasical singing or something like that shit. Sorry for the broken english. Not my first language.
I would recomend TAROT, Marco 's Band. Or Sinergy, the band he use to play Bass before Nightwish .
And Charon From the Man with the Deep Voice... its a great band. No much Known
Unexpected things happen when you put away your handy dandy notebook.
I like it!
next to marko is jarkko ahola who looking like johnny depp and guitarist looking like pedro pascal :) thanx to great reaction like always. heavy be the force always number 1 :) have awesome weekend. here suggestion to something different finish rock roll weirdo looking likes leningrad cowboys - buena vodka social club th-cam.com/video/0bQM9XsvsNM/w-d-xo.html this band have 2 long movies in history,Leningrad cowboys meet the moses and Leningrad cowboys going america. they also performance with red army choir in helsinki in old days ( we know what happen that choir later ). even they style is joke,they are brilliant rock group.
Talking the eighties, check Tommy Johanssons covers! You gonna love it!!!
I think my favorite Northern Kings cover has to be....We don't need another hero.....it is soooo coool.
Here's one from Jarko (the one you mistook for Ronnie James Dio) th-cam.com/video/PiH9PywWjGY/w-d-xo.html enjoy
I concur
Hail Techno Viking. My coffee mug has that same print you have on your shirt :)
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Every time I watch one of these Nothern Kings vids I mean to check out JP's music. He sounds a bit like Peter Murphy to me and that is never a bad thing!
Also, If you love Seven Bridges Road you should check out an a capella cover of it by Home Free. Stellar stuff, but of course - Not metal! 😀
For a band that has the 80s vibe and sound allbeit heavier nailed is The Night Flight Orchestra all their stuff is original but it just feels like the 70s/80s. Formed by two members of Soilworks (another great band) as a bit of of a diversion they now have six albums.
Thank you Aspen dental and Connect 200, but can we get a hair salon from Nashville area to get on board and do something about that thing on Eric's head? :)
Seriously!
Cheers!
Eric
Jarkko Ahola and Johanna Kurkela (wife of Tuomas Holopainen) singing Ave Maria th-cam.com/video/amKy5qe8bUA/w-d-xo.html
I love these side projects that finnish metal musicians and singers do. These bring down those prejudices what you said. Aside from Northern kings, metal christmas tour is very popular amongst those who dont so much even listen to metal music. There is also collaborations with opera singers, most precious to me is a finnish anthem Finlandia with Jarkko Ahola and famous finnish opera singer Valtteri Torikka. Its not a reaction probably, but I suggest you to check it at least on your own!
th-cam.com/video/YI1YCgJ-U6o/w-d-xo.html
Haha yeah some very recognisable voices in there
Thanks, you got all the additional info you need in other comments so there's no need for me to write any more about that.
If you are looking for a female Super-Group doing covers it has to be Exit Eden - (in the order they are standing on stage in the link I'm posting below) Amanda Somerville (Aina, Trillium, Kiske / Somerville, HDK), Anna Brunner (Kissin' Dynamite, Beyond The Black), Marina La Torraca (Synnoveriem, Phantom Elite, Highlight Kenosis, Avantgard) and Clémentine Delauney (Whyzdom, Serenity, Visions Of Atlantis). The song I'm suggesting is a cover of Shontelle's "Impossible", her original was released on TH-cam on 1 April 2010. There is an Official Video released by Napalm in 21 July 2017, but since I got the impression that you rather watch Live performances I dug up one of those. No need to worry, this is also an Official release from Napalm, 17 Nov 2017.
Exit Eden with "Impossible" (Shontelle cover), Live at HH Metal Dayz th-cam.com/video/hCXDvj9tTmM/w-d-xo.html
Cheers / B.
Kept looking on Wikipedia and on the page for Amanda Somerville I found out that the idea behind Exit Eden was exactly the same as for Northern Kings (making it easy for me so this is just Copy-Paste from that source):
"The band was conceived with the plan "to show the world that almost every classic song can be transformed into a solid Metal-Rock song", a concept similar to Finland's Northern Kings."
/ B.
"Yeah but can you sing?" "Yeah, and very well, too, so up yours." I love that XD
Also, about half the reason I listen to power metal to begin with is 'cause the singing's so good, I don't know what the fuck hypothetical outsider person is talking about man.
My favorite broadcaster: Danny Vera - 'Roller Coaster' Live @ Stenders Platenbonanza | NPO Radio 2 : th-cam.com/video/cWe4e0_UmIc/w-d-xo.html Danny Vera was in the first class of 1999 with Floor at the dutch "Rock Academie" in Tilburg. But he makes totally a different genre music wich will be very familiar to you Eric Clark 🎶🎶😜😜😎😎
I suppose there are some metal singers who can't sing, just screech or growl, but I never thought of metal singers not being able to sing. Many reactors to Disturb's "The Sound Of Silence" voiced their surprise that David Draiman could sing, and those who already knew that he could, showed surprise at just how good he can sing.
Isn't that one autotuned?
@@NightwishArena The live version from The Tonight Show has a little bit of auto tune, one maybe two spots, and he was infuriated when he found out. David Draiman hates auto tune, and didn't need it, even though he was sick. David is classically trained, in Opera I believe.
@@bartonbagnes4605 Ok, thanks. Those damn tv-shows tend to use it to make the singers sound "perfect", and it only sounds worse. Even the best singers are not perfect, but they are so close, that it actually sounds better than perfect. It just gives the notes some vividness and color.
It would be great if you feel like reacting to Lordi heavy metal band that won Eurovision contest a fee years ago and also to Wig Wam from Norway, a glam metal band that ,in 2005,, ended at place 9 of 21.... countries.
You defenetly need to listen to their "we don't need another hero" version
Also we don't need another hero by nothern kings.
Could you review my land from Sonata Artica?
Speaking of covers, this one might intrigue you, just from the audacity of attempting it: Jorns cover of Hotel California
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Was that Marko's big brother Sakari, on drums?
No, it's Mirka Rantanen 👍
@@helky8 Gosh, I need better glasses! But their is a resemblance! Thanks for setting me straight, friend!
@@amygoodson-catlady well, quality of the video is quite poor too 😉
The chances of Marko winning Eurovision Song Contest is next to none. It is politics over performance and mediocracy almost always wins.
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Welp TIL Renegades of Funk is a cover song
Some decent/good/great singers, but totally unnecessary and unwanted cover. :D