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Norther Was 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. Norther Received A Positive Response From Specialized Press After The Release Of The Album Dreams Of Endless War. Following This The Band Maintained A Prolific Release Schedule Releasing The Albums "Mirror Of Madness" 2003 "Death Unlimited" 2004 And "Till Death Unites Us" 2006 As Well As The Singles "Released" 2002 "Unleash Hell" 2003 "Spreading Death" 2003 And Scream 2006 The MiniDVD Single Spreading Death An EP Titled Solution 7 2005 And Most Lately EP "No Way Back" 2007 . A Full Length Album Is Planned To Be Recorded In August-September 2007 It Was Released In Finland In Early Autumn 2008 Carrying Name The "N". In October Of 2005 Drummer Toni Hallio Left The Band Leaving Guitarist/vocalist Lindroos As The Only Remaining Original Member. Hallio Was Replaced By Heikki Saari Drummer Of Virtuocity. Petri Lindroos Left The Band In 2009 Because His Other Band Ensiferum Took Most Of His Time. Aleksi Sihvonen Was Hired As The New Singer And Daniel Freyberg As The Second Guitarist. Norther Entered Astia Studios On October 5 2010 To Record A New Album ''Circle Regenerated'' Which Was Released April 19 2011. On 24th Of July 2012 The Band Announced On Their Website That The Members Have Decided To Quit Norther Because Of Time Issues. The Band Played Its Last Show On The 10th Of August At Brutal Assault Festival 2012 In The Czech Republic. Current Members
* Aleksi Sihvonen - Vocals 2009-2012 * Kristian Ranta Kride - Guitar And Clean Vocals 2000-2012 * Heikki Saari - Drums 2005-2012 * Jukka Koskinen - Bass 2000-2012 * Tuomas Planman - Keyboards And Synthesizers 2000-2012 * Daniel Freyberg - Guitar Tours-2009-2012 Former Members
* Petri Lindroos - Guitar And Vocals 1995-2009 * Toni Hallio - Drums 1995-2005 * Tuomas - Bass 1995-1997 * Roni Korpas - Guitar 1995-1999 * Sebastian Knight - Keyboard 2000 * Joakim Ekroos - Bass 2000 Former Official Website Http //web.Archive.Org/web/20120929054100/http //www.Norther.Net 2 NORTER Is A Fast Paced Energetic Romantic Indie Rock Band From Prince Edward Island. They Gather Inspiration Anywhere From The 2010's Indie Rock Scene From Artists Such As Mac DeMarco Rex Orange County The Strokes And The Arctic Monkeys. Their Members Include Declan Rockwell James Gray Keith MacEwen Garrett Sherwood And Patrick Stephen. They Have Recently Released Their Debut Record '12 34'
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