NORTHER welcomes new singer

The Finnish metal band NORTHER has announced the departure of long-time singer/guitarist Petri Lindroos and published the following statement:

NORTHER was forced to let Petri go to be able to continue. Petri's full time engagement in Ensiferum increasingly prevented NORTHER from functioning as an active band. Petri wishes NORTHER all the best for the future. The current NORTHER crew, Kristian, Jukka, Tuomas and Heikki wants to thank Petri for all these great years together and wishes him the best of luck with Ensiferum.

NORTHER was founded in 2000 and has so far released five full length albums, 2 EPs, a DVD, four singles and a movie soundtrack for the Finnish film V2. During the past years NORTHER has done extensive touring with such renowned bands as Dimmu Borgir, Hypocrisy, Turisas, Finntroll etc. and their latest album N was released via Century Media Records in early 2008.

Additional information concerning the recruitment of a new singer will be provided soon. Check out the bands official Myspace page for up to the minute updates regarding a search for their new singer!

http://www.myspace.com/norther

Darren Cowan

Darren Michael Cowan is a veteran Heavy Metal journalist for over twenty years. He has written for over a dozen publications including print and the Web. Cowan has interviewed hundreds of bands including King Diamond on Metal Centre. Cowan runs his own publicity company; Shapeshifter PR. Cowan is a bass player and song writer.