Ari Koivunen is a Finnish heavy metal singer who rose to fame as the winner of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2007. He has since gone on to become one of Finland’s most popular and best-selling recording artists. Koivunen is a member and a vocalist of two Finnish bands: Ari Koivunen (2007-) and at the end of the year 2008 Ari joined the Finnish band AMORAL, who released their fourth album (first one with Ari)“Show Your Colors” in 2009.
Metal Shock Finland‘s Marco Mariani had a chat with Ari asking about his latest news… Continue Reading
Raskas Joulu(Heavy Christmas) — a Finnish project which celebrates Christmas and its music tradition mixed with metal — is touring now and having souldout concerts all over Finland.
Taking part in this year’s event are the following musicians:
Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot, Northern Kings), Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica, Northern Kings), J. Ahola (Teräsbetoni, Northern Kings), JP Leppäluoto (Charon, Harmaja,Northern Kings), Tommi ”Tuple” Salmela (Tarot), Ari Koivunen (Solo, Amoral), Ilja Jalkanen (Kiuas,Solo) and Antony Parviainen (Machine Men). Soloists vary by location.
In Raskas Joulu -band are playing the “old familiars”: Erkka Korhonen (Artistic Director and a solo guitarist), Vili Ollila (keyboardist), Erkki Silvennoinen (bassist), Tuomas Wäinölä (rhythm guitar) as well as a new member Twist Twist Erkinharju (Peer Günt, Leningrad Cowboys, Los Bastardos Finlandeses) in drums.
Next Raskasta Joulua -Tour 2010 dates: (additional days possible):
03.12. Rikala-Sali, Salo
04.12. Sibelius-Klubi, Lahti
05.12. Keravasali, Kerava
05.12. Osmantupa, Eura
10.12. Himos Areena, Jämsä
11.12. Klubi, Turku
15.12. Akustiikka, Ylivieska
16.12. Musiikkikeskus, Kuopio
17.12. Bar & Night Vaakuna, Mikkeli
18.12. Tavastia-Klubi, Helsinki
18.12. Tavastia-Klubi, Helsinki
Finnish singer Ari Koivunen (Amoral) and guitarist Gary Keskinen performed an acoustic set of classic heavy metal and hard rock covers last night (Wednesday, October 20) at Club Lady Moon in Helsinki. A couple of the fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below (courtesy of “Anire100″).
Koivunen is best known as the winner of the 2007 Finnish national TV talent competition “Idols”. He has released two solo albums thus far — 2007′s “Fuel For The Fire” and 2008′s “Becoming”.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Photo by Ville Akseli Juurikkala
Finnish singer Ari Koivunen (Amoral) took part in a charity concert called Millstones 2010 on October 13 in Helsinki. The event’s goal was to raise awareness and funds for treatment for persons suffering from intoxicant addiction.
Fan-filmed video footage of Ari performing cover versions of Dio’s “Don’t Talk To Streangers” and Deep Purple’s “Smoke On The Water” (with Koivunen on drums and vocals!) can be viewed below.
Raskas Joulu(Heavy Christmas) — a Finnish project which celebrates Christmas and its music tradition mixed with metal — will be touring again this year.
Taking part in this year’s event are the following musicians (Note: Not all musicians will participate in each concert): Nightwish, Tarot, Teräsbetoni, Sonata Arctica, Northern Kings, Ari Koivunen, Sub-Urban Tribe, Charon, Machine Men, Stratovarius, Children Of Bodom, Sinergy, Kotipelto, Ensiferum, Kilpi, Leningrad Cowboys, Peer Gunt, Los Bastardos Finlandeses, Thunderstone, Urban Tale, Kiuas, Dyecrest, Ancara, Verenpisara, Mauron Maiden, Twilightning, Maija Vilkkumaa, Havana Black, Wigwam, Amoral, Soulcage…
Raskas Joulu has combined these elements for 6 years now and it looks like the end is not in sight.
Raskas Joulu Tourdates:
Nov. 20 – Imatran Kylpylä, Imatra – FIN
Nov. 26 – Pakkahuone, Tampere – FIN
Nov. 27 – Raahesali, Raahe – FIN
Dec. 03 – Rikala-Sali, Salo – FIN
Dec. 04 – Finlandia-Klubi, Lahti – FIN
Dec. 05 – 3 p.m. – Kerava-Sali, Kerava – FIN
Dec. 05 – 11 p.m. – Osmantupa, Eura – FIN
Dec. 10 – Himos-Areena, Jämsä – FIN
Dec. 11 – Klubi, Turku – FIN
Dec. 15 – Akustiikka, Ylivieska – FIN
Dec. 16 – Musiikkikeskus, Kuopio – FIN
Dec. 17 – Bar’n Night Vaakuna, Mikkeli – FIN
Dec. 18 (3 p.m. + 9 p.m.) – Tavastia, Helsinki – FIN
The 23rd October 2010, in Helsinki, Amoral will conclude the promotional tour for their lastest album: Show Your Colors (released in 2009)
The tour started in Helsinki, when, during the Helsinki On The Rocks, Amoral performed under the name of “Gold Johnson Big Band”, the first live date with the new singer Ari Koivunen. Certainly the new voice gives the band a new style, so that their 4th album actually differs from the former ones, when the group was considered a rising star of Death/prog metal.
The new singer, Ari Koivunen, won the finnish edition of the talent show IDOL, in 2007, and after that success his album “Fuel for the fire” sold over 70000 pieces, and had prestigious collaborations with Janne Joutsenniemi (SubUrban Tribe, Stone), Jarkko Ahola (Teräsbetoni), Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot), Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica), among others. Recording musicians were Tuomas Wäinölä (Kotipelto, Nylon Beat), Mikko Kosonen (Maija Vilkkumaa), Nino Laurenne (Thunderstone), Mirka Rantanen (Thunderstone), Mikko Kaakuriniemi (Kotipelto), Pasi Heikkilä (45 Degree Woman) and Janne Wirman (Children Of Bodom).
“Show Your Colors” contains 11 tracks and it’s certainly a well done album, the sounds are something in between death and melodic metal ground.
Ari Koivunen is a Finnish heavy metal singer who rose to fame as the winner of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2007. He has since gone on to become one of Finland’s most popular and best-selling recording artists. Koivunen is a member and a vocalist of two Finnish bands: Ari Koivunen (2007-) and at the end of the year 2008 Ari joined the Finnish band AMORAL, who released their fourth album (first one with Ari) “Show Your Colors” in 2009.
