Source: Bravewords.com
Jarkko Ahola (TERÄSBETONI, NORTHERN KINGS) will release a Christmas album, entitled Ave Maria – Joulun Klassikot (Ave Maria – Christmas Classics), on November 9th.
Ave Maria – Joulun Klassikot tracklisting:
‘Ave Maria’
‘Sylvian Joululaulu’
‘En Etsi Valtaa Loistoa’
‘Mielenrauhaa’
‘Varpunen Jouluaamuna’
‘Sydämeeni Joulun Teen’
‘Nessun Dorma’
‘Tonttu’
‘Jouluyö, Juhlayö’
‘Adagio’
Pre-order the album at this location.
AHOLA, the new “vital rock act” launched by Jarkko Ahola of the Finnish metal groups TERÄSBETONI and NORTHERN KINGS, has announced the addition of guitarist Antti Karhumaa to the group’s ranks. According to AHOLA, “[Antti] has been an ‘all-around man’ in music for several years now and teaches guitar techniques as a profession. Antti ended up in AHOLA by his ‘dobbelganger’ Antti Mäkelä [drums], who recommended him to [Jarkko]. Luckily he also liked the songs very much that [Jarkko] had written for the band.”
AHOLA‘s video of the song “Livin’ The Dream” can be seen below. The clip includes fan-filmed video footage from AHOLA‘s first-ever concert on August 6, 2011, as well as backstage and rehearsal footage.
According to a press release, AHOLA “has a suitable mix of past and present — which is always an essential part of rock music. The band’s musical core consists of hit tunes, feeling and of course the skill to write and play true and powerful rock music, wherein the authenticity and emotion are relevant, leaving the vain posing to others.”
Commented Ahola: “AHOLA is something I’ve been working on for a long time.
“From the beginning I’ve written rock songs in English, but since being a musician, you find yourself doing something you did never expect like singing and playing in a huge act called TERÄSBETONI or participating a cool project called NORTHERN KINGS. I guess that’s part of the fascination!
“Anyway, still riff-based rock being the heart of my musical world, I wanted to add some spice to the soup and do something that I wasn’t so familiar with: super tightness, speed… a flavor of punk rock, you might say.”
He continued, “The way I want to see AHOLA‘s music is: songs are, I dare say, approachable with catchy choruses but when giving the songs a deeper thought, loaded with layers you can dig into. You can hear echoes from classic rock of the ’70s, alternative rock and metal of the ’90s and last decade, pop music in general, that punk rock I mentioned and… well, listen to yourselves.”
AHOLA is:
Jari “Jamo” Laitinen: Bass
Jarkko Ahola: Vocals, Guitar
Antti Mäkelä: Drums
Antti Karhumaa: Guitar
For more information, visit the AHOLA Facebook page. Photo credit: Jussi Aalto. Source: Blabbermouth.net
Jarkko Ahola of the Finnish metal groups TERÄSBETONI and NORTHERN KINGS has launched a new “vital rock act” called AHOLA. According to a press release, the group “has a suitable mix of past and present — which is always an essential part of rock music. The band’s musical core consists of hit tunes, feeling and of course the skill to write and play true and powerful rock music, wherein the authenticity and emotion are relevant, leaving the vain posing to others.”
Commented Ahola: “AHOLA is something I’ve been working on for a long time.
“From the beginning I’ve written rock songs in English, but since being a musician, you find yourself doing something you did never expect like singing and playing in a huge act called TERÄSBETONI or participating a cool project called NORTHERN KINGS. I guess that’s part of the fascination!
“Anyway, still riff-based rock being the heart of my musical world, I wanted to add some spice to the soup and do something that I wasn’t so familiar with: super tightness, speed… a flavor of punk rock, you might say.
“Oh, don’t get scared, there’s only a glimpse of it, giving the right edge to the songs. THAT is the territory none of us really handle well which brings this odd ‘hanging on the edge’ magic to our performance.”
He continued, “The way I want to see AHOLA‘s music is: songs are, I dare say, approachable with catchy choruses but when giving the songs a deeper thought, loaded with layers you can dig into. You can hear echoes from classic rock of the ’70s, alternative rock and metal of the ’90s and last decade, pop music in general, that punk rock I mentioned and… well, listen to yourselves.”
AHOLA will make its live debut on August 6 at On The Rocks in Helsinki. This show will be the final concert of the rock club’s 10-year-anniversary celebration week.
AHOLA is:
Jari “Jamo” Laitinen: Bass
Jarkko Ahola: Vocals, Guitar
Antti Mäkelä: Drums
A lead guitarist and fourth member of AHOLA will be announced soon. For more information, visit the AHOLA Facebook page.
Photos by Mirkku Merimaa – Source: Blabbermouth.net
Jarkko Ahola of the Finnish metal groups TERÄSBETONI and NORTHERN KINGS sang in front of 20,000 ice hockey fans in Oulu, Finland on May 25. The event honored and celebrated the ice hockey players from Oulu area, who played in the national team which recently won the world championship. The atmosphere was great and the noise reached almost 120dB as the fans cheered their heroes.
Video footage of the celebration can be viewed at the Kaleva,fi web site. (Note: Ahola appears starting at around the 22-minute and 55-minute marks.)
Ahola performed the following songs:
* “Here I Go Again” (WHITESNAKE)
* “Taivas Lyö Tulta” (TERÄSBETONI)
* “I Want It All” (QUEEN)
* “Sankarit” (J. KARJALAINEN)
* “We Are The Champions” (QUEEN)
Source: Blabbermouth.net
To read our interview with J.Ahola, please go HERE.
Jarkko Ahola of the Finnish metal groups TERÄSBETONI and NORTHERN KINGS will team up with the Air Force Band and Navy Band of the Finnish Defence Forces for a four-concert tour as a tribute to Freddie Mercury and QUEEN.
Commented Ahola: “Since it’s been 20 years since the death of Freddie Mercury and it’s been huge 40 years of QUEEN, we wanted honor their great music by arranging QUEEN‘s finest songs to the big orchestra.”
The tribute tour will take place in November and will consist of the following dates
Nov. 11 – Paviljonki, Jyväskylä
Nov. 12 – Tampere Hall, Tampere
Nov. 17 – Savoy-teatteri, Helsinki
Nov. 18 – Turku Concert Hall, Turku
Source: Blabbermouth.net
To read our recent interview with Jarkko Ahola, please go HERE.
Katherine Byrne conducted an interview with vocalist/bassist Jarkko Ahola of the Finnish metal group TERÄSBETONI in the fall of 2010 before the release of the band’s fourth album, “Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita” (English translation: “The World Needs Heroes”). You can now watch the chat in two parts below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
To read our recent interview with Jarkko Ahola, please go to: …As Medieval Warriors Going Off To Battle
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