Album review: Northern Kings: Reborn
Published Date:
15 August 2008
By FIONA SHEPHERD
NORTHERN KINGS: REBORN
*****
WARNER MUSIC, £11.99
PROMOTED as rock's answer to Il Divo, Northern Kings is a vocal supergroup comprising the frontmen of four of Finland's leading metal acts performing symphonic covers of 80s AOR standards such as Journey's Don't Stop Believin' and Mr Mister's Broken Wings – what's not to love?
The hirsute quartet throw themselves into their hilariously overwrought renditions, outhamming the Tina Turner original of We Don't Need Another Hero, dragging out Rebel Yell into a po-faced epic and transforming Lionel Richie's Hello into a pomp masterclass.
The full article contains 96 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
14 August 2008 7:42 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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