What's with all the Finnish bands firing their singers?

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I think Stratovarius started it, firing Timo, then firing the replacement, then rehiring Timo (not sure if he’s still with them.)
Lost Horizon’s singer left last year (Okay, techinically, he’s sweedish, but he sings in the Finnish style)
The Tarja Turunen get’s kicked out of Nightwish in that fiasco.
And now Finntroll’s singer just got the boot.

And as much as I’d love to see Tarja sing with Finntroll, I somehow doubt that will happen.

As one of the only Nordic countries to make heavy metal with clean vocals, you’d think they’d want to hold on to them.

If I was Kimberly Goss, I’d be scared right now…

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Maybe it’s just for the comedy value.

“YOU’RE FINNISHed!!!”

:slight_smile:

Phil

ps. sorry

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As long Shirley Manson is OK, I don’t mind.

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I must agree, on both counts.

I didn’t know Fintroll had booted their singer… When did this happen?!

Edit: Who’s Kimberly Goss?

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Finntroll kicked him out about a week and a half ago.

Kimberly Goss currently sings for the Finnish band Sinergy. She was also the former keyboardist for Norwegians Dimmu Borgir and Swedes Therion. She’s married to Alexi from Children of Bodom. She’s American, though she used to live in Japan, and her parents are from Korea and Germany.

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I totally replied to this thread!!
My comment must have got lost somewhere on the internet…

What I wanted to say was that firing Timo was a good thing.

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There’s this many Finnish people on here?

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None who answered is finnish…

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Finnish = from Finland

'N case you di’in’t know.

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I’ve never heard of Sinergy, I must investigate.

Sure, if Finland is anywhere near New Zealand :wink: I think I’m prehaps about as far away from Finland as possible without going somewhere which is frozen. Don’t quote me on that, because I’m probably wrong :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yes, you must! Suicide By My Side and To Hell and Back are amazing albums.
And while you’re at it, get the first Warmen album (Beyond Abilities). It’s Children of Bodom’s keyboardist (Janne Wirmen)'s solo project. Mostly instrumental, but with some guest vocalists, includinging Sinergy’s Kimberly Goss. Be aware, though…there’s no shortage of keyboard wankery and self-indulgence on this album. It’s a great album, though–I like it better than Derek Sherinian’s (Formerly of Dream Theater) Black Utopia album, which is another instrumental prog/metal album written by a keyboardist. That one, however, is American (Although one of the lead guitarists was born in Sweden…)

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Actually, I think you wouldn’t really even have to go anywhere frozen.
Surface area distance (not digging through the earth) froim Helsinki to Auckland is 10,350 miles. Half the circumference of the earth (biggest possible point-to-point distance is only 2,000 miles more than that, so if you’re in southern NZ, you probably could not get any farther from northern Finland while staying on the planet.

And as a side note…remind me to NEVER take a plane flight from Scandinavia to New Zealand.

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Consider it done, I promise that if I ever invite you down that I’ll remind you to do it in multiple hops :stuck_out_tongue:

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WOW! Sinergy have some amazing guitar solos… I love solos. :astonished:

I can’t say their lyrical style is something I’m used to, but I’ll give them a try for a while - I think it’s something that will grow on me :smiley:

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amen, my friend…I play guitar, and nothing is more fun than just shredding up and down the fretboard almost too fast for you to keep up with yourself