After a few months, the band managed to find another rehearsal place, and began looking for members to complete their line-up. After quite a few auditions, they were unable to find musicians that they deemed fit to play with them, and thus went on a hiatus, which lasted until the beginning of 2000, when they met guitarist Kristian Ranta. The band became active once more, and with the help of two brothers who were friends of Lindroos - Sebastian and Joakim Ekroos - the band recorded their first demo, for the first time using the name Norther. A promising demo led to them signing a deal with Spinefarm Records.
Due to internal problems, the Ekroos brothers quit the band; this lead Norther into finding its first stable formation when bassist Jukka Koskinen and keyboardist Tuomas Planman were incorporated into the band.
Norther received a positive response from specialized press after the release of the album Dreams of Endless War. Following this, the band maintained a prolific release schedule, releasing the albums "Mirror of Madness" (2003), "Death Unlimited" (2004), and "Till Death Unites Us" (2006), as well as the singles "Released" (2002), "Unleash Hell" (2003), "Spreading Death" (2003), and Scream (2006), the MiniDVD single Spreading Death, an EP titled Solution 7 (2005) and most lately EP "No Way Back" (2007). A full length album is planned to be recorded in August-September 2007, it was released in Finland in early autumn 2008 carrying name the "N".
In October of 2005, drummer Toni Hallio left the band, leaving guitarist/vocalist Lindroos as the only remaining original member. Hallio was replaced by Heikki Saari, drummer of Virtuocity.
Petri Lindroos left the band in 2009 because his other band Ensiferum took most of his time. Aleksi Sihvonen was hired as the new singer and Daniel Freyberg as the second guitarist. Norther entered Astia studios on October 5, 2010 to record a new album, ''Circle Regenerated'' which was released April 19 2011.
On 24th of July 2012 the band announced on their website that the members have decided to quit Norther because of time issues. The band played its last show on the 10th of August at Brutal Assault Festival 2012 in the Czech Republic.
Current members
* Aleksi Sihvonen - Vocals (2009-2012)
* Kristian Ranta (Kride) - Guitar and clean vocals (2000-2012)
* Heikki Saari - Drums (2005-2012)
* Jukka Koskinen - Bass (2000-2012)
* Tuomas Planman - Keyboards and Synthesizers (2000-2012)
* Daniel Freyberg - Guitar (Tours-2009-2012)
Former members
* Petri Lindroos - Guitar and Vocals (1995-2009)
* Toni Hallio - Drums (1995-2005)
* Tuomas - Bass (1995-1997)
* Roni Korpas - Guitar (1995-1999)
* Sebastian Knight - Keyboard (2000)
* Joakim Ekroos - Bass (2000)
Former official website: http://web.archive.org/web/20120929054100/http://www.norther.net
2) NORTER is a fast paced, energetic, romantic Indie Rock band from Prince Edward Island. They gather inspiration anywhere from the 2010's Indie Rock scene from artists such as Mac DeMarco, Rex Orange County, The Strokes, and The Arctic Monkeys. Their members include Declan Rockwell, James Gray, Keith MacEwen, Garrett Sherwood, and Patrick Stephen. They have recently released their debut record '12:34'
Their official Bandcamp website: https://norter.bandcamp.com/
The Final Countdown
Norther Lyrics
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But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back,
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
Will things ever be the same again?
It's the final countdown
the final countdown
We're heading for Venus (Venus) and still we stand tall
'Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all
With so many light years to go and things to be found (to be found)
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.
It's the final countdown
The final countdown
The final countdown...
The lyrics of Norther's song The Final Countdown depict a group of people leaving together to head towards a new destination. The first two lines are an oxymoron since leaving together usually means no farewell, but they are leaving their home planet behind, which they may never return to. The uncertainty about return is evident when they say, "maybe we'll come back, to earth, who can tell?" The second stanza enunciates on the fact that they have accepted their fate and that nobody is to blame for leaving their homeland. They have left the ground, and they wonder if things will ever be the same again. The chorus repeats the phrase "it's the final countdown" several times, which clearly shows that they are approaching the final stages of their journey.
The third and fourth stanza in the lyrics of The Final Countdown highlight that they are heading towards Venus and are determined enough to stand tall, despite facing impending risks. Their optimism situates in the fact that perhaps the inhabitants of Venus have already spotted them and will welcome them, and there are many new things to be discovered. Nonetheless, they realize they will miss their home planet, as they say, "I'm sure that we'll all miss her so." The phrase "the final countdown" reiterated throughout the song establishes the momentum, which feels like the singer has reached the end of their journey.
Line by Line Meaning
We're leaving together,
We're departing as a group,
But still it's farewell
Despite leaving, we say goodbye,
And maybe we'll come back,
We could potentially return, but it's uncertain,
To earth, who can tell?
We don't know if we will make it back to Earth,
I guess there is no one to blame
There's no one to hold responsible,
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
We are departing from a planet's surface,
Will things ever be the same again?
Will the circumstances be identical once we return?
It's the final countdown
We're approaching the conclusion of our mission,
We're heading for Venus (Venus) and still we stand tall
We're on our way to Venus and remain optimistic,
'Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all
Perhaps the inhabitants of Venus await our arrival,
With so many light years to go and things to be found (to be found)
We have a long journey ahead of us with many discoveries to be made,
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.
We'll miss our home planet dearly,
The final countdown
We're nearing the end of our journey,
The final countdown
It's truly the end,
The final countdown...
There's nothing left after this,
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Joey Tempest
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Craig Watson
I absolutely love this cover. It's faithful to the original and still recognisable as a cover, and yet has its own twist. Definitely the best Final Countdown cover I've heard.
avraham vidal
Totally Agree Dude
BlueRivaly
AMAZING!!! Love the vocals
SinanS
Yesss
crofold
Man Norther definitely did this song justice. This is one more band I'll be putting on my iPod.
Khristian
This cover made me discover this amazing band! Still one of my favorite bands. It's just bad how they disbanded.
Francisco Luque
Norther is like Children of Bodom: A band with a rare mix of genres. Sounds like death, black and power metal, in a minor percentage they mix genres like 80's rock just like this cover. But it's just a cover, mixed with another genre. And it rules!
Malcolm Montgomery
It should be further noted that this was still part of my 2 hour playlist of different variants of Final Countdown which I repeated over and over for over 30 hours straight while finishing my very last University paper.
m00nashes
This version shall always be ageless... 🔥
jazzy
This cover is fucking epic. I love the speedy tempo and the death metal vocals :D