Rethroned

Not to be confused with Enthronement.

Rethroned
Studio album by Northern Kings
Released	November 19, 2008 February 25, 2009 (Japan)
Genre	Symphonic metal
Length	55:01
Label	Warner Music Finland
Producer	Erkka Korhonen
Northern Kings chronology
Reborn (2007) Rethroned (2008)

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Rethroned is the second album by Finnish symphonic metal band Northern Kings. It was released on November 19, 2008, as a CD in Finland and to download via the European iTunes Store. Upon release, the album entered the Finnish charts at number 16. The album was released in Japan on February 25, 2009, with the Michael Jackson cover "They Don't Care About Us" as a bonus track. The iTunes edition included also the orchestral version of "They Don't Care About Us".

The first single and music video released off this album was the Seal cover "Kiss from a Rose" (originally from the soundtrack of the film Batman Forever). The album also includes two other movie-based tracks: "Training Montage" (from Rocky IV) and "A View to a Kill" (from the 1985 James Bond 007 film of the same title).

Track listing

1. "Training Montage" (Vince DiCola cover, from the film Rocky IV) - (Instrumental)
2. "Wanted Dead or Alive" (Bon Jovi cover) - (by Marco Hietala)
3. "Kiss from a Rose" (Seal cover) - (by all)
4. "A View to a Kill" (Duran Duran cover) - (by all)
5. "Nothing Compares 2 U" (Prince cover, although chiefly associated with Sinéad O'Connor) - (by Tony Kakko)
6. "My Way" (Frank Sinatra cover) - (by Jarkko Ahola)
   • Instrumentals incorporate elements of Queen's "The Show Must Go On".
7. "Strangelove" (Depeche Mode cover) - (by all)
8. "Take on Me" (A-ha cover) - (by all)
9. "I Should Be So Lucky" (Kylie Minogue cover) - (by Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto and Jarkko Ahola)
10. "Killer" (Adamski feat. Seal cover) - (by all)
11. "Róisín Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend" (Thin Lizzy cover) - (by Jarkko Ahola and Marco Hietala)
12. "They Don't Care About Us" (Michael Jackson cover) - (by Marco Hietala and Tony Kakko)
    • Bonus track on the Japanese release.
13. "They Don't Care About Us (Orchestral Edit)" (Michael Jackson cover) - (by Marco Hietala and Tony Kakko)
    • iTunes bonus track

Personnel

• Marco Hietala - vocals
• Tony Kakko - vocals
• Jarkko Ahola - vocals
• Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto - vocals

with

• Erkka Korhonen (of the Ari Koivunen band) - guitar
• Mirka Rantanen - Drums
• Mikko P. Mustonen - Orchestrations
• Two Finger Choir - Backing Vocals
• Vili Olila - Piano, Keyboards
• Erkki Silvennoinen - Bass

External links

• Northern Kings - "Kiss from a Rose" Video