What the hell?? Strange news.
I can't imagine Norther without Petri. I like Ensiferum very much but Petri fits better with Norther I think.

No no no no no no no no no!!! I'm in shock! No! This can't be happening! Norther is one of my favourite bands and I've always considered Petri to have an awesome voice. I can't believe I'll never see them live with Petri! I haven't been this upset about Metal news since Celtic Frost disbanded yet again!

NO!!!

What the fuck, I never saw this coming. Never knew he was that commited to Ensiferum...however I'm glad with his choice to stick with Ensiferum.

Written by WorpeX on 04.03.2009 at 18:26

You guys all sound surprised that he left norther instead of Ensiferum. Honestly, what would you guys have done? Chose the band which isn't really all that popular and doesn't headline very often or choose the band which headlines almost every show, is incredibly popular worldwide and most likely makes way more money.

The choice is fairly obvious to me.

I would chose the band which isn't really all that popular and doesn't headline very often... hahaha who the hell am I kidding, if I were Petri I would chose Ensiferum for sure! Norther is just... well, Norther, and on the other hand we have... well, ENSIFERUM, got the point dudes?

This sucks that Petri Lindroos left the band. I hope the band is able to survive this. That sucks that he left the band though, because he was the only remaining original member of the band.

WTF. this is not fair, what is happening when I start listening to Norther is because they look much like COB and KALMAH , and also because Petri was fucking aswome singer , Damn it

Written by LeChron James on 04.03.2009 at 22:20

Yeah i coulda seen this coming.

Agreed. I'm reading all these posts that say "Never saw this coming!" or "Im so surprised". Seriously? Use some common sense. Ensiferum has been on a non-stop tour for the longest time, where was he going to find the time for Norther? Its a pretty easy thing to understand. In fact I was anticipating how long it would be until Petri left or the band disintegrated from his absence.

WHAT?!?!?! No one will ever be able to replace him! At least that could've happened after "till death unites us", not after a good album like "N" (((

Written by Doc G. on 05.03.2009 at 08:12

Agreed. I'm reading all these posts that say "Never saw this coming!" or "Im so surprised". Seriously? Use some common sense. Ensiferum has been on a non-stop tour for the longest time, where was he going to find the time for Norther? Its a pretty easy thing to understand. In fact I was anticipating how long it would be until Petri left or the band disintegrated from his absence.

yeah dude i feel the same way. all the surprise is completely unnecessary. its really not that surprising. that and i think anyone would join Ensiferum over Norther anyway.

Written by HardSide on 04.03.2009 at 14:17

Written by Itsemurha on 04.03.2009 at 13:16

Ohhh shit, he really fitted in Norther... He should have quited from Ensiferum!

No truer words have been spoken, Ensiferum were much better with there past singer, but he left to start Wintersun.

I know that, Jari rocked in Ensiferum and rocks in Wintersun. what did you mean by that ? "No truer words have been spoken"

Written by Doc G. on 05.03.2009 at 08:12

Agreed. I'm reading all these posts that say "Never saw this coming!" or "Im so surprised". Seriously? Use some common sense. Ensiferum has been on a non-stop tour for the longest time, where was he going to find the time for Norther? Its a pretty easy thing to understand. In fact I was anticipating how long it would be until Petri left or the band disintegrated from his absence.

Yes, exactly. I'm just surprised to see it took Lindroos so long to figure that out for himself.

Hm...think Norther w/o Petri is nothing...

I hope they will find a better new singer.:cool:

Woah!! i don't think anyone saw that coming! daaamn. too bad, but they should know what's best for them. good thing that at least it wasn't for lack of commitment or interest from him or something like that

Things wont be the same without him :S

That's a shame... even if they bring the best guitarist and singer in the world, they'll never be the same

Damn =/

Well this was like a straight punch in the face! What a surprise... I can imagine Stratovarius without Tolkki somehow, but Norther without Petri is harder for me to imagine. What a shame...

Ensiferum >> Norther. No harm done.

Norther part ways with singer?... it sounds a bit weird for me. Petri was the heart of Norther!
It was the worst news I've read since Jani's quit from Sonata.
But let's see the good side of these all:
- Norther was in downhill (N is a shit) so it's better that Petri left the band now than for example if he would quit after the 3rd album, isn't it?
- Now as he left Norther he can concentrate on Ensiferum. I expect new Ensiferum albums more frequently in the future. And tours, of course!

Written by MetalAlex on 04.03.2009 at 17:49

On last album "N" Petri wrote music only for 3 songs and lyrics for 3 songs as well.

Which are those 3 songs?

If he wanted to quit this is the best time for it after an album like n but it wouldn't have right if he left after mirror of madness or death unlimited

Damn indeed. Guess I'll have to give their first album a spin for a good times sake. It's impossible to replace Petri.

Written by Janne on 06.03.2009 at 11:18

Written by MetalAlex on 04.03.2009 at 17:49

On last album "N" Petri wrote music only for 3 songs and lyrics for 3 songs as well.

Which are those 3 songs?

Saviour, We Rock, Forever and Ever (with Ranta)
It's info from my CD booklet

Written by MetalAlex on 08.03.2009 at 09:57

Written by Janne on 06.03.2009 at 11:18

Written by MetalAlex on 04.03.2009 at 17:49

On last album "N" Petri wrote music only for 3 songs and lyrics for 3 songs as well.

Which are those 3 songs?

Saviour, We Rock, Forever and Ever (with Ranta)
It's info from my CD booklet

Heh, nice, ty.. how weird, my favourite 2 songs are We Rock and Saviour

I bet Jari is their new singer. Hahahaha.

Honestly, I'm not really that surprised. I, for myself, think that Petri better suites Ensiferum than Norther. For the last 2 albums of Norther, it's been pretty week, nothing special, nothing extraordinary, it was going down quickly. When I listened to "N", I was bored out of my fucking mind. Though, when I saw Ensiferum live a couple of months ago when they came with Amon Amarth, I was headbanging the shit out of myself.

I really like what he did though on the first albums of Norther, it was good, but still, ain't good enough to continue it. They lost it as a band, I ain't giving them a year and they will be done. Unless they find, by some kind of miracle, a new singer that is going to bring magic to the band, but still....miracles rarely happen.

May Ensiferum live forever, cuze DAMN I wanna see those guys again live, they were fucking awesome.

Written by Baz Anderson on 09.03.2009 at 05:13

I bet Jari is their new singer. Hahahaha.

That would be hilarious.

Petri's mediocrity has turned into metal gold by the fellas over with Ensiferum. Let's face it, Norther just isn't very good any more. Especially their last two albums, I have not once regretted the purchase of an album more than I did after I popped in N (and I bought Death Magnetic).