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    Toni Kristian "Tony" Kakko (born 16 May 1975) is a Finnish musician, composer and vocalist. He is known as the vocalist, primary songwriter, and creative...
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    metal. The current lineup consists of drummer Tommy Portimo, lead singer Tony Kakko, keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg, guitarist Elias Viljanen and bassist...
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  • bassist Janne Kivilahti. In 2016, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko described the album as "like the extension of our demo, we didn't know...
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  • Spinefarm Records. In a 2014 interview, vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter Tony Kakko said inspiration for writing "The Ruins of My Life" came from the film...
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  • guest artists: Victor Smolski (from Rage) guest appears in "One To Ten", Tony Kakko (from Sonata Arctica) guest appears on "Hearted" and Chris Boltendahl...
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  • from Teräsbetoni, ex-Dreamtale, Marko Hietala from Tarot, ex-Nightwish, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon, Harmaja and...
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    a remake of "Astral Romance" (from the Angels Fall First album) with Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica) singing Tuomas' part. This new material was released...
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  • had a bonus CD containing three tracks. All tracks are written by Tony Kakko Tony Kakko – vocals Jani Liimatainen – guitar Marko Paasikoski – bass guitar...
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  • Viljanen and also the first since 1999's Ecliptica in which vocalist Tony Kakko also plays the keyboards. Sonata Arctica keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg...
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  • followed by an outtake from the narrator. All songs written by Tony Kakko Sonata Arctica Tony Kakko – vocals, additional keyboards Jani Liimatainen – guitars...
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  • new songs and a remake of Angels Fall First's "Astral Romance", sung by Tony Kakko beside Tarja Turunen. The title song is by Northern Irish singer and guitarist...
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  • Look up kakko in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kakko may refer to: Kakko (instrument), a Japanese double-headed drum Kakko (bread) [fi], a type of...
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    band Van Canto for the song "Evil Roots", and on 29 August 2014 that of Tony Kakko (character The Moon) from Finnish metal band Sonata Arctica for the song...
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    to Christmas carols. She sang the song "Julen är här" as a duet with Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica. She also joined the Raskasta Joulua tour for the...
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  • conflicts. According to vocalist, additional keyboardist and main songwriter Tony Kakko, the band had been willing to create an album with a more "live" sound...
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    Kings together with Marko Hietala from Nightwish, Tarot and Sapattivuosi, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja...
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  • interview about the album's successor Pariah's Child, vocalist and songwriter Tony Kakko referred to it as "a rock album [more] than anything else", comparing...
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  • started on the album Consign to Oblivion of 2005. Sonata Arctica frontman Tony Kakko announced in an interview with La Grosse Radio.com that he would duet...
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  • Ville Lipiäinen. It features several vocalists including Johanna Kurkela, Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica and narration by Alan Reid, with lyrics in English and...
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    songwriter. They released three albums. Together with Marko Hietala, Tony Kakko, and Jarkko Ahola, he was also in the band Northern Kings as a vocalist...
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    December 8, featuring Turunen's musician friends Michael Monroe, Doro Pesch, Tony Kakko, Elize Ryd, Marko Saaresto, Timo Kotipelto, Simone Simons, Cristina Scabbia...
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    hitting very high notes, for example Timo Kotipelto of Stratovarius, Tony Kakko of Sonata Arctica, Michael Kiske (Helloween) and Andre Matos (ex-Angra)...
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  • Sonata Arctica. Tony described it as one of the heaviest songs. The lyrics cover the topics of transhumanism and French Humanism. Kakko originally wrote...
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  • video was also produced for the first single. Marko Hietala – vocals Tony Kakko – vocals Jarkko Ahola – vocals Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto – vocals Erkka Korhonen:...
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    creating new songs". Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica's lead singer Tony Kakko, who has worked with Nightwish both in making the "Beauty and the Beast"...
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  • Marko Hietala, Jarkko Ahola, Ari Koivunen, Juha-Pekka Leppaluoto and Tony Kakko. The band's first album, Raskasta Joulua, contained performances by the...
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  • Nightwish), Jarmo Kylmänen (who joined the band in 2008), Sfinx (Ram-Zet) and Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica). The recording was started in 2005, after the band came...
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    Children of the Dark Waters and Saivon Lapsi (Ram-Zet, For My Pain...) Tony Kakko – guest vocals on Before the Bleeding Sun (Sonata Arctica) Marko Hietala...
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    "Bless the Child" in Century Child Male vocals Live in Playback 2001 Tony Kakko "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "Astral Romance" in Over the Hills and...
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  • Apart" and Talviyö's "The Last of the Lambs". All tracks are written by Tony Kakko, except for "My Selene" by Jani Liimatainen The hidden track "Jam" is...
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