Ari Koivunen was born on 7 June 1984 and is a Finnish heavy metal singer who rose to fame as the winner of the Finnish singing competition Idols in 2007.
19 Facts About Ari Koivunen
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Ari Koivunen was the vocalist of the Finnish heavy metal band Amoral from 2008 to 2017.
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Ari Koivunen was born in Kouvola on 7 June 1984 and developed an early interest in music.
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On 11 June 2008, Ari Koivunen published the second album Becoming.
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Ari Koivunen made his vocal debut with Amoral in the studio album Show Your Colors on 6 May 2009.
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Amoral's second album Beneath with Ari Koivunen was released 26 October 2011.
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Niko does all the aggressive parts and when Ari Koivunen comes in its really smooth and deep.
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Ari Koivunen has toured with Amoral in Finland and in Europe from 2009 on.
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Ari Koivunen debuted with Amoral in the US at SXSW event and in China in spring 2012.
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Ari Koivunen was touring second time in Europe with Amoral in autumn 2012, when Amoral supported Ensiferum at the "Bearers of the Swords 2012" tour.
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Ari Koivunen did not sing on the "Old School Tour" of the band in Finland in autumn 2016, as the band only played the three first albums with original singer Niko Kalliojarvi.
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Beside Amoral, Ari Koivunen has played solo and duo shows among others with his previous bandmates, Erkka Korhonen and Luca Gargano.
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Ari Koivunen went on playing in the theater 2016 in a musical called Autiotalossa where he plays the name role of the legendary Finnish rock musician Neumann from the band Dingo in the 80s.
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In 2017 Ari Koivunen founded together with Marko Hietala and JP Leppaluoto a new group called Powerless Trio.
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In late 2006, Ari Koivunen auditioned for the third season of the Finnish singing competition Idols, which had had a prolonged break since 2005's second series.
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Ari Koivunen was then granted a place in the semi-finals, which would allow the public to decide which contestants would make it into the live final rounds.
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The voting public was of a different opinion, as Ari Koivunen again made it into the next round without being in danger of elimination.
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Ari Koivunen sang the Sonata Arctica song FullMoon, the Soundgarden hit Black Hole Sun, the Scorpions ballad Still Loving You and the song On the Top of the World which was composed for the Idols winner.
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Ari Koivunen had already sung with the other Idols finalists on the single "Pop-musiikkia".