The melodic death metal band NORTHER was founded in 1996 under the name REQUIEM by guitarist Petri Lindroos (meanwhile WARMEN, ENSIFERUM, SATANIC NORTH) and drummer Toni Hallio. After a few line-up changes and initial difficulties, the band released five successful studio albums before Petri Lindroos had to leave the band in 2009 due to his activities with ENSIFERUM. NORTHER then officially announced their break-up in July 2012 after another studio album. Reaper Entertainment will now release the band’s most successful album to date, which also marks the last album with Petri Lindroos, on vinyl for the first time. “N” entered the Finnish album charts at number 5 in 2008 and stayed there for 3 weeks With songs like “My Antichrist”, the band presents a mix of razor-sharp riffs, aggressive vocals and great melodies. There are some surprises in the second song “Frozen Angel”, the band’s most successful song, which begins rather aggressively with driving keyboard sounds and shortly afterwards, fat-scraping guitars and heavy drums, but then turns into a mid-tempo stomper with wonderful clean vocals in the chorus before picking up the pace again. Other highlights on “N” are the former single release “We Rock”, the techno-like “Always & Never”, which shines with its bass lines and great chorus, and the dark, melancholy ballad “If You Go”.