Jarkko Ahola

J. Ahola
Background information
Birth name	Jarkko Ahola
Born	24 August 1977
Origin	Toijala, Finland
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal, symphonic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizer
Associated acts	Teräsbetoni, Northern Kings, Ahola, Raskasta Joulua, ex-Dreamtale

Jarkko Kalevi Ahola (Toijala, 24 August 1977) is a performing artist, a composer and a singer. He is the vocalist and bass player and one of the three songwriters of the band Teräsbetoni. He is also a member of a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup Northern Kings together with Marco Hietala from Nightwish, Tarot and Sapattivuosi, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja.

Other bands Jarkko has been involved with are Dreamtale, Cosmic Spell and Helmisetti. In addition, Jarkko has taken part in the Raskasta Joulua project incorporating the sound of metal to Christmas carols. He is a lefthanded bass player.

Discography

Albums

as part of Ahola

Year	Album	Peak positions	Certification
		FIN [1]
2012	Stoneface	41
2014	Tug of War	14

Solo (as Jarkko Ahola)

Year	Album	Peak positions	Certification
		FIN [2]
2012	Ave Maria - Joulun klassikot)	4
2014	Suojelusenkeli - Joulun klassikot 2	4

References

1. "Ahola discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
2. "Jarkko Ahola discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 20 December 2014.

External links

• J. Ahola Homepage
• J. Ahola Myspace
• Official Facebook Page of J. Ahola
• Official AHOLA Homepage