Heidi Parviainen

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Heidi Parviainen
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Heidi Parviainen (left) and Kasperi Heikkinen with Amberian Dawn in 2009.
Background information
Born (1979-03-08) 8 March 1979 (age 44)
Espoo, Finland
OriginFinland
Genres Symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano
Years active1997–present
Member of
Formerly of

Heidi Parviainen (born 8 March 1979) is a Finnish heavy metal singer and lead vocalist of symphonic metal band Dark Sarah.

Contents

She previously fronted Amberian Dawn and is a classically trained lyric soprano.

Career

Agonia, Iconofear (1997–2006)

With Amberian Dawn (2006–2012)

Amberian Dawn performing at the Metal Female Voices Fest on their The Clouds of Northland Thunder tour. Amberian Dawn 2.jpg
Amberian Dawn performing at the Metal Female Voices Fest on their The Clouds of Northland Thunder tour.

Heidi joined Amberian Dawn [1] in 2006.

Heidi started to write lyrics which were often influenced by Finnish and Norse mythology, and many songs reference the Finnish national poem Kalevala. She undertook three European tours with the band and performed at several European festivals.

On 19 November 2012 the band announced that Heidi had parted ways with them. The decision was made in early 2012, making thus Metal Female Voices Fest their last show together with Heidi. [2]

Dark Sarah (2012–present)

A few days after her departure, Heidi announced that she had started a new musical project called "Dark Sarah". She said Dark Sarah "is making one of my dreams come true, a dream that had been sleeping for many years but now has finally awoken." [3]

Heidi explained the concept:

Dark Sarah's story Behind the Black Veil tells a story about a young woman called Sarah. She is left at the altar by her husband and she almost has a mental breakdown but instead something wakes up inside her and she changes to another person, her meaner half: Dark Sarah.

The musical style combines elements of film music, metal music and music theater. The album called Behind the Black Veil, will feature several guest musicians such as Manuela Kraller, Inga Scharf (Van Canto) and Kasperi Heikkinen (U.D.O, Merging Flare). Dark Sarah consists of a band including musicians like: Erkka Korhonen (guitar) (Raskasta Joulua, Northern Kings), Sami-Petri Salonen (guitar), Jukka Koskinen (bass) (Wintersun) and Lauri Kuussalo (drums). [3]

Dark Sarah has released three albums so far after an initial EP. The first album, Behind the Black Veil, was released in 2014. This was followed by The Puzzle (released 2016) and The Golden Moth (released 2018). The Violent Roses EP was released in 2014. [3]

In 2020 the band announced their signing to Napalm Records and a new studio album called "Grim".

Other works

Parviainen has performed with a few other bands in studio, with Eternal Tears of Sorrow on the song "Tears of Autumn Rain" from the album Children of the Dark Waters in 2009, and with Ensiferum on their album Unsung Heroes, providing the choir vocals.

Discography

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References

  1. ↑ "Parviainen Heidi (Amberian Dawn)- Musician Profile". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  2. ↑ "Amberian Dawn » Parting ways with vocalist, line-up change". Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dark Sarah Official – About". Darksarah.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
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