Finnish Heavy Metal 'Idol' ARI KOIVUNEN: 'Fuel For The Fire' Double-Platinum Edition Detailed

A special edition of "Fuel for the Fire", the debut solo album from the winner of the Finnish national TV talent competition "Idols", 23-year-old heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen, will be issued in Finland on November 14, featuring a live DVD and acoustic versions of two album songs ("Hear My Call" and "Angels Are Calling") as a bonus. The live DVD contains material from Ari's concerts in Helsinki this summer and as well as interview footage. This is the same version of the album that will be issued in Japan on October 24.

"Fuel for the Fire – Double Platinum Edition" (cover artwork) track listing:

01. God Of War
02. Hear My Call
03. Fuel For The Fire
04. Don't Try To Break Me
05. Angels Are Calling
06. I Fly
07. Our Beast
08. Losing My Insanity
09. Stay True
10. Stormwind
11. Heartstealer
12. Hetki lyö (cover version)
Extras:
13. Hear My Call (acoustic version)
14. Angels Are Calling (acoustic version)

Bonus DVD:

Live footage:

01. Intro
01. Don't Try To Break Me
01. Angels Are Calling
01. Our Beast
01. Hetki Lyö
01. I Fly
01. Stormwind
01. God Of War
01. Wasted Years (IRON MAIDEN cover)
+ Documentary, backstage material, interview

You can hear the acoustic version of "Angels Are Calling" (composed by STRATOVARIUS mainman Timo Tolkki) at this location (click on the play button on the left).

"Fuel for the Fire" was recently certified double-platinum in Finland for sales in excess of 60,000 copies.

Koivunen's video for his first solo single, "Hear My Call", can be viewed below. The song was written by Nino Laurenne (THUNDERSTONE) and Pasi Heikkilä (45 DEGREE WOMAN), who also produced "Fuel for the Fire" (Sony BMG). Among the other metal luminaries who have contributed material to "Fuel for the Fire" are Marco Hietala (NIGHTWISH, TAROT), Janne Joutsenniemi (SUBURBAN TRIBE), Tony Kakko (SONATA ARCTICA) and Jarkko Ahola (TERÄSBETONI).

Ari is originally from Lahti, the Finnish town that has given birth to such metal acts as PROFANE OMEN, BEFORE THE DAWN, ENTWINE and DARK FILTH FRATERNITY (Ari has since relocated to Helsinki). One of his hobbies is "Hevikaraoke" (Finnish "heavy metal" karaoke); he won the Finnish Karaoke Championships in 2005, and placed third in the Karaoke World Championships the same year. Among his favorite bands are IRON MAIDEN, RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, DIO, PROFANE OMEN and HELLOWEEN.