ARI KOIVUNEN: Second 'Becoming' Audio Sampler Available

Finnish heavy metal singer Ari Koivunen has posted the second "sampler" on MySpace featuring audio clips of five songs from his second solo album, "Becoming". The featured tracks are "Father", "Keepers Of The Night", "Tears Keep Falling", "Hero's Gold", "My Mistake" and "Unscarred Within". Check it out below.

Ari Koivunen will release "Becoming" in Finland on June 11 via Sony BMG (June 9 via digital music outlets). Check out the cover artwork by Thomas Ewerhard below.

"Becoming" track listing:

01. Raging Machine
02. Under The Burning Sky
03. Give Me A Reason
04. Sign Of Our Times
05. Sweet Madness
06. Father
07. Keepers Of The Night
08. Tears Keep Falling
09. Hero's Gold
10. My Mistake
11. Unscarred Within
 

"Give Me A Reason"

, the first single from

"Becoming"

, entered the Finnish chart at position No. 3. The song, which is currently available for streaming on

Ari

's

MySpace page

, was written by

Nino Laurenne

of

THUNDERSTONE

and

Pasi Heikkilä

, who were also in charge of producing

Ari

's sophomore album at

Sonic Pump Studios

.

Ari Koivunen

's

"Give Me A Reason"

video was directed by

Owe Lingvall

(

NOCTURNAL RITES

drummer) of

Village Road Film

.

Ari Koivunen

's band consists of the following musicians:

Ari Koivunen

(vocals)

Erkka Korhonen

(guitar)

Luca Gargano

(guitar)

Erkki Silvennoinen

(bass)

Vili Ollila

(keyboards)

Mauro Gargano

(drums)

"Fuel for the Fire"

was certified double-platinum in Finland, where it has sold more than 75,000 copies to date.

A special edition of

"Fuel for the Fire"

was issued in Finland on November 21, 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 last summer and as well as interview footage.

Sampler 2:

Sampler 1: