The guys of Arion are only 17-18 year olds and from Helsinki. Viljami Holopainen, Iivo Kaipainen, Arttu Vauhkonen, Georgi "Gege" Velinov and Topias Kupiainen. They have a link to Stratovarius, as Topias is little brother of their guitarist and mentor. Their music could be labeled as soulful heavy with clean vocals and symphonic arrangements. They are also very pedant, they can train one detail over and over with a metronome to get it right.
Their song Lost in the woods is a story about being lost in general, in psychological way, something that everyone experiences at some point of their lives. Deep words from the 17-year-old songwriter Iivo.
What did the jurors say?
Toni Wirtanen: Damn it. It's great when young guys can do such good heavyrock! Really good.
Tomi Saarinen: This is really, really good. Considering this is just a demo it's perfect. It really hit me. Great chorus, too.
Redrama: It hit me, too, now here even more. Good melody, the synth arrangement...
Tomi: If they can pull it out like this live that'd be quite an experience!
Toni: I would like to give a production hint. The ending is so great with the word "lost". It should come alone, without music, just human voice hitting it in the end. (You can hear from the final version they did it, Ed.note)
Here is their Facebook.
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