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Jarkko Ahola
Ahola in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Jarkko Kalevi Ahola
Also known as	J. Ahola
Born	(1977-08-24) 24 August 1977 (age 47)
Origin	Toijala, Finland
Genres	Heavy metal, power metal, symphonic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, bass, guitar, synthesizer
Member of	Teräsbetoni, Northern Kings, Ahola, Raskasta Joulua, Forces United
Formerly of	Dreamtale

Jarkko Kalevi Ahola (born 24 August 1977) is a Finnish performing artist, composer and singer. Born in Toijala, 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 Marko Hietala from Nightwish, Tarot and Sapattivuosi, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja.

Other bands Ahola has been involved with are Dreamtale, Cosmic Spell and Helmisetti. In addition, Ahola has taken part in the Raskasta Joulua project incorporating the sound of metal to Christmas carols. He is a lefthanded bass player. In 2013, took part in the project Forces United, where he acted in the role of vocalist. The project also took part Maxim Samosvat, Konstantin Seleznev, Daria Stavrovich.

Discography

Albums

as part of Ahola

Solo (as Jarkko Ahola)

References

1. "Ahola discography". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
2. "Jarkko Ahola discography". finnishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. "Suomen Virallinen Lista".
4. "Suomen Virallinen Lista".
5. "Albumit 46/2023". Musiikkituottajat. Retrieved 18 November 2023.

External links

• Official website
• Official AHOLA Homepage

• Biography
• Finland
• Rock music

• 1977 births
• Living people
• Finnish heavy metal bass guitarists
• Finnish heavy metal singers
• Finnish male singer-songwriters
• Finnish singer-songwriters
• 21st-century Finnish singers
• 21st-century bass guitarists
• Northern Kings members
• Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2008
• Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Finland