Henrik Klingenberg
| Henrik Klingenberg | |
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Henrik Klingenberg in 2016
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Henkka |
| Born | 21 October 1978 |
| Origin | Kemi, Finland |
| Genres |
Power metal Progressive metal Melodic death metal Thrash metal Groove metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Keyboards, keytar, vocals |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast |
| Associated acts |
Sonata Arctica Requiem Silent Voices Mental Care Foundation Graveyard Shift |
| Website | www.sonataarctica.info/site07/ |
Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg (born 21 October 1978 in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland) is a keyboardist, keytarist and singer. He joined the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica in late 2002 and currently resides in Kemi, Finland, when not on tour.
Keyboardists he has listed as his favourites include Kevin Moore, Jon Lord, Jens Johansson and Matt Guillory. He claims that his musical inspiration is taken from life itself.
Although his main involvement is with Sonata Arctica, he is also a member of the band Silent Voices and a thrash/groove metal band called Mental Care Foundation (in which he is the vocalist rather than the keyboardist). He has also recently started a melodic death metal side project called Graveyard Shift as vocalist with his former Sonata Arctica bandmate Jani Liimatainen.
Before joining Sonata Arctica, he had participated in a large enough number of bands that he does not list on his bio page on the official Sonata Arctica website. His most well-known previous band was a progressive power metal band called Requiem, with whom he recorded two albums and contributed keyboards.
Henrik plays a shoulder-mounted controller keyboard (formerly the Roland AX-1, then the Roland AX-7, then AX-1 again and now the Roland AX-Synth) and a Kurzweil, Korg Karma or Korg Triton synthesizer. Recently he started to use Korg M3 instead of the Korg Karma. August 2009 in Lowlands his gear was just painted Roland AX-1 and Korg M3 and no racks. This seems to be his live gear from now on. He is endorsed by Korg and Roland (updated 16 September 2009) On a European leg of 2009 Henkka started using new Roland AX-Synth (painted violet) instead of his old AX-1 (updated 24 December 2009)
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