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Henrik Klingenberg: Sonata Arctica Keyboardist



Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg
(born October 21, 1978 in Mariehamn Ã…land, Finland) is a keyboardist and singer. He joined Sonata Arctica in late 2002 and currently resides in Kokko L.A, Finland, when not on tour. Keyboardists who have influenced him include Matt Guillory, Kevin Moore, and Jon Lord. He claims that his musical inspiration is pulled from life itself.

Career:

Henrik plays both a keytar and a normal portable synthesizer in the bands Sonata Arctica and Silent Voices as well as being the vocalist for a Thrash/Groove Metal band called Mental Care Foundation. He has recenlty started a Melodic Death Metal side project called Graveyard Shift with his Sonata Arctica bandmate Jani Liimatainen.

Before joining Sonata Arctica, he had participated in a large enough number of bands that he does not bother to list them on his bio page on the official Sonata Arctica website.

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