Arion (band)

Arion
Arion
	Arion live in 2019
Background information
Origin	Helsinki, Finland
Genres	Symphonic Metal; Power Metal;
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Ranka Kustannus OY; AFM Records; Marquee/Avalon;
Members	Lassi Vääränen (vocals); Iivo Kaipainen (guitars); Arttu Vauhkonen (keyboards); Gege Velinov (bass); Topias Kupiainen (drums);
Past members	Viljami Holopainen (vocals)
Website	facebook.com/pg/OfficialArion

Arion is a Finnish metal band formed in 2011 and lead by guitarist Iivo Kaipainen. Arion gained fame after performing their first song "Lost" in Finland's Eurovision Song Contest in 2013.^[1] They have since released several singles, an EP and two albums named Last of Us and Life Is Not Beautiful. In March 2016 Arion recorded a duet "At the Break of Dawn" together with Elize Ryd from Amaranthe.^[2]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
Title	Details	FIN ^[3]
Last of Us	Released: 22 August 2014 Label: Ranka Kustannus Format: Digital download, CD	13
Life Is Not Beautiful	Released: 19 October 2018 Label: AFM Records Format: Digital download, CD	–
Vultures Die Alone	Released: 26 March 2021 Label: AFM Records Format: Digital download, CD	TBA

Singles

Title	Year	Album
"Lost"	2013	Last of Us
"Seven"		Last of Us
"New Dawn"		Non-album single
"Shadows"	2014	Last of Us
"Last of Us"	2015	Last of Us
"At the Break of Dawn" (featuring Elize Ryd)	2016	Life Is Not Beautiful
"Unforgivable"	2016
"No One Stands in My Way"	2017
"Through Your Falling Tears"	2018
"Seven" (2018 version)	2019	Non-album single
"Bloodline" (featuring Noora Louhimo)	2020	Vultures Die Alone

References

^ "Arion". AFM Records. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ "OfficialArion". Facebook. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Arion". Finnish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

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[1] "Arion". AFM Records. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[2] "OfficialArion". Facebook. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

[FIN-3] Hung, Steffen. "Discography Arion". Finnish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

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