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Hard rock band Northward is a musical project created by vocalist Floor Jansen from the Finnish band Nightwish and guitarist Jørn Viggo Lofstad who plays in the Norwegian group Pagan's Mind.Jansen, one of the leading female vocalists on the Scandinavian hard rock scene, teamed up with Lofstad in 2007 and began writing songs with the intention of putting together a guest band to record their work. By 2008 an entire album's worth of material had been created but the two musicians found themselves with no time outside of the busy schedules of their two respective bands and so the project was shelved. In 2017 a window of opportunity opened and the duo went back to the studio with an assortment of fellow musicians to record their long-awaited debut album. Personnel chosen for Lofstad and Jansen's project Northward include bass player Morten Skaget, drummers Jango Nilsen and Stian Kristoffersen plus Ronny Tegner on keyboards. For the time being Northward is an extra-curricular project and the two founders continue to remain members of their current bands.Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved