Sami Yli-Sirniö

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Sami Yli-Sirniö
Background information
Birth name	Sami Yli-Sirniö
Born	April 10, 1972 (age 34)
Origin	Finland
Genre(s)	gothic rock thrash metal
Instrument(s)	guitar Sitar
Associated acts	Tiamat Grip Inc. Kreator

Sami Yli-Sirniö (born April 10, 1972) is a Finnish guitarist who plays rock and metal. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has strong ties with the German metal scene.

While living in Germany, he served as a session musician for gothic act Tiamat and thrash metalband Grip Inc. For both bands, he played sitar, his second favourite instrument. He also replaced injured Swiss guitarist Tommy Vetterli on some live dates of teutonic thrash metal pioneers Kreator.

In 2001, Vetterli departed and Sirniö was asked to replace him on a permanent basis. To this day, he has recorded 2 successful studio albums with the band: 2001's Violent Revolution and 2005's Enemy of God. He also appears on the Live Kreation double-album and DVD, released in 2003.

Meanwhile, he remains a member of the experimental Finnish combo Waltari, whom he originally joined in 1989, sometimes taking time off the band to explore other opportunities.

Discography
Kreator
Miland 'Mille' Petrozza \| Jürgen 'Ventor' Reil \| Christian 'Speesy' Giesler \| Sami Yli-Sirniö
Michael Wulf \| Jörg "Tritze" Trzebiatowski \| Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik \| Tommy Vetterli \| Roberto "Rob" Fioretti \| Andreas Herz \| Joe Cangelosi
Studio albums: Endless Pain \| Pleasure to Kill \| Terrible Certainty \| Extreme Aggression \| Coma of Souls \| Renewal \| Cause for Conflict \| Outcast \| Endorama \| Violent Revolution \| Enemy of God
Singles and EPs: Flag of Hate \| Behind the Mirror \| Out of the Dark ... Into the Light \| Isolation \| Lost \| Leave This World Behind \| Chosen Few
Compilations and live albums: Scenarios of Violence \| Voices Of Transgression - A 90's Retrospective \| Past Life Trauma (1985-1992) \| Live Kreation
Videography
Live in East Berlin \| Hallucinative Comas \| Live Kreation: Revisioned Glory \| Enemy of God Revisited
Related articles
List of songs by Kreator \| Teutonic thrash
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