Taneli Jarva

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Taneli Jarva is a Finnish musician. Currently, he is the vocalist for The Black League, which he formed in 1998. He is probably best known as vocalist/bassist in Sentenced which he left in 1995 because he didn't like the melodic direction the band were heading into, and therefore decided to move on to other projects.But on Sentenced's last live gig in 2005 in Oulu, he joined them a last time to sing the songs he recorded with them. He was also the bassist for Impaled Nazarene (1992-1996) and vocalist in the old school death metal band Chaosbreed (2003-2005). He is also a tattoo artist at Art For Life studio in Helsinki. Some of his portfolio can be seen at Whitetown Tattoo.

[edit] Music Style

His way of singing changed extremely over the years. In the beginning of his career with Sentenced he used screaming vocals fitting their Death Metal music, on the albums Shadows of the Past, North from here and the EP The Trooper (Iron Maiden Cover). On the Album Amok his vocals were like a very interesting mixture of sharp and melodic singing. In his new band he adopted many Rock'n'Roll elements.

[edit] Records

with Sentenced:

Shadows of the Past, The Trooper, North from here, Amok, Buried Alive (live Cd of the last gig of Sentenced)

with The Black League:

Demo 98, Ichor, Doomsday Sun, Utopia A.D., Cold Women & Warm Beer, Man's Ruin Revisited, A Place Called Bad