Mika Luttinen was born in Oulu, Finland, in 1971. In 1990, he formed the Finnish black metal band Impaled Nazarene, where he is the singer and main lyricist. After numerous line-up changes, he remains the only original member. Besides his main project, he has been in the death/black metal band Obscene Eulogy, with Tapio Wilska and Killjoy, as well as in the punk band The Rocking Dildos. While in Impaled Nazarene he was also involved with the band Diabolos Rising (name later changed to Raism) together with then Rotting Christ keyboard player Magus Wampyr Daoloth, and has made guest appearances in The Crown, Hypnos, Ancient Rites, and Rytmihäiriö.[1] After living in Belgium for a few years, he returned in July 2000 to Finland to live in Helsinki.