Sami Lopakka

Sami Lopakka
Sami Lopakka with KYPCK at Nosturi
Background information
Also known as	The Serial Self-Killer^[1]
Born	(1975-01-17) January 17, 1975
Origin	Finland
Genres	Death metal, doom metal, melodic death metal
Instruments	Guitar, Keyboards
Labels	Century Media
Associated acts	Sentenced, KYPCK

Sami Lopakka is a Finnish guitarist and an author. Lopakka was one of two guitarists for the band Sentenced until it disbanded. Lopakka was the band's main lyric writer and was also considered the spokesman for the band. Since 2007 he is once again active in KYPCK.

Sami spoke with Metal-Rules.com in April 2007 about his recent activities. Also discussed was the final Sentenced show which was recently released on DVD, what his former Sentenced bandmates have been up to, and of course the details on his own business and musical pursuits. April 2007 interview

Lopakka's debut novel "Marras" was published in January 2014 by Like Kustannus Oy in Finland.

Sources

References

↑ Sentenced - Questions mhs.fi. 2002. Retrieved on 2009-10-26.

Sentenced

Ville Laihiala Miika Tenkula Sami Lopakka Sami Kukkohovi Vesa Ranta Lari Kylmänen Taneli Jarva

Studio albums	Shadows of the Past (1991) North from Here (1993) Amok (1995) Down (1996) Frozen (1998) Crimson (2000) The Cold White Light (2002) The Funeral Album (2005)

EPs	The Trooper (1993) Love & Death (1995)

DVDs	Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)

Singles	Killing Me Killing You (1999) No One There (2002) Routasydän (2003)* Ever-Frost (2005)

Demos	When Death Joins Us... (1990) Rotting Ways to Misery (1991) Journey to Pohjola (1992) Demo 1994 (1994)

Videography	Nepenthe (1994) Noose (1996) The Suicider (1998) Killing Me Killing You (1999) No One There (2002) Ever – Frost (2005) Despair – Ridden Hearts (2006)