Ville Laihiala

Ville Laihiala
Born	June 13, 1973 Oulu, Finland
Genres	Gothic metal, heavy metal, blues-rock.
Occupation(s)	Singer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, bass
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Century Media, Hype Productions, Warner Music Finland
Associated acts	Sentenced Poisonblack

Ville Laihiala (born June 13, 1973 in Oulu, Finland) is the current vocalist and guitarist of the Finnish Gothic metal group, Poisonblack. He was also the frontman for Sentenced from 1996 (when he replaced their former bassist and vocalist, Taneli Jarva) until the group ended their career in 2005. When joining Sentenced he was soon accepted by fans. He wrote very few songs for Sentenced (whose main-songwriters were Miika Tenkula and Sami Lopakka), for example the song "Aika Multaa Muistot" on the album, "The Cold White Light".

Style

In the beginning of his career with Sentenced his vocals had been quite sharp and rocky, but as their music got more melodic he sang in a very low and melancholic way.

Discography

Albums

With Poisonblack

Escapexstacy (2003/Century Media Records)
Lust Stained Despair (2006/Century Media Records)
A Dead Heavy Day (2008/Century Media Records)
Of Rust and Bones (2010/Century Media Records)
Drive (2011/Hype Records)
Lyijy (2013/Warner Music Finland)

With Sentenced

Buried Alive (2006/Century Media Records)
The Funeral Album (2005/Century Media Records)
The Cold White Light (2002/Century Media Records)
Crimson (2000/Century Media Records)
Frozen (1998/Century Media Records)
Down (1996/Century Media Records)

DVDs