KYPCK

KYPCK
KYPCK at Nosturi, 2008
Background information
Origin	Tampere/Oulu, Finland
Genres	Doom metal, sludge metal
Years active	2007–present
Labels	UHO Production Century Media
Associated acts	Sentenced Poisonblack Dreamtale Fiasco General Solution 13
Website	kypck-doom.com
Members	E. Seppänen S. S. Lopakka S. Kukkohovi J. T. Ylä-Rautio A.K. Karihtala

KYPCK (Volapuk rendition from rus. Курск) is a Finnish doom metal band formed in 2007.

They call themselves “Fast Russian Doom Metal From Finland”. Vocalist Erkki Seppänen speaks fluent Russian and has worked in the embassy in Moscow.^[1] Their debut album "Черно" (Cherno) was released on March 12, 2008 (in Finland) as jewelbox and digipack versions. There are cyrillic Russian lyrics and English translations in the booklet of the album. Transliterated sing-along versions of the lyrics are available exclusively at kypck-doom.com. They have finished recording their second album Ниже (Nizhe) in January 2010 and have released it on February 9, 2011.

Members

Current members

• E. Seppänen – vocals (2007–present)
• S. S. Lopakka – 6–stringed instruments (electric guitars) (2007–present)
• S. Kukkohovi – 6–stringed instruments (electric guitars) (touring 2008–2011), (2011–present)
• J. T. Ylä-Rautio – 1–stringed instruments (1 string bass guitar)(2007–present)
• A.K. Karihtala – batteria (drums) (2011–present)

Former members

• K. H. M. Hiilesmaa – batteria (2007–2011)

Discography

Studio albums

• Черно (Black) – Chorno (2008)
• Ниже (Lower) – Nizhe (2011)
• Имена на стене (Names on the wall) – Imena na stene (2014)

Singles

• "1917" (2008)

Videography

• "1917" (2008)
• "Stalingrad" (2009)
• "Alleya Stalina" (2011)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to KYPCK.

• Official website
• Myspace
• Interview with Sami Lopakka

References

1. ↑ http://www.kypck-doom.com/biography.htm