Sami Lopakka (born 17 January 1975) is a Finnish guitarist and author. He was one of two guitarists for the metal band
Sentenced
Sentenced was a Finnish gothic metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years. The band formed in 1989 in the town of Muhos and broke up in 2005.
Lead guitarist Miika Tenkula was the band's vocalist for the first album, but du ...
until it disbanded (1989–2005). He was the band's main lyricist and was also considered to be the spokesman for the band.
From 2007 to 2024, Lopakka has been the guitarist and main songwriter for the Russian-singing Finnish metal band
KYPCK, with whom he plays a custom
baritone guitar
The baritone guitar is a guitar with a longer scale length, typically a larger body, and heavier internal bracing, so it can be tuned to a lower pitch. Gretsch, Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP Guitars, PRS Guitars, Music Man, Danelectro, Sche ...
built around a
Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle by Amfisound Guitars.
As an author, Lopakka's debut novel ''Marras'' was published in January 2014 by Like Kustannus Oy in Finland. His short story ''Uudet lasit'' was published in the Finnish edition of
Granta
''Granta'' is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make ...
literary magazine in the same year.
Sources
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KYPCK Ground Zero – KYPCK's official website* KYPCK Headquarters – KYPCK's official Facebook page
Book publisher's website
External links
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Finnish male guitarists
University of Oulu alumni
Living people
1975 births
21st-century Finnish guitarists
21st-century Finnish male musicians
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