Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo (born 1977) is a bass guitarist best known from the
folk metal
Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for examp ...
band
Finntroll
Finntroll is a Finnish metal band from Helsinki that combines elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on '' Visor om slutet''. Finntroll's original singer, ...
and the
funeral doom
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...
band
Shape of Despair. He also plays in the folk/
doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...
group
The Mist and the Morning Dew.
Despite sharing the same name with a member of
Funebre, he is not the same person.
References
Finntroll members
1977 births
Finnish heavy metal bass guitarists
Living people
21st-century bass guitarists
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