Stone is a Finnish

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band formed in

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in 1985. They released four albums and one live album during the late 1980s and early 1990s, before disbanding in 1992 to pursue different musical directions. Stone reunited to play a final set of concerts in 2000, but parted ways again soon afterwards. In 2008, Stone made five "reunion"/comeback appearances. They reunited again in March 2013 for select shows in order to promote their new box set. The band has remained active since then, and they have new material in the works. Despite their rather short career, Stone's legacy has provided inspiration for many of the countless

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bands who emerged during the popularity explosion of the genre during the 1990s. The band's history and influence on the Finnish metal scene was detailed in the book ''Stone'', published in January 2018. * * *

Children of Bodom Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of frontman Alexi Laiho, drummer Jaska Raatikainen, bassist Henkka Seppälä, ...

lead guitarist

Alexi Laiho Alexi Laiho (; born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho; 8 April 1979 – 29 December 2020) was a Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist. He was best known as the lead guitarist, lead vocalist and founding member of the melodic death metal band Children ...

credits former Stone member

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as a major influence on his playing. Latvala himself would later join Children of Bodom as a session player, and eventually as a permanent member, after the departure of

Alexander Kuoppala Alexander Kuoppala (born 11 April 1974) is a Finnish musician who was the guitarist for the melodic death metal band Children of Bodom from 1995 to 2003. He played on their albums '' Something Wild'', ''Hatebreeder'', '' Follow the Reaper'', and ...

, and also played alongside Laiho in the now defunct

Sinergy Sinergy was a Finnish/Swedish power metal band started in 1997 by American musician Kimberly Goss. The idea for a "balls-out female-fronted metal band" was first formed when Kimberly Goss of Dimmu Borgir met Jesper Strömblad of In Flames whil ...

Members

Current members * Janne Joutsenniemi – bass, vocals (1985–present) *

– lead and rhythm guitar (1985–present) * Pekka Kasari – drums (1985–present) * Markku Niiranen – lead and rhythm guitar (1990–present) Former members * Jiri Jalkanen – lead and rhythm guitar (1985–1990)

Discography

;Studio albums *1988: ''

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'' *1989: '' No Anaesthesia!'' *1990: ''

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'' *1991: '' Emotional Playground'' ;Live albums *1992: ''Free'' ;Compilation albums *1998: '' Stoneage'' *2008: ''Stoneage 2.0'' *2013: ''Complete'' *2018: ''Light Entertainment – Complete Early Works'' ;DVD *2007: ''Get Stoned, Stay Stoned'' (DVD)

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