Birth name Sami Yli-Sirnio Name Sami Yli-Sirnio Website Sami | Instruments guitar
Sitar Origin Finland Role Guitarist | |
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Born April 10, 1972 (age 52) ( 1972-04-10 ) Associated acts Waltari
Kreator
Barren Earth
In Rags
Nightwish
Tiamat
Grip Inc. Music groups Kreator (Since 2001), Barren Earth, Waltari Genres Heavy metal, Crossover music, Gothic rock, Thrash metal Albums Violent Revolution, Torcha!, Enemy of God, Phantom Antichrist, Live Kreation Similar People Christian Giesler, Jurgen Reil, Mille Petrozza, Kasper Martenson, Olli‑Pekka Laine | ||
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Sami Yli-Sirniö (born April 10, 1972) is a Finnish guitarist. He is currently the guitarist of Finnish metal band Waltari, and German metal band Kreator. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has strong ties with the German metal scene. German "Rock Hard" magazine featured him in 2007 as "forgotten guitar hero".
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Biography
While living in Germany, he served as a session musician for rock band In Rags, gothic act Tiamat and thrash metal band Grip Inc. For both Tiamat and Grip Inc., he played sitar, his second favourite instrument.
Waltari (1989-1995, 2001-present)
Yli-Sirniö originally joined experimental Finnish crossover legend Waltari in 1989, left the band 1995 to live in Germany and returned 2001. So far he recorded 8 studio albums with Waltari. Yli-Sirniö likes to explore other opportunities and has many guest appearances with other bands.
Kreator (2001-present)
He also replaced injured Swiss guitarist Tommy Vetterli (of Coroner fame) on some live dates for Teutonic thrash metal pioneers Kreator.
In 2001, Vetterli departed and Sirniö was asked to replace him on a permanent basis. To this day, he has recorded 5 successful studio albums with the band: 2001's Violent Revolution, 2005's Enemy of God, 2009's Hordes of Chaos, 2012's Phantom Antichrist and 2017's Gods of Violence. He also appears on the Live Kreation double-album and DVD, released in 2003.
Songs
Satan Is RealGods of Violence · 2017
Gods of ViolenceGods of Violence · 2017
Fallen BrotherGods of Violence · 2017