Sami Kukkohovi
Person · male · Finland · Oulu · born 1974
Finnish musician
Timeline
1970s
Biography
Biography
Sami Kukkohovi (born 26 July 1974) is a Finnish musician, best known as the bassist of the metal band Sentenced. He joined the band in 1996, replacing Taneli Jarva, and stayed with Sentenced until they disbanded in 2005. He was originally only a session member on gigs, but after that he joined the band officially. In addition to playing the bass guitar, he was also the backing vocalist.
Kukkohovi was also the guitar player for the metal band Solution 13 during his time with Sentenced. On live shows of the doom metal band KYPCK, the crew is strengthened by Kukkohovi playing the second guitar. Currently Kukkohovi is playing with his new band Fiasco General.
Studio albums
with Sentenced
Frozen (1998)
Crimson (2000)
The Cold White Light (2002)
The Funeral Album (2005)
Live album
with Sentenced
Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)
Demotracks
with Fiasco General
All Roads Lead to Pain (2007)
Void (2007)
DVDs
with Sentenced
Buried Alive (two discs, 2006)
Singles
with Sentenced
Killing Me Killing You (1999)
No One There (2002)
Routasydän (2003)
Ever-Frost (2005)
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Sami Kukkohovi head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 4 | 24.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KYPCK_Nosturi_29032008_Kukkohovi_01.JPGcore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4357665genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4357665seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kukkohovibiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Kukkohovi
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Finnish musicians — rank #22
Sami Kukkohovi | 1974 | | Bass guitarist | Pop/rock
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Cecil ; with permission of Nosturi-organiser Elmu ry · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q4357665 · MusicBrainz: d0d8be44-c1b1-4a06-ac6e-de018ed61ce7
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