Photo: Tuomas Vitikainen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · credits
Timeline
3 events◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1970s
2020s
· Debut release
Debut release: Ei Meillä Ole Kuin Loisemme
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography95 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1359183651
Biography
Ville Laihiala (born 13 June 1973) is a Finnish musician. He was the vocalist and guitarist of the gothic metal band Poisonblack, and the frontman for Sentenced from 1996 (when he replaced their former bassist and vocalist Taneli Jarva) until the group ended their career in 2005.
When joining Sentenced, he was soon accepted by fans. He wrote very few songs for Sentenced (whose main songwriters were Miika Tenkula and Sami Lopakka), for example the song "Aika Multaa Muistot" on the album The Cold White Light.
Personal life
In 2019 he was charged with aggravated drunk driving.
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 | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 39:43
1Maailma Loppuu4:192Tyhjää Täynnä3:493Erhe5:024Rakkaus on Ruma Sana (Audio)4:215Mantra3:346Ei Meillä Ole Kuin Loisemme5:097Minä Asun Vaan4:398Kiinni Juuriin Maan (Audio)3:149Vainoharhapaatos5:36
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Ville Laihiala head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 3 | 73.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 0 | 9.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poisonblack(band) | — | present | guitar,lead vocals |
| S‐Tool(band) | — | present | |
| Sentenced(band) | 1996 | 2005 |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ville_Laihiala_-_Rakuuna_Rock_2014_%28cropped%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cf0c45d8-caf4-428c-b0ef-a95b5d5972a3discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cf0c45d8-caf4-428c-b0ef-a95b5d5972a3core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2337669genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2337669seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville_Laihialabiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ville_Laihiala
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Finnish musicians — rank #27
Ville Laihiala | 1973 | | Vocalist | Pop/rock
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Tuomas Vitikainen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q2337669 · MusicBrainz: cf0c45d8-caf4-428c-b0ef-a95b5d5972a3
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