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Sami Lopakka

From: Oulu, Finland
Since: 1975–present
Releases: 0

About

Sami Lopakka (born 17 January 1975) is a Finnish guitarist and author. He was one of two guitarists for the metal band Sentenced until it disbanded (1989–2005). He was the band's main lyricist and was also considered to be the spokesman for the band.

From 2007 to 2024, Lopakka has been the guitarist and main songwriter for the Russian-singing Finnish metal band KYPCK, with whom he plays a custom baritone guitar built around a Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle by Amfisound Guitars.
As an author, Lopakka's debut novel Marras was published in January 2014 by Like Kustannus Oy in Finland. His short story Uudet lasit was published in the Finnish edition of Granta literary magazine in the same year.

From Sami Lopakka on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Member of

Sentenced 1989–2005
KYPCK 2007–now guitar

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Reference

Also known as

S. S. Lopakka · С. С. Лопакка

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: c8aa3c91-2346-43e7-a03f-efe4fe75dd58
IPI: 00272519657

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 15 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.