Sami Uusitalo
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Sami "Tundra" Uusitalo is a bass guitarist best known from the folk metal
band Finntroll
and the funeral doom band Shape of Despair
. He also plays in the folk/doom metal
group The Mist and the Morning Dew. Despite sharing the same name with a member of Funebre, he is not the same person.
Folk metal
Folk metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. As the name suggests, the genre is a fusion of heavy metal with traditional folk music...
band Finntroll
Finntroll
Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on Visor Om Slutet...
and the funeral doom band Shape of Despair
Shape of Despair
Shape of Despair is an Atmospheric/Funeral Doom metal band from Finland that was formed in 1995 as Raven until 1998, when the band decided to change their name to the current one.-History:...
. He also plays in the folk/doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...
group The Mist and the Morning Dew. Despite sharing the same name with a member of Funebre, he is not the same person.