Sallanen - Bass & Vocals

Sallanen - Bass & VocalsSallanen - Bass & Vocals



  • Date and place of birth: 08 January, Helsinki, Finland

  • Member of SD since: September 2002 (original member)

  • Previous bands/projects: Anal Torment, Botswana, Braindamage, Bulletbelt, Colonian, Cunnilingus, Exocet, F.F.A., Grain, Keep One's Mind, Mr Shit, Scrambled Eggs, Shangri-La, Superorthodox, Vagina, Vestigia Terrent. Probably some more, but one can't remeber everything, you know...

  • Influences: Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Geddy Lee (Rush), Chris Squire (Yes), Michael Rutherford (Genesis), Geezer Butler (Black Sabbath), Roger Glover (Deep Purple). Yeah, I know... not very extreme players, but these guys are a lot better than most of the bass players in extreme metal.

  • Gear: 1998 Jackson C5-P 5-string bass, 2004 Ibanez BTB406QMBBL 6-string bass, A piece of shit 4-string bass (manufacturer unknown) bought ages ago for about 50 Euros, Zoom 506IIBass MultiFX, Boss ODB-2 Bass Overdrive, Trace Elliot amp, ProCo cords, F.Bryan lock strap, some other crap strap (ha ha!), DR strings (.045-.125), Jim Dunlop 2 mm picks, GNB & SBK guitar cases.

  • Something else: I am the webmaster of this site and also of the tribute site to the best Finnish metal band ever, STONE. What else? Well, let's start with some of my fave extreme metal albums of all time (in no particular order of preference):

    - CELTIC FROST - everything they ever recorded except "Cold Lake"
    - VOIVOD - everything they have recorded without any exceptions
    - DEATHROW - Riders Of Doom/Raging Steel
    - SACRIFICE - Forward To Termination
    - KREATOR - first five albums
    - DEATH - Scream Bloody Gore
    - PUNGENT STENCH - For God Your Soul...For Me Your Flesh
    - ENTOMBED - Left Hand Path
    - MORBID ANGEL - Altars Of Madness
    - VENOM - first four albums
    - AT THE GATES - Terminal Spirit Disease (obviously, ha ha...)/Slaughter Of The Soul
    - CARCASS - everything
    - IMMORTAL - Sons Of Northern Darkness

    I probably forgot some cool shit that I like, but that's life. Shit happens. Anyway, those albums above are the ones that you all should buy. NOW. I mean it - buy them NOW.

    Now fuck off. Don't you have anything better to do than spending your time reading some worthless crap by some Finnish bass player/growler? Get a life. Or do something better - grab a beer and get drunk.