Poisonblack

Poisonblack is a Finnish heavy/gothic metal band led by singer/guitarist Ville Laihiala, known for his vocals with the band Sentenced from 1996 - 2005. After the departure of Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto sometime after the release of their first album, Escapexstacy, Laihiala, the band's principal songwriter, assumed vocal duties himself and has since led Poisonblack out of the gothic genre of their first album and in a musical direction that closely mirrors that of his former band.

After the chart success of Lust Stained Despair (#2 in Finland) ,In 2006, they toured Europe with Lacuna Coil. They have also done various concerts here and there outside Finland and opened for Iron Maiden in Helsinki, 2003.

In 2008 the released "A Dead Heavy Day" which hit the Finnish Album Shart in position 6. After this success they toured Europe with Dark Tranquillity and Fear My Thoughts.

2010 Poisonblack released "Of Rust And Bones", their fifth album. They didn't tour much and in November 2010 it was anounced that the band had signed with Hype Records.

The Scandinavian release date for Poisonblack's latest album, "Drive", has been set for April 27th, 2011.

Band members

• Ville Laihiala - Vocals (2004–present), Lead Guitars (2000–present)
• Antti Remes - Bass (2004–present)
• Marco Sneck - Keyboards (2000–present)
• Tarmo Kanerva - Drums (2000–present)

Former members

• Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto - Vocals (2001–2003)
• Janne Dahlgren - Guitars (2000–2003)
• Janne Markus - Guitars (2004–2010)
• Janne Kukkonen - Bass (2000–2004)

Tour members

• Veli-Matti Kananen - Keyboards (2008)
• Antti Leiviskä - Guitars (2010-present)

Discography

Albums

• Escapexstacy (2003)
• Lust Stained Despair (2006)
• A Dead Heavy Day (2008)
• Of Rust and Bones (2010)
• Drive (2011)

Video Albums

• A Dead Heavy Day DVD (2008)

Singles

• "Love Infernal" (2003)
• "Rush" (2006)
• "Bear The Cross" (2008)
• "Mercury Falling" (2011)

Compilation

• Classics (2009)