Sami Lopakka

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.

Sami Lopakka
Lopakka in 2008
Background information
Also known as	S.S. Lopakka The Serial Self-Killer
Born	(1975-01-17) 17 January 1975 (age 49)
Origin	Finland
Genres	Heavy metal, death metal, doom metal, melodic death metal, gothic metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1989–present
Member of	KYPCK
Formerly of	Sentenced

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.