Member in bands
VILLE VÄNNI IS CURRENT MEMBER IN
| Name | Instrument | Member from |
|---|---|---|
| Insomnium | Guitars | 2001 - |
Biography
ville vänni
Job in band:
Guitar
Born:
14.01.1979, Turku, Finland
Gear:
Gibson Les Paul Studio –89, Ibanez RG 7-string, Framus Cobra head & 4x12” cabinets, TC-Electronics G-Major, Ibanez Vintage Tube Screamer, Jim Dunlop Cry Baby wah, Jazz III pics, various MIDI-control devices
Favourite Insomnium song:
The Killjoy
Favourite food:
Traditional Finnish fish meals, pasta with chicken, pizza
Favourite drink: Dark beers, Glenfiddich single malt whisky, Lone Star
Favourite movies:
Tuntematon Sotilas, Thin Red Line, The New World, Amores Perros, 12 Apes, Magnolia, Pulp Fiction, Seven Samurais, Last of the Mohicans, Pan’s Labyrinth
Favourite books:
Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, Stalingrad, Sotaromaani, Raid -books, Top Knife – The Art and Craft of Trauma Surgery
Favourite music (influences):
Iron Maiden – Piece of Mind & Seventh son of a Seventh Son, Paradise Lost – Icon, Sentenced – Amok, Cemetary – Black Vanity, Dissection – Storm of the Light’s Bane, In Flames – Whoracle, Hypocrisy – Abducted & Hypocrisy, My Dying Bride – Angel And the Dark River & The Dreadful Hours, Opeth – Morningrise & Still Life, The Haunted – The Haunted, rEVOLVEr and Dark Tranquillity – Haven & Damage Done
Ville Vänni forms the other half of Insomnium’s dynamic guitarist duo. Prior to playing in Insomnium he made name in Turku-oriented melodic death metal band Watch Me Fall, in which Niilo also used to sing. Mr. Vänni became a full-blooded Insomnium member in 2001 taking his musical ambitions to a new level and putting previous projects to ice. Before achieving the guitarist’s office in Insomnium his musical training included four years of lessons in violin and five years of lessons in guitar.
Likewise his fellow musicians this hippie has an academic education to compensate the poor economic income of an average death-metal musician. He surprised himself by graduating from Turku’s University’s medical school in 2006, and makes living as a specializing surgeon in North-Karelia’s central hospital.
Two tough jobs require the special skill of scheduling his every movement for months ahead, and it actually works every now and then. Usually it doesn’t, and merely results in few weeks of sleep-deprivation. Sadly this man lacks the sense of fatigue and can hence be mistaken to a panda bear during those abysmal times. That is due to blackening circles around his eyes. Or maybe due to blackening in his head in general.
Whenever Vänni has spare time from musical and medical duties, can this jovial misanthrope be found in Lapland or Karelian wilderness hiking, fishing or hunting. Actually he can’t be found, as those activities serve as an oblivion and sanctuary from hectic urban life. His other weaknesses include reading, watching good movies and cooking.
Generally this member of the Insomnium-pack is quite harmless and mild-tempered. Nevertheless, if seen, proceed with caution, because this man could dissect you within milliseconds!
Now playing (August 2006) :
The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma
Callisto – The Fugitive
The Haunted – The Failure
All That Remains – This Calling
Raised Fist - Hertz Island Escapades
Burst – Where the Wave Broke
