Taneli Jarva

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Taneli Jarva is a Finnish musician. Currently, he is the vocalist for The Black League, which he formed in 1998. He is probably best known as vocalist/bassist in Sentenced which he left in 1995 because he didn't like the melodic direction the band were heading into, and therefore decided to move on to other projects. On Sentenced's last live gig in 2005 in Oulu, he joined them a last time to sing the songs he recorded with them. He was also the bassist for Impaled Nazarene (1992-1996) and vocalist in the old school death metal band Chaosbreed (2003-2005). He is also a tattoo artist at Art For Life studio in Helsinki. Some of his portfolio can be seen at Whitetown Tattoo.

[edit] Music Style

His way of singing went through extreme changes over the course of years. In the beginning of his career with Sentenced he used high-pitched growling vocals serving the purpose of their Death Metal music, on the albums North from here and the EP The Trooper (Iron Maiden Cover). On Amok his vocals were sort of a mixture of gruff and melodic singing. With his new band he has adopted many Rock'n'Roll elements.

[edit] Records

with Sentenced:

Shadows of the Past, The Trooper, North from here, Amok, Buried Alive (live Cd of the last gig of Sentenced)

with The Black League:

Demo 98, Ichor, Doomsday Sun, Utopia A.D., Cold Women & Warm Beer, Man's Ruin Revisited, A Place Called Bad

v • d • e Sentenced Ville Laihiala | Miika Tenkula | Sami Lopakka | Sami Kukkohovi | Vesa Ranta Lari Kylmänen | Taneli Jarva Studio albums Shadows of the Past (1991) | North from Here (1993) | Amok (1995) | Down (1996) | Frozen (1998) | Crimson (2000) | The Cold White Light (2002) | The Funeral Album (2005) EPs The Trooper (1993) | Love & Death (1995) DVDs Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006) Singles Killing Me Killing You (1999) | No One There (2002) | Routasydän (2003) | Ever-Frost (2005) Demos When Death Joins Us... (1990) | Rotting Ways to Misery (1991) | Journey to Pohjola (1992) | Demo 1994 (1994) Videography Nepenthe (1994) | Noose (1996) | The Suicider (1998) | Killing Me Killing You (1999) | No One There (2002) | Ever – Frost (2005) | Despair – Ridden Hearts (2006)