Vesa Ranta
Vesa Ranta (born 20 July 1973) is a Finnish drummer. He was one of the original members of the metal bands Sentenced and The Man-Eating Tree. He is also a fine art photographer and was owner of the Nuclear Nightclub live music club and bar in downtown Oulu.
Vesa Ranta
- Name
- Vesa Ranta
- Born
- 20 July 1973
- Occupation
- Drummer
- Nationality
- Finland
- Fields
- death metal
- Languages
- Finnish
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Vesa Ranta (born 20 July 1973) is a Finnish drummer. He was one of the original members of the metal bands Sentenced and The Man-Eating Tree. He is also a fine art photographer and was owner of the Nuclear Nightclub live music club and bar in downtown Oulu.
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Vesa Ranta (born 1973) is a Finnish drummer and photographer. The drummer was born in Muhos. Vesa Ranta is a member of Cemetery Skyline, Sentenced and The Abbey, among others.
Genres include death metal. Languages used include Finnish.
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In 2024, he joined Cemetery Skyline and he produced a single called Violent Storm.
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• Name — Vesa Ranta • Born — 20 July 1973 • Genre — Death metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal • Occupation — Drummer • Associated Acts — Sentenced, The Man-Eating Tree
Studio albums
Studio albums
• Shadows of the Past by Sentenced (1991) • North from Here by Sentenced (1993) • Amok by Sentenced (1995) • Down by Sentenced (1996) • Frozen by Sentenced (1998) • Crimson by Sentenced (2000) • The Cold White Light by Sentenced (2002) • The Funeral Album by Sentenced (2005) • Vine by The Man Eating Tree (2010) • Harvest by The Man Eating Tree (2011) • In the Absence of Light by The Man Eating Tree (2015) • Nordic Gothic by Cemetery Skyline (2024)
EPs
EPs
• The Trooper (1993) • Love & Death (1995)
Live album
Live album
• Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)
DVDs
DVDs
• Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)
Singles
Singles
• Killing Me Killing You (1999) • No One There (2002) • Ever-Frost (2005) • Despair Ridden Hearts (2005) • Violent Storm (2024)
Compilation
Compilation
• Story: A Recollection (1997)
Demos
Demos
• When Death Joins Us... (1990) • Rotting Ways to Misery (1991) • Journey to Pohjola (1992) • Demo 1994 (1994)
Split albums
Split albums
• Cronology of Death (1991) • promo split MCD (2005)
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1973
Vesa Ranta born at Muhos.
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