Roope Latvala
Background information
Birth name	Roope Latvala
Born	June 25, 1970 (1970-06-25) (age 37) Helsinki, Finland
Genre(s)	Metal
Occupation(s)	Guitarist
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1985 - Present
Label(s)	Nuclear Blast Spinefarm Records Century Media
Associated acts	Stone Dementia Waltari Children of Bodom Sinergy
Website	http://www.cobhc.com/

Roope Latvala (born June 25, 1970) is a Finnish guitarist who currently plays with the bands Children of Bodom and Sinergy. He was the founding member of Stone, one of the most notable bands in the history of Finnish heavy metal. is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - City manager Jussi Pajunen Area  - City 187. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... It has been suggested that Properties and uses of metals be merged into this article or section. ... the very definition of a guitarist is cody allen and taylor hines because of there un ending guitar skills and awsomnes. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... For other uses, see Guitar (disambiguation). ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. ... Spinefarm Records is a Helsinki, Finland based record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... Stone were a heavy metal band who formed in Helsinki, Finland in the mid-80s. ... For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). ... Waltari is a band from Finland, known for their diversity and combination of music styles, frequently combining punk, pop, heavy metal, rock, techno, funk, progressive rock and rap. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland, formed in an effort to present a balls-out female-fronted metal band to the world, by American vocalist Kimberly Goss, who was keyboarding for Dimmu Borgir at the time, and In Flames lead guitarist Jesper Strömblad in 1998. ... is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Sinergy is a power/speed metal supergroup from Finland, formed in an effort to present a balls-out female-fronted metal band to the world, by American vocalist Kimberly Goss, who was keyboarding for Dimmu Borgir at the time, and In Flames lead guitarist Jesper Strömblad in 1998. ... Stone were a heavy metal band who formed in Helsinki, Finland in the mid-80s. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ...

Biography

Roope was born in the Finnish city of Helsinki. At the age of 15, he founded the band Stone together with Janne Joutsenniemi. The band's style was initially focused a more traditional heavy metal, but they soon shifted to a faster and more aggressive sound, which was the key for them to receive mass recognition. In the year of 1991, the band was dissolved, with a discography of four studio albums, one live album and one compilation album. He is the main influence of many Finnish guitarists, especially Alexi Laiho (from Children of Bodom). Location of Helsinki in Northern Europe Coordinates: , Country Finland Province Southern Finland Region Uusimaa Sub-region Helsinki Charter 1550 Capital city 1812 Government  - City manager Jussi Pajunen Area  - City 187. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... A compilation album is an album (music or spoken-word) featuring tracks from one or multiple recording artists, often culled from a variety of sources (such as studio albums, live albums, singles, demos and outtakes. ... Alexi Wildchild Laiho (born Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho) is the guitarist of the bands Children of Bodom (where he is also the vocalist), Sinergy and Kylähullut. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

After the break up of Stone, he released an instrumental work with his brother, entitled Latvala bros. He then played with Dementia for around a year. In 1995 he joined Waltari after guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö left the band. They played together for 6 years before Roope decided to quit the band. For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Waltari is a band from Finland, known for their diversity and combination of music styles, frequently combining punk, pop, heavy metal, rock, techno, funk, progressive rock and rap. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

He joined Sinergy after vocalist Kimberly Goss moved from Sweden to Finland and had to reassemble the band; he assumed the role that previously belonged to Jesper Strömblad (from In Flames). Kimberly Goss (born February 15, 1978, Los Angeles, California) is the vocalist and founding member of the Finnish-based heavy metal band Sinergy. ... Jesper Strömblad (born on November 28, 1972) is best known as the lead guitarist of the Swedish band In Flames. ... First off, If you listen to In Flames you kick ass In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. ...

During the whole of his career, Roope had many side projects and played as a guest musician in many bands, the most notable of the being: Warmen, Nomicon], Pornonorsu, Jailbreakers, Gloomy Grim and Soulgrind. At times he also composed movie soundtracks. Warmen is a Finnish progressive metal/neo-classical metal band assembled by keyboard player Janne Viljami Wirman - also known as Warman. ...

When Alexander Kuoppala left Children of Bodom in the year of 2003 in the middle of their world tour, the members of the band were forced to search for a new guitarist in the time span of one month, when their next show would happen. The new guitarist needed to be able to learn about twenty songs to be played live. Alexi Laiho tried to recruit Kai Nergaard (from Griffin), but was unsuccessful. With little time left, he contacted Roope, the only guitarist he deemed skilled enough to manage the feat of learning the songs with enough accuracy to replace Alexander, who had been playing with the band for 10 years. Alexander Kuoppala (born April 11, 1974) was the rhythm guitarist from the band Children of Bodom from 1995 to 2003. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kai Nergaard is a Norwegian guitarist. ... Griffin is a metal band from Norway. ...

Roope played the Moscow concert on the 16th of August successfully. Despite the initial announcement that he would be a session player only, he remained with the band and recorded the Trashed, Lost & Strungout EP. He continued playing with the band and also recorded the hit LP "Are You Dead Yet?". All signs indicate that he is now a permanent member of Children of Bodom. Roope played two guitar solos on the latest Children of Bodom album, "Are You Dead Yet?", despite the widely accepted notion that Alexi plays all solos on Bodom albums. Moscow (Moskva) (Russian: , romanised: Moskva, IPA: see also other names) is the capital of Russia and the countrys economic, financial, educational, and transportation centre. ...

When he joined Children of Bodom, Roope made a deal with ESP Guitars, which already endorsed Alexi and Henkka Seppälä. Before that he used Jackson Guitars almost exclusively (Roope could be seen wearing the infamous Jackson T-shirt that reads Get The Best, Fuck The Rest), and it is not unusual for him to use his old Jacksons live. ESP Company, Limited ), located in North Hollywood, California, is a prominent manufacturer of electric guitars and basses, originally from Japan. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Jackson logo Jackson is a guitar manufacturer originally owned and operated by Grover Jackson, a partner of Wayne Charvel of Charvel Guitar Repair. ...

Nowadays he is really into Melodic Death Metal. There were rumours which said that he would switch sides with Jesper Strömblad of the Melodic Death Metal Band In Flames, but he denied it saying that he had never heard anything about it, and added "I said that I like Dark Tranquillity and In Flames. But somebody misunderstood me and wrote silly things in a metal magazine. So we are together with my lovely friend Alexi Laiho and the whole crew." First off, If you listen to In Flames you kick ass In Flames is a melodic death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden founded in 1990. ...

Technical

On the Latvala Bros. MySpace page, it states that Roope uses "metal plectrums." Roope plays his ESP custom Random Star on stage and in the studio, yet he still, on some occasions, uses his old Jackson RR's.

External links

• Unofficial Roope Latvala Tribute Site - Contains brief biography, in-depth information on Roope's guitars and amplifiers, several photo galleries, discography, and a fan guestbook.

• Official Children of Bodom Site
• Children Of Decadence - Children Of Bodom English Fanpage/Forum