Alexander Kuoppala (born 11 April 1974) is a Finnish musician. He was the rhythm guitarist for the Finnish heavy metal band

Children of Bodom Children of Bodom was a Finnish melodic death metal band from Espoo. Formed in 1993 as Inearthed, the final line-up of the group upon their split in 2019 consisted of Alexi Laiho (lead guitar, lead vocals), Jaska Raatikainen (drums), Henkka Sepp ...

from 1995 to 2003. He played on their albums '' Something Wild'', '' Hatebreeder'', ''

Follow the Reaper ''Follow the Reaper'' is the third studio album by Finnish melodic death metal band Children of Bodom, released in Finland in October 2000 by Spinefarm Records and in 2001 internationally by Nuclear Blast Records. The album is the first to u ...

'', and '' Hate Crew Deathroll''. He also plays on the Timo Rautiainen album ''Sarvivuori''.

's first world tour began in 2003 and lasted until late 2004. The tour had many sold-out concerts and marked the consolidation of the band in North America, but was also accompanied by an unexpected announcement: Kuoppala decided to quit Children of Bodom for personal reasons right in the middle of the tour. Laiho's bandmate from

Sinergy Sinergy was a Finnish/Swedish heavy metal band started in 1997 by American musician Kimberly Goss. The idea for a "balls-out female-fronted metal band" was first formed when Kimberly Goss of Dimmu Borgir met Jesper Strömblad of In Flames w ...

Roope Latvala Roope Juhani Latvala (born 25 June 1970) is a Finnish guitarist, best known as the former rhythm guitarist for the band Children of Bodom from 2003 to 2015 and the co-lead electric guitarist for Sinergy. He was also one of the founding members ...

assumed the guitars as a session player, until later joining the band as Kuoppala's replacement. In 2017 Alexander joined Finnish metal band Valonkantajat and recorded sologuitars on their last album "Vastavirtaan" in 2018. He played in Valonkantajat until 2021 when the band split up. In 2019 he formed new band called Thyrargo. They started to record their first EP in 2020.

References

1974 births Living people Finnish heavy metal guitarists Children of Bodom members People from Espoo Rhythm guitarists {{metal-music-stub