Tony Särkkä (15 December 1972 – 8 February 2017), who went by the stage name It, was a Swedish multi-instrumentalist who played in many
black metal
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bands. He played guitar, drums and bass guitar as well as doing vocals. He was joined by Jim Berger in many projects.
Särkkä's projects included
Abruptum,
Ophthalamia,
Vondur, Incision, Brejn Dedd, War and 8th Sin. He also contributed guest vocals to
Dissection
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's second album ''
Storm of the Light's Bane'' and to
Marduk
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's third album ''
Opus Nocturne''. He was the founder of The True Satanist Horde in Sweden.
Särkkä died on 8 February 2017 at the age of 44, but his death was only officially announced on 14 February by his sister via Särkkä's
Facebook
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page.
Ruotsalainen black metal -legenda Tony "It" Särkkä on kuollut 45-vuotiaana
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1972 births
2017 deaths
Black metal musicians
Swedish heavy metal guitarists
Swedish heavy metal singers
Swedish multi-instrumentalists
Swedish people of Finnish descent
Ophthalamia members
Musicians from Stockholm
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