Tony Särkkä (15 December 1972 – 8 February 2017), who went by the stage name It, was a Swedish multi-instrumentalist who played in many

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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

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's second album '' Storm of the Light's Bane'' and to

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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

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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 {{Sweden-singer-stub