Ville Vänni (born 14 January 1979) is a Finnish musician. He was one of the guitarists of the

melodic death metal Melodic death metal (also referred to as melodeath) is a subgenre of death metal that employs highly melodic guitar riffs, often borrowing from traditional heavy metal (including New Wave of British Heavy Metal). The genre features the heavines ...

band

Insomnium Insomnium is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Joensuu in 1997. The sound and lyrical themes of their music portray darkness, sorrow, loss, pain, and nature. Their music includes elements of progressive metal, black metal, folk meta ...

. Although reports say he still currently writes and records with the band. On 31 October 2011

announced that Ville was leaving the band due to personal and career commitments. His final performance with the band was in Helsinki, Finland, after which his position was filled by Markus Vanhala, lead guitarist from

Omnium Gatherum Omnium Gatherum is a Finnish melodic death metal band from Karhula, founded in the autumn of 1996. Although the band mainly follows the path of the melodic death metal genre, much of their work shows strong influences from progressive metal, e ...

Equipment

Ville's Equipment is listed on his personal page on the Insomnium website *

Gibson Les Paul The Gibson Les Paul is a solid body electric guitar that was first sold by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in 1952. The guitar was designed by factory manager John Huis and his team with input from and endorsement by guitarist Les Paul. Its typic ...

Studio –89 *

Ibanez is a Japanese guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Aichi, Japan, Hoshino Gakki was one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in import guitar sales in the United Stat ...

RG 7-string *

Framus Framus is a German string instrument manufacturing company, that existed from 1946 until 1975. The Framus brand was revived in 1995 as part of Warwick GmbH & Co Music Equipment KG, in Markneukirchen, Germany. The company has offices located in M ...

Cobra head & 4x12” cabinets * TC-Electronics G-Major * Ibanez Vintage Tube Screamer * Dunlop Cry Baby wah * Jazz III pics

External links

The Insomnium Home Page: http://www.insomnium.net/home

References

1979 births Living people Finnish male guitarists Finnish heavy metal musicians 21st-century Finnish guitarists 21st-century Finnish male musicians Insomnium members {{guitarist-stub