Sami Kukkohovi is a Finnish musician, best known as the bassist of the Finnish metal band, Sentenced

Sentenced

Sentenced was a Finnish heavy metal band that played melodic death metal in their early years. The band formed in 1989, in the town of Muhos, Finland, and broke up in 2005.-Early years :...

. He joined the band in 1996, replacing Taneli Jarva

Taneli Jarva

Taneli Jarva is a Finnish musician. Currently, he is the vocalist for The Black League, which he formed in 1998. He is best known as vocalist/bassist in Sentenced, which he left in 1995 because he did not like the melodic direction the band were heading into, and therefore decided to move on to...

, and stayed with Sentenced up until they disbanded in 2005. Firstly, he was only a session member on gigs, but after that he joined the band officially. In addition to playing the bass guitar, he was also the back-up vocalist. Kukkohovi has been the guitar player for the hard rock band Solution 13 during his time at the Sentenced. On live shows of the Doom metal band KYPCK

KYPCK

KYPCK is a Finnish doom metal band formed in 2007.They call themselves “Fast Russian Doom Metal From Finland”. Vocalist Erkki Seppänen speaks fluent Russian and has worked in the embassy in Moscow. Their debut album "Черно" was released on March 12, 2008 as jewelbox and digipack versions...

, the crew is strengthened by Sami Kukkohovi, playing the second guitar. Currently Kukkohovi is playing with his new band Fiasco General.

Studio albums

with Sentenced

• Frozen
  Frozen (album)
  -Limited Edition:# "The Suicider"# "Dead Leaves"# "For the Love I Bear"# "Creep" # "Digging the Grave" # "Kaamos"# "Farewell"# "One with Misery"# "Grave Sweet Grave"# "Burn"# "Drown Together"...
  
   (1998)
• Crimson
  Crimson (Sentenced album)
  - Credits :* Ville Laihiala – vocals* Miika Tenkula – guitar* Sami Lopakka – guitar* Sami Kukkohovi – bass guitar* Vesa Ranta – drums- Trivia :The digipak version and the 2007 reissue both contain the video for "Killing Me Killing You"....
  
   (2000)
• The Cold White Light
  The Cold White Light
  - Credits :* Ville Laihiala – vocals* Miika Tenkula – guitar* Sami Lopakka – guitar* Sami Kukkohovi – bass guitar* Vesa Ranta – drums...
  
   (2002)
• The Funeral Album
  The Funeral Album (Sentenced album)
  - Credits :* Ville Laihiala – vocals* Miika Tenkula – guitar* Sami Lopakka – guitar* Sami Kukkohovi – bass guitar* Vesa Ranta – drums...
  
   (2005)

Live album

with Sentenced

• Buried Alive
  Buried Alive (Sentenced album)
  Buried Alive is the live album by Finnish heavy metal band Sentenced, recorded during their last show at Club Teatria, Oulu, Finland, on October 1, 2005...
  
   (2 discs, 2006)

Singles

with Sentenced

• Killing Me Killing You (1999)
• No One There (2002)
• Routasydän (2003)
• Ever-Frost (2005)