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Waltari
Waltari
Finnish band
1
Kreator
Kreator
German thrash metal band
2
Despair
Despair
band
3
Frank Gosdzik
Frank Gosdzik
German musician
4
Waldemar Sorychta
Waldemar Sorychta
German record producer
5
Roope Latvala
Roope Latvala
Finnish musician
6
No-Big-Silence
No-Big-Silence
Estonian industrial metal/rock band
7
Samael
Samael
Swiss heavy metal band
8
Mille Petrozza
Mille Petrozza
German singer and guitarist
9
Sodom
Sodom
German thrash metal band
10
Jürgen Reil
Jürgen Reil
German musician
11
Onslaught
Onslaught
band
12
Tankard
Tankard
German metal band
13
Coroner
Coroner
Swiss thrash metal band
14
Destruction
Destruction
German thrash metal band
15
Powersurge
Powersurge
Bangladeshi thrash metal band
16
Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
17
Suicidal Angels
Suicidal Angels
band that plays thrash metal
18
Raven
Raven
English heavy metal band
19
Exodus
Exodus
American thrash metal band
20
Kryptos
Kryptos
band
21
Venom
Venom
English thrash metal band
22
Desaster
Desaster
band
23
Ratos de Porão
Ratos de Porão
Brazilian band
24
Stone
Stone
Finnish thrash metal band
25
Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick
American musician
26
Mercyful Fate
Mercyful Fate
Danish heavy metal band
27
Steve Smyth
Steve Smyth
American musician
28
Sepultura
Sepultura
Brazilian Metal Band
29
Sentenced
Sentenced
Finnish heavy metal band
30
Chuck Billy
Chuck Billy
American vocalist
31
Heathen
Heathen
American thrash metal band
32
Mortification
Mortification
band
33
Bonded by Blood
Bonded by Blood
American band
34
Anthrax
Anthrax
heavy metal band from USA
35
Iron Angel
Iron Angel
German band
36
Jairo Guedez
Jairo Guedez
Brazilian musician
37
Michael Amott
Michael Amott
Swedish guitarist/songwriter
38
Sacred Reich
Sacred Reich
American band
39
Hatesphere
Hatesphere
band
40
Testament
Testament
American metal band
41
Criminal
Criminal
Chilean-British thrash metal band
42
Korzus
Korzus
band
43
Mortal Sin
Mortal Sin
Australian thrash metal band
44
Evile
Evile
English thrash metal band
45
Edenbridge
Edenbridge
Austrian symphonic metal band
46
Overkill
Overkill
American thrash metal band
47
Tim "Ripper" Owens
Tim "Ripper" Owens
American heavy metal singer
48
Hell
Hell
English heavy metal band
49
Skyclad
Skyclad
British folk metal band
50
Megadeth
Megadeth
American heavy metal band
51
Omnium Gatherum
Omnium Gatherum
Finnish melodic death metal band
Sami Yli-Sirniö
Finnish guitarist

Sami Yli-Sirniö

Intro
Finnish guitarist
Genres
Music
Member of, past and present

Sami Yli-Sirniö (born April 10, 1972) is a Finnish musician. He is currently the lead guitarist of Finnish metal bands Waltari, Barren Earth and German thrash metal band Kreator. He spent part of his life in Germany and thus has strong ties with the German metal scene. German Rock Hard magazine featured him in 2007 as "forgotten guitar hero".