Niilo Sevänen

Niilo Sevänen
Sevänen performing with Insomnium in Bologna in 2010
Background information
Born	(1979-08-19) 19 August 1979
Origin	Turku, Finland
Genres	Melodic death metal, punk rock
Instrument(s)	Vocals, bass
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Century Media Records
Website	www.insomnium.net

Niilo Sevänen (born 19 August 1979) is a musician from Joensuu, Finland. He is best known as the current lead vocalist/bassist for the melodic death metal band, Insomnium.

Background

Sevänen grew up on the coast of Finland in the town of Turku, before moving to Joensuu where he was raised. In 1994, he began learning the bass guitar and formed his first band: a punk rock act called Paise. The following year, the band changed its name to Stonecrow and began to shift its musical style. Sevänen left the band two years later due to musical differences. However, following his departure, he quickly collaborated with musicians whose interests aligned themselves with Sevänen and formed the melodic death metal band Insomnium.

Musical influences

Sevänen grew up listening to a variety of hard rock, glam metal, grunge and heavy metal bands, among them Queen, Aerosmith, Sepultura and Metallica.

Outside Insomnium

Sevänen is, outside Insomnium, the director of culture in Kotka, Finland. He organises, amongst others, the Kotka Maritime Festival. He also majored in history of culture and literature.
It is speculated that he did the vocals for Belzebubs' album "Pantheon Of The Nightside Gods". Fictional black metal band from JP Ahonen's comics "Belzebubs". This is yet to be confirmed by the author as he is in talks for "live" shows of the band, similar to the ones of Gorillaz and Dethklok.