Sami Raatikainen
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sami Raatikainen |
| Origin | Finland |
| Genres | Technical death metal |
| Occupation | Guitarist |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Labels | Relapse Records |
| Website | http://www.necrophagist.de/ |
Sami Raatikainen (born January 7 1984, Hamina, Finland) is a Finnish guitarist who plays for the German technical death metal band Necrophagist. He joined Necrophagist in 2006 after the departure of Christian Münzner. He also plays guitar in the Finnish technical death metal band Codeon and performs guitar, bass, keyboard and drums for his solo project Radiance.
Childhood
Sami got his first interest in hard music around the age of 8 when he saw Lars Ulrich of Metallica. He wanted to play drums but his father gave him a guitar. He is a quarter Russian, his family in Russia and speaks fluent Russian. Radiance During Necrophagist's extended downtime Sami spent his time recording and producing a solo album called "The Burning Sun" under the project name Radiance. The entire album was written by Sami, including the vocals and lyrics, though Mats Levén recorded the vocals. Additional information regarding the album, as well as an embedded player where the entire album can be streamed for free, are found on the Radiance website. [1]
Sami also studied theoretical physics at the University of Helsinki in Finland[1] Equipment
Sami uses an Amfisound custom Routa model. He uses ENGL SE's in Necrophagist due to Necrophagist endorsement deal with the company. He uses an ENGL Powerball in Codeon. Having recently become an Ibanez Guitars endorsee, Sami has started using an RG-Series 7 String on stage with Necrophagist. His RG-7 is satin black, with a Lo-Pro Edge tremolo system and active EMG-707 pickups. Sami is now using 7 String guitars on stage with Necrophagist in order to preview songs from their new album. He also purchased a custom neck-through RGD from Ibanez.
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