Sketchycon

Origin: Finland

Founded: 2013

Status: active

Members

Current

Vohla (Bass since 2013)

Avenger (Drums 2013-2017, 2020-present)

Vrithran (Eetu Lehikoinen, Vocals 2013-present)

Sinisterror (Tuomas Karppinen, Guitars 2020-present)

Poisoner (Villepetteri Lammasniemi, Guitars 2022-present)

Heinrich von Heretic (Heinrich Hirvonen, Keyboards 2024 – present)

Past / Live

Volochai (Guitars 2013-2017)

Vaërlv (Lauri Penttilä, Guitars, Keyboards, 2013-2018)

M.V. (Guitars, Keyboards 2016-2020)

Grond (Joni Ojala, Drums, Guitars 2017-2020)

J. Noisehunter (Juha Vainikainen, Bass)

Qraken (Samuli Pesonen, Guitars 2014 – 2015)

Labels

Darker Than Black (2014 – 2016)

Werewolf Records (2016 – 2024)

Is it sketch?

Band

The band releases their music via NSBM labels.

The band appeared on the ‚Voices from the underground #14‘ compilation of the NSBM-themed Ablaze Magazine in 2015, along with NSBM acts such as Bannerwar, Blutaar, Blutkult, Dark Fury, Goatmoon, Mjölnir, Phosphore Blanc and Wolfblood.

Members

Avenger is also part of the NSBM band Uskonrauha and the live setup of the NSBM band Goatmoon. He was part of Barathrum and Usva and session drummer for the NSBM-band Hammer.

Eetu Lehikoinen is part of the live setup of the NSBM band Hammer.  All his current bands / projects include members of NS bands: Hautakammio, Hellwind-Vritrahn, Infernal Darkness, Vritrahn-Werwolf. He played live drums in the NSBM band Forlor. He has the logo of the NSBM band Absurd tattooed to his chest.

M.V. was also part of the live setup of the NSBM-band Goatmoon (until 2017).

Lauri Penttilä is the main character behind Satanic Warmaster. He owns the NSBM label Werewolf Records. He is or was part of the (NS)BM-bands Goatmoon, Gestapo 666, Blutrache, Horna and contributed to NSBM bands such as Aryan Blood, Evil, Hellkult and Vothana.

Tuomas Karppinen played drums in Archgoat. Some of his former bands feature members or former members of NSBM Bands (Cadaveric Incubator, Deepred, Funeral Feast, Torsofuck).

Villepetteri Lammasniemi released an album with his RAC band Sankar’hauta in 2020 via Europa Erwache Productions.

Heinrich Hirvonen is part of the NSBM bands Circle of Dawn and Hiidenlintu. He played bass in Azazel. He is organizing the NSBM festival Apocalyptic Rites in Finland.

Volochai appears in the songwriting credits of the 2022 ‘Aamongandr’ album by Satanic Warmaster.

Joni Ojala is part of the current live setup of the NSBM band Satanic Warmaster. He plays bass in Satanist Terrorist. He contributed drums to The True Werwolf (2011 – 2020).

Appearances

The band played the NSBM festival Manalan Yö on August 23rd 2014 in Tampere, Finland, along with Goatmoon, Ride for Revenge and Axeslaughter. The festival logo contains a Black Sun. Live footage of the Goatmoon gig shows the band playing in front of NSDAP swastika flags.

On October 3rd 2015, the band played a show in Helsinki, Finland, along with the NSBM band Uskonrauha.

The band played the NSBM festival Hot Shower in Italy in 2016.

The band played the Finnish Steelfest in 2016, a festival where established bands are deliberately booked along with NSBM / far right extremist bands. It was also announced to play in 2020, which did not take place due to Covid-19. In 2022, after a lot of criticism and public debate about the Steelfest lineup, many bands refrained from playing. White Death played nonetheless and also returned in 2024. They are announced to play there also in 2026.

The band played the NSBM festival Apocalyptic Rites in Finland in 2016.

On July 23rd 2016, the band played an NSBM event around Helsinki, Finland, along with Hammer and Circle of Dawn.

On October 15th 2016, the band played the NSBM event ‚Pimeys Yllä Pyhan Maan‘ (‚Darkness over the Holy Land‘) in Lappeenranta, Finland, along with Leichenzug, Horna, Goatmoon, Sielunvihollinen, Aegrus and Nekokrist SS.

On May 13th, 2017 the band played in Saxony, Germany a secret NSBM gig with Stahlfront, Artam and Goatmoon, organized by the NS concert group ‚Neuschwabenland Konzerte‘.

On November 18th 2017 the band played a show with Horna in New York, US. Horna played a Satanic Warmaster Song with Lauri Penttilä on vocals.

The band played a clandestine NSBM concert on October 7th 2017 in Germany together with Nordfrost, Sarkrista und Heimdalls Wacht.

The band played the NSBM festival Alemfest in 2017 and 2018, an event organized by the NSBM band Goatmoon.

The Band played the NSBM festival Apocalyptic Rites in Finland in 2019 and 2022.

The band played the NSBM festival Eternal Hate Fest in Czech Republic in 2019 and 2024.

The band played the Steelchaos Festival in 2020, an event derived from the Steelfest. Besides bands one might consider dubious, the lineup featured NSBM band Goatmoon.

The band was announced to play the NSBM festival Metal Threat in the US in 2025 but did not due to visa issues.

The band played the NSBM-friendly Turku Saatanalle festival in Finland in 2025.

Contacts

The band released a split album with the NSBM band Forlor in 2016 via Darker Than Black.

Links

Metal Archives

Discogs

List of NS concerts in Germany in 2017 released by the German parliament.

Last updated: 03.09.2025