Sketchycon

Origin: Finland

Founded: 2002

Status: active

Members

Graf Werwolf (Lauri Penttilä, everything since 2002)

Labels

Nordkult Rituals (2007)

Dark Adversary Productions (2007)

Death Rituals (2011 – 2013)

Satanic Skinhead Propaganda (2011 – 2013)

Werewolf Records (2012 – 2021)

Astral Temple (2014 – 2018)

Final Agony (2014 – 2018)

GoatowaRex (2017)

Out of the Dungeon (2019 – 2025)

Dominance of Darkness (2020)

Narbentage Produktionen (2020 – 2024)

Wrath (2023)

Inferna Profundus Records (2024)

Is it sketch?

Band

Lauri Penttilä releases the music of this project partly via NSBM or NSBM distributing labels, such as Dark Adversary Productions, Satanic Skinhead Propaganda, GoatowaRex, Werewolf Records or Out of the Dungeon.

The ‚Beyond‘ demo from 2004 contains a track called ‚Mein Führer‘. It was also on the 2007 ‚Endless Journey‘ compilation.

A promo photo on the 2007 ‚Weeping Lord Of The Majestic Plagues‘ demo shows Penttilä in front of a Celtic Cross flag.

The band appears on the NS compilation ‚Satanic Skinhead Propaganda – Compilation Sampler 2010‘ by Satanic Skinhead Propaganda.

A promo photo from the 2011 ‚A Shadow Of All Evil‘ split EP with Black Misery shows Penttilä wearing Burzum merch.

On the 2011 7″ ‚Battlemoon‘, the lyrics of track 2 were written by Hendrik Möbus of the NSBM band Absurd.

On the ‚Vampyric Magic‘ album (2013), track 2 was written by the NS artist Antichrist Kramer.

Session drummer Joni Ojala is part of the current live setup of the NSBM band Satanic Warmaster. He played drums in White Death.

Session Keyboarder Ville Pallonen releases much of his music via the NSBM label Werewolf Records. He was Involved in Kalmankantaja (2013 – 2020). He was part of the NSBM band Hellkult (1997 – 1998) and of Azaghal. Some of his (former) bands feature or featured members of the Finnish NSBM scene, e.g. Morgal, Grieve (Satanic Warmaster), Sawhill Sacrifice (Commander Agares), Oath (Order Of The White Hand), Marras (Nekrokrist SS), Vargrav (Satanic Warmaster, Commander Agares).

Members

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, Satanael, Horna and White Death and contributed to NSBM bands such as Aryan Blood, Evil, Hellkult and Vothana.

Appearances

At March 31st, 2012, the band supported the NSBM band Goatmoon in Lucky Monkeys Club in Lappeenranta, Finland, as well as before on April 16th 2011 in Pori, also Finland.

The band played the NSBM event Manalan Yö in Tampere, Finland in 2012.

In November 2012, the band played the Black Flames of Blasphemy Festival in Helsinki. Besides some at least dubious bands, the lineup also contained NSBM bands, like Goatmoon and Godless North.

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

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 played the NSBM-friendly Rites of North festival in Finland in 2023.

The band played the NSBM friendly Steelfest in Finland in 2025.

Contacts

The band was part of a live DVD of their show with the NSBM band Goatmoon in 2012 (‚Saturday Night Armageddon Special Vol. II‘).

The band did a split album with Nightsidephantom in 2022 via Astral Nightmare Productions

The band did a split album with Commander Agares in 2024 via Inferna Profundis Records

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Last updated: 08.03.2026