Poisonblack

In 2003, the band's first album, Escapexstacy,{{cite journal|last=Sciarretto|first=Amy|date=24 February 2003|title=Loud Rock: Poisonblack – Escapextasy|journal=CMJ New Music Report|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|volume=74|issue=802|page=24|issn=0890-0795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4UNDOrvXwzQC&q=poisonblack&pg=PA24}} was on the Finnish national charts for three weeks, peaking at No. 21.{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Poisonblack&titel=Escapexstacy&cat=a |title=Poisonblack – Escapexstacy |publisher=finnishcharts.com |date=28 March 2010 |access-date=24 May 2012}} They opened for Iron Maiden at the Hartwall Areena in Helsinki on 21 December 2003 for the Dance of Death World Tour.{{cite web |url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=17157 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717084338/http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=17157 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 July 2012 |title=Poisonblack To Support Iron Maiden In Finland |publisher=Legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=24 May 2012 }}

Singer Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto left in the autumn of 2003 to concentrate on his work with Charon.{{cite journal|last=Sciarretto| first=Amy| date=3 August 2003|title=Loud Rock| journal=CMJ New Music Report|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|volume=76|issue=10|page=23|issn=0890-0795}} Ville Laihiala, the band's principal songwriter, assumed vocal duties and has since led Poisonblack out of the gothic genre of their first album and in a musical direction that closely mirrors that of his former band Sentenced.

In 2006, the band toured Europe with Lacuna Coil and their second album, Lust Stained Despair,{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Poisonblack&titel=Lust+Stained+Despair&cat=a |title=Poisonblack – Lust Stained Despair |publisher=finnishcharts.com |date=28 March 2010 |access-date=24 May 2012}} reached No. 2 in Finland for one week.

In 2008, they released A Dead Heavy Day which hit the Finnish Album Chart in position 6. After this success, they toured Europe with Dark Tranquillity and Fear My Thoughts. In 2010, Poisonblack released Of Rust and Bones, their fourth album. The fifth album, Drive, was released in 2011 on Hype Records and the band's latest album, Lyijy, was released in September 2013 by Warner Music Finland. The album reached No. 4 on the Finnish album chart.

On 23 August 2015, singer Ville Laihiala posted a statement that the band had broken up. The band played their final show at Oulu, Finland on August 21, 2015, with Leppäluoto joining their final shows.

Poisonblack reunited and performed some shows in 2023 for Escapexstacy's 20th anniversary. All of the band's members throughout their tenure reunited except Dahlgren and Kukkonen.{{cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/poisonblack-confirms-escapexstacy-20th-anniversary-shows|title=POISONBLACK Confirms Escapexstacy 20th Anniversary Shows - BraveWords|publisher=bravewords.com |date=27 February 2023 |access-date=24 June 2023}}

• Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto – vocals (2001–2003, 2015, 2023)
• Ville Laihiala – vocals (2003–2015, 2023), guitars (2000–2015, 2023)
• Antti Leiviskä – guitars (2010–2015, 2023)
• Janne Markus – guitars (2004–2010, 2023)
• Antti Remes – bass (2004–2015, 2023)
• Marco Sneck – keyboards (2000–2015, 2023)
• Tarmo Kanerva – drums (2000–2015, 2023)

• Janne Dahlgren – guitars (2000–2003)
• Janne Kukkonen – bass (2000–2004)

• Veli-Matti Kananen – keyboards (2008)

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• Escapexstacy (2003)
• Lust Stained Despair (2006)
• A Dead Heavy Day (2008)
• Of Rust and Bones (2010)
• Drive (2011)
• Lyijy (2013)

• A Dead Heavy Day (DVD) (2008)

• "Love Infernal" (2003)
• "Rush" (2006)
• "Bear the Cross" (2008)
• "Mercury Falling" (2011)
• "Scars" (2011)
• "Home Is Where the Sty Is" (2013)
• "Down the Ashes Rain" (2014)

• Classics (2009)

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• [http://www.headbanger.ru/interviews/137?lng=en Interview with Ville Laihiala "Music Is My Savior In So Many Ways" February 9, 2010]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110512150946/http://www.hypeproductions.fi/site/ Hype Records]

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