associated_acts label birth_date background instrument genre article_title name
insomnium arrival enter my silence candlelight records edgerunner records 30 april 1980 non_vocal_instrumentalist guitar melodic death metal ville friman
 ville friman
ville friman

ville friman -lrb- born april 30 , 1980 -rrb- is a finnish musician .
he is one of the founders , main composer , and guitarist of the melodic death metal band insomnium .
although insomnium is his main band , he also plays guitar for the dark/thrash/black-metal band arrival and bass guitar for melodeath act enter my silence .
alongside his musical career , dr ville friman has a phd in evolutionary ecology from the helsinki university , and is now a research associate in that field at the university of york , uk .
