# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-santolla
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:26.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-santolla"
name: "Ralph Santolla"
slug: "ralph-santolla"
description: "Ralph Santolla was an American heavy metal and extreme metal guitarist. He played in many bands, most notably Deicide, but also including Eyewitness, Death, Millenium, Iced Earth, and the Sebastian Bach band. In 2007, he replaced Allen West in Obituary for their album Xecutioner's Return."
tagline: "American guitarist (1966–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Santolla_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-12-08"
deathDate: "2018-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.41
  momentum:             9.298596716937077
  historical:           14.37545866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ralphsantollaofficial"
    handle:    "ralphsantollaofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2546685/"
    handle:    "nm2546685"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "رالف سانتولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رالف سنتولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ралф Сантола"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رالف سنتولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ralph_Santolla"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a3e192e9-c3ed-4190-a8d6-a78f63e281ee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q652847"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1566170"
    title: "Ralph Santolla"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump