# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vesa-ranta
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:36:45.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vesa-ranta"
name: "Vesa Ranta"
slug: "vesa-ranta"
description: "Vesa Ranta is a Finnish drummer. He was one of the original members of the metal bands Sentenced and The Man-Eating Tree. He is also a fine art photographer and was owner of the Nuclear Nightclub live music club and bar in downtown Oulu. In 2024, he joined Cemetery Skyline and he produced a single called Violent Storm."
tagline: "Finnish drummer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1973-07-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.81602
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vesarantaphotography/"
    handle:    "vesarantaphotography"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/vesarantaphotography"
    handle:    "vesarantaphotography"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2438496/"
    handle:    "nm2438496"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://vesaranta.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/512782"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesa_Ranta"
    title: "Vesa Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesa_Ranta"
    title: "Vesa Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF"
    title: "ヴェサ・ランタ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesa_Ranta"
    title: "Vesa Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesa_Ranta"
    title: "Vesa Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesa_Ranta"
    title: "Vesa Ranta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/070d1a7b-ef09-4d91-b02f-00206046b255"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3495204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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