Vesa Ranta

Vesa Ranta (born 20 July 1973) is a Finnish drummer. He was one of the original members of the metal bands Sentenced^[1] and The Man-Eating Tree. He is also a fine art photographer^[2] and was owner of the Nuclear Nightclub live music club and bar in downtown Oulu.^[3] In 2024, He joined Cemetery Skyline and he produced a single called Violent Storm.

• Shadows of the Past by Sentenced (1991)
• North from Here by Sentenced (1993)
• Amok by Sentenced (1995)
• Down by Sentenced (1996)
• Frozen by Sentenced (1998)
• Crimson by Sentenced (2000)
• The Cold White Light by Sentenced (2002)
• The Funeral Album by Sentenced (2005)
• Vine by The Man Eating Tree (2010)
• Harvest by The Man Eating Tree (2011)
• In the Absence of Light by The Man Eating Tree (2015)
• Nordic Gothic by Cemetery Skyline (2024)

• The Trooper (1993)
• Love & Death (1995)

• Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)

• Buried Alive (2 discs, 2006)

• Killing Me Killing You (1999)
• No One There (2002)
• Ever-Frost (2005)
• Despair Ridden Hearts (2005)
• Violent Storm (2024)

• Story: A Recollection (1997)

• When Death Joins Us... (1990)
• Rotting Ways to Misery (1991)
• Journey to Pohjola (1992)
• Demo 1994 (1994)

• Cronology of Death (1991)
• promo split MCD (2005)