---
title: "Opium Warlords"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/opium-warlords"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "Finland"
formed: 2004
---

# Opium Warlords

**Opium Warlords** is a doom metal band, from Finland, active 2004 to present.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Opium Warlords |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Lohja, Finland |
| Formed | 2004 |
| Releases in catalog | 6 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Drone Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/drone-metal) · [Traditional Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/traditional-doom)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Erkki Virta](https://themetalnet.com/musician/erkki-virta) | Drums (drum set) | 2010 to present | Current |
| [Sami Albert Hynninen](https://themetalnet.com/musician/sami-albert-hynninen) |  | 2004 to present | Current |
| [Laura Länsimäki](https://themetalnet.com/musician/laura-lansimaki) | Keyboard | 2010 to present | Current |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | [Live at Colonia Dignidad](https://themetalnet.com/album/3a428759-b7e3-49ec-a00c-95a6db9a2d2e) | Album |
| 2012 | [We Meditate Under the Pussy in the Sky](https://themetalnet.com/album/51bf62c5-06d8-4fe6-9a18-5f2d701c02ff) | Album |
| 2014 | [Taste My Sword of Understanding](https://themetalnet.com/album/1fbf0f1c-65b7-45cd-969a-993363f97d72) | Album |
| 2017 | [Droner](https://themetalnet.com/album/f879f11b-035e-43fc-9604-7c5ce353561f) | Album |
| 2020 | [Nembutal](https://themetalnet.com/album/3e667891-37db-46ec-8b75-77a99e7e6a7c) | Album |
| 2024 | [Strength!](https://themetalnet.com/album/72f0e172-8887-4e01-95db-81fafe0d0e5e) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Novembers Doom](https://themetalnet.com/band/novembers-doom) (listened together)
- [Jex Thoth](https://themetalnet.com/band/jex-thoth) (listened together)
- [Converge](https://themetalnet.com/band/converge) (listened together)
- [Spiritus Mortis](https://themetalnet.com/band/spiritus-mortis) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Cult of Luna](https://themetalnet.com/band/cult-of-luna) (listened together)
- [Protected Illusion](https://themetalnet.com/band/protected-illusion) (shared members)
- [Azrael Rising](https://themetalnet.com/band/azrael-rising) (shared members)
- [Solitude Aeturnus](https://themetalnet.com/band/solitude-aeturnus) (same tags)
- [Forsaken](https://themetalnet.com/band/forsaken) (same tags)
- [Count Raven](https://themetalnet.com/band/count-raven) (same tags)
- [The Lone Madman](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-lone-madman) (same tags)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Opium_Warlords/3540295063
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpiumWarlords
- bandcamp: https://opiumwarlords.bandcamp.com/
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7sKTdlKlMNNllLWt1NOB0T

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/opium-warlords](https://themetalnet.com/band/opium-warlords). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt