Poisonblack is a Finnish gothic metal band led by singer/guitarist Ville Laihiala, vocalist of the now disbanded Sentenced. After the departure of Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto sometime after the release of their first album, Escapexstacy, Laihiala, the band's principal songwriter, assumed vocal duties himself and has since led Poisonblack in a musical direction that closely mirrors that of his former band. Their sounds does resemble Sentenced and the quality of the lyrics is amazing. Laihiala porves yet again that he himself is pure metal.