Heavy Metal Perse

About

Kasperi Heikkinen is a Finnish guitarist born on August 4, 1980. He is best known for his work as a former member of symphonic power metal band Amberian Dawn, which he played with from early 2007 until late 2012. Heikkinen has also performed with Finnish metal bands Merging Flare and Guardians of Mankind, a Gamma Ray tribute band. From 2013 to 2017, he was a guitarist for German metal band U.D.O. As a touring musician, Heikkinen has had notable collaborations with Gamma Ray, playing on part of their Majestic tour in 2006 following an injury to Henjo Richter, and again replacing Richter for shows in Germany and Czech Republic in March 2010. In 2015, he joined heavy metal band Beast in Black at the invitation of guitarist Anton Kabanen. After recording three studio albums with Beast in Black, he departed from the band in October 2025. Heikkinen currently resides in Helsinki.