Rockers We’ve Lost in 2012: Ruinside’s Lauri Aitonurmi

Finnish metal bassist Lauri Aitonurmi died on Dec. 14 after a car accident. Aitonurmi manned the bass for thrash metal band Ruinside on their 2009 EP, 'Rise Up! …to Extermination?' and the band's debut full-length, 'The Hunt.'

Aitonurmi was a musician from the age of 11. After four years of playing the keyboard, Aitonurmi picked up a bass at age 15, maintaining the instrument as his primary tool until his passing. "We will remember him as a very bright person who always shared good spirit around him," Ruinside wrote in tribute for their fallen bassist. "Ruinside wants to wish strength and hope for Lauri's family, his wife and little boy. Lauri will live in our hearts and in our music. Rest in peace, friend."