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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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the chart success of Lust Stained Despair (#2 in Finland) ,In 2006, they toured Europe with Lacuna Coil. They have also done various concerts here and there outside Finland and opened for Iron Maiden in Helsinki, 2003.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2008 the released \"A Dead Heavy Day\" which hit the Finnish Album Shart in position 6. 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