Jesper Strömblad
| Jesper Strömblad | |
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Jesper Stromblad in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad |
| Born |
28 November 1972 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | Melodic death metal, death metal, thrash metal, power metal, heavy metal, alternative metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, drums, keyboards, bass, Hammond organ |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Nuclear Blast, Ferret Music, Wrong Again, Regain |
| Associated acts | In Flames, Dimension Zero, HammerFall, Sinergy, Ceremonial Oath, All Ends, The Resistance, Nightrage |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson Explorer | |
Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad (born 28 November 1972) is a Swedish musician who is the guitarist/bassist for the band Dimension Zero and formerly The Resistance. He is best known as founder and former guitarist/drummer/keyboardist of the Swedish ex-melodic death metal band In Flames, guitarist of the band Sinergy, bassist of Ceremonial Oath and drummer of HammerFall. In 2013 he joined MDM band Nightrage as a session guitarist.
In March 2004, Jesper (along with Björn Gelotte) was ranked No. 70 out of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of all time by Guitar World.
Strömblad began playing music at age 4, with a violin he played until age 12, when he no longer considered the violin a 'cool' instrument to play and began playing guitar instead.
In 1990, Strömblad became the new bass player of the band once known as "Striker" (although he was not in the band under that name), then "Desecrator" and finally Ceremonial Oath where he quit by 1993 after not being able to have at least some control in the band. The band disbanded in 1996, but in 2012, it was announced the band reunited for an appearance at the inaugural edition of The Gothenburg Sound festival, that took place 5–6 January 2013 at Trädgår'n in Gothenburg, Sweden, with Strömblad back in the band.
During his last year in Ceremonial Oath (which was 1993) he wanted to write music and combine melodies inspired by Iron Maiden, with the brutality of death metal; something which Jesper stated he had never heard any band do. Now free to control a band, he formed his first one, In Flames, which was considered a side project. The first demo he made with the band was shipped off to the owner of Wrong Again Records, who liked it so much that the owner spoke to the members of in Flames and with the pressure of being signed, the band lied stating they had 13 songs done; intrigued, the band got the deal over the phone. He started in the band as the drummer, but switched to guitar by the next year.
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