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Jesper Strömblad

Jesper Strömblad

Real/full name:
Jesper Strömblad
Age:
39 (born Nov 28th, 1972)
Place of origin:
Sweden (Gothenburg)
Gender:
Male

Biography

He is known most as founder and former guitarist of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames.

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 Flames was formed in 1990 by Jesper Strömblad as a side project from his death metal band Ceremonial Oath. He ...

Trivia

Founding member of In Flames, HammerFall, Dimension Zero and The Resistance.

In March 2004, Jesper (along with Björn Gelotte) were both ranked #70 out of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of all time by Guitar World.

He is known to be an avid World of Warcraft player, even wearing a "WoW" t-shirt on stage at times. He also plays a guitar imprinted with the logo for the Horde faction from ...

Dimension Zero

Bass, Guitars (1995-present)

1997 Penetrations from the Lost World (EP) Guitars, Bass
2002 Silent Night Fever Bass, Guitars
2007 He Who Shall Not Bleed Guitars, Bass (as "J. Strömblad")

The Resistance

Guitars (2010-present)

All Ends

Guitars

Ceremonial Oath

Bass

1991 Promo 1991 (Demo) Bass
1992 Lost Name of God (EP) Bass
1993 The Book of Truth Bass

HammerFall

Drums (1993-1997)

In Flames

Guitars (1990-2010), Keyboards (1990-1997), Drums (1990-1993)

1993 Demo '93 (Demo) Drums, Guitars
1994 Lunar Strain Drums, Guitars, Keyboards
1994 Subterranean (EP) Guitars, Keyboards
1996 Artifacts of the Black Rain (Video/VHS) Guitars
1996 The Jester Race Guitars, Keyboards
1997 Live & Plugged (Split DVD/video) Guitars
1997 Black Ash Inheritance (EP) Guitars
1997 Whoracle Guitars, Keyboards
1999 Colony Guitars
2000 Bullet Ride (Compilation) Guitars
2000 Clayman Guitars
2001 The Tokyo Showdown (Live album) Guitars
2002 4 Track Teaser EP (EP) Guitars, Drums, Keyboards
2002 Nothing / Reroute to Remain (Split) Guitars
2002 Reroute to Remain Guitars
2002 Cloud Connected (Single) Guitars
2003 Trigger (EP) Guitars
2004 The Quiet Place (Single) Guitars
2004 Soundtrack to Your Escape Guitars
2004 Soundtrack to Your Escape Sampler (Split) Guitars
2005 Used & Abused - In LIVE We Trust (DVD) Guitars
2006 Take This Life / Leeches (Single) Guitars
2006 Come Clarity Guitars
2006 Take This Life (Single) Guitars
2006 Come Clarity (EP) Guitars
2008 The Mirror's Truth (EP) Guitars
2008 A Sense of Purpose Guitars, Vocals (backing)
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Sinergy

Guitars (1997-1999)

1999 Beware the Heavens Guitars

Annihilator

2007 Metal Guitar (lead) (on track 7)

Exhumation

1998 Dance Across the Past Guitars (solo) (first lead on track 1)

HammerFall

1999 The First Crusade (DVD) Guitars (Track 2)

Misanthrope

1997 Visionnaire ast melodic Guitar solo on "Hypocondrium Forces"

Withering Surface

1997 Scarlet Silhouettes Guitars (lead) (Track 1)

Degradead

2008 Til Death Do Us Apart Engineering

In Flames

2006 Come Clarity Producer
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