JESPER STRöMBLAD

'Jesper Strömblad' (born on November 28, 1972) is the guitarist and founder of the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames.

Contents

Background

Associated acts

Side projects

Former bands

Guest appearances

Equipment

References

External links

Background

Jesper began playing music at age 4, with a violin he played until age 12. At age 12, Jesper no longer considered the violin a cool instrument to play and began playing guitar instead.^[1]

Associated acts

Jesper is known for having played in and been a founding member of a series of bands and side projects. However, In Flames has remained to date his main band. Jesper is the only remaining original member of In Flames and is the main songwriter for the band.
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Side projects

Jesper is currently the bassist of Dimension Zero, a side project which he started with former In Flames guitarist, Glenn Ljungström. Jesper is also currently a member of another side project he started called All Ends, for which he and his In Flames bandmate Björn Gelotte both write the music for. Neither of them plan to play in the side project due to In Flames' demanding schedule, but they continue to aid in writing songs for the band to play.

Former bands

★ Ceremonial Oath – bass guitar (1990–1993)

★ HammerFall – drums (1993–1996), (founding member)

★ Sinergy – guitar (1997–1999), (founding member)

Guest appearances

On the Annihilator album, ''Metal'' (2007), Jesper plays a guest solo on the song "Haunted".

Equipment

Strömblad currently uses ESP guitars; he uses his signature variant of the EX series. Before the release of ''Reroute to Remain'', Jesper was an endorser of ESP until he switched to Gibson guitars with his fellow bandmate Björn Gelotte. However, Jesper switched back to using ESP guitars after the release of ''Come Clarity''. During his time with Gibson, Jesper only used the Gibson Flying V and Explorer Voodoo models.
Both the guitarists of In Flames are known for using the Peavey 5150 amp.
Jesper also uses a Line 6 rackmounted POD just like Björn.

References

1. Interview with Jesper Strömblad Lady Enslain
2. Interview: In Flames (Anders Friden and Peter Iwers) Stefanis, John
3. In Flames Interview

External links

★ In Flames - official website

★ Dimension Zero - official website

★ All Ends - official website