Bjorn "Speed" Strid

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Björn Ove "Speed" Strid (Born: September 10, 1978) is a vocalist with a resume that includes work in metal bands such as Disarmonia Mundi, Terror 2000, Coldseed, and most notably Soilwork. He also provided vocals for Darkane on their demo recording prior to Lawrence Mackrory joining the band for before their debut album.

Strid utilizes a varied vocal style, perhaps most distinguished from other similar Swedish metal vocalists by his ability to quickly alternate between more guttural growls and higher screams and clean, harmonious vocals.

Björn Strid grew up in Sweden and received the nickname "Speed" from fellow students as a result of the "extreme music" he was known to enjoy. Björn co-founded Soilwork in 1995 under the name Inferior Breed. This name was later changed to Soilwork once the fledgling band's sound began to take shape. Most of the lyrics are written by Björn as well.

Speed has gone on record as saying that Killing Machine, also known as Hell Bent for Leather by Judas Priest is his favorite album[1], but more recently has cited Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast as his favourite[2].