Jens Kidman

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Jens Kidman (born June 8, 1966) is the lead vocalist for the Swedish technical thrash metal band Meshuggah.

When Kidman and bandmate/lead guitarist Fredrik Thordendal first created Meshuggah, he originally handled both guitar and vocal duties. He later abandoned the guitar to focus solely on his vocal talents. His vocal style is mostly atonal screams and shouts. The only time he is heard singing clean is on the song "Ritual" on the None EP but it should be noted he does some spoken word passages in a few songs, most notably in "Sublevels" and after the first stanza of "Sane me" on the song "Sane" so it would be wrong to assume he has a one-dimensional vocal style. Kidman also delivers the occasional double tracked vocal.

He also participated in the track "The Dream is over" on the album XIII of the American alternative metal band Mushroomhead.