Björn Strid
| Björn Strid | |
|---|---|
 Bjorn "Speed" Strid in 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Björn Ove Ingemar Strid |
| Also known as | Speed |
| Born |
10 September 1978 Glumslov, Sweden[1] |
| Genres | Metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Associated acts |
Inferior Breed Soilwork Coldseed Disarmonia Mundi Terror 2000 Zero Tolerance Darkane Highball Shooters The Night Flight Orchestra The Moor Blinded In Bliss.[2] I Legion.[3] Demon Hunter |
Björn Ove Ingemar "Speed" Strid (born 10 September 1978, Helsingborg, Sweden) is a Swedish vocalist with a resume that includes work in bands such as Highball Shooters, Disarmonia Mundi, Terror 2000,[4] Coldseed, The Night Flight Orchestra and most notably Soilwork.[5] In 2010, he provided guest vocals on the Demon Hunter song "Collapsing", from The World Is a Thorn and for power metal band Kamelot on the song "The Great Pandemonium", from Poetry for the Poisoned. His most recent guest appearance to a band is in I Killed The Prom Queen's new album titled Beloved, in the song "Calvert Street", and in the project I Legion,[3] where he provided vocals for four songs on the album. In 2014, he provided guest vocals for the songs "The Quiet Light" by Canadian band Mellevon, "The Castaway" by Italian band The Moor, and "Before You Finally Break" by Swedish band Sonic Syndicate.
Life
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. He co-founded Soilwork in 1995 under the name Inferior Breed which was later changed to Soilwork once the fledgling band's sound began to take shape. He is the only member to have stayed with the band for the duration of its existence, and is the only original member still in the band as of 2015. Most of the lyrics are written by Strid as well.
Career
Strid has also provided vocals for Darkane on their demo recording prior to Lawrence Mackrory joining the band before their debut album. He made a guest appearance on the Destruction track "The Alliance of Hellhoundz" alongside numerous other prominent metal singers, as well as appearing on Zero Tolerance's "Prime Time Mind Surgery", Phoenix-based metal band Howitzer's "245", and Danish band Mercenary's "Redefine Me", from their album The Hours That Remain. He has also recently provided guest vocals for the Seattle, WA-based band Demon Hunter on the track "Collapsing" from their album The World Is a Thorn which was released on 9 March 2010, and also performs on power metal band Kamelot's Poetry for the Poisoned in the track "The Great Pandemonium". Recently he performed the choruses on The Moor's new single "The Castaway" which was released on 27 July 2014.
Strid utilizes a varied vocal style, being able to quickly alternate between more guttural growls and higher screams and clean, harmonious vocals, and has gone on record as saying that Killing Machine, which was retitled as Hell Bent for Leather for US release by Judas Priest is his favorite album, but more recently has cited Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast as his favourite.
Soilwork
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||
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| SWE [6] |
AUT [7] |
CHE [8] |
FIN [9] |
FRA [10] |
GER [11] |
UK [12] |
US [13] |
US Heat. [13] |
US Ind. [13] | ||||||
| 1998 | Steelbath Suicide
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2000 | The Chainheart Machine
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2001 | A Predator's Portrait
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | Natural Born Chaos
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2003 | Figure Number Five
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59 | — | — | 23 | 125 | 52 | — | — | 43 | 32 | ||||
| 2005 | Stabbing the Drama
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14 | 63 | — | 19 | 143 | 52 | — | — | 12 | 21 | ||||
| 2007 | Sworn to a Great Divide
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25 | 57 | 74 | 19 | 136 | 37 | — | 148 | 2 | — | ||||
| 2010 | The Panic Broadcast
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29 | 47 | 60 | 14 | 141 | 24 | 42 | 88 | — | 7 | ||||
| 2013 | The Living Infinite
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19 | 22 | 36 | 10 | 128 | 17 | 188 | 60 | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Attitude Inked: Ep01 - SOILWORK". YouTube.com. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ↑ "Blinded in Bliss - Encyclopaedia Metallum". Metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "I Legion". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
- ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Biography: Terror 2000". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ↑ Huey, Steve. "Biography: Soilwork". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ↑ "Discography Soilwork". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ↑ "Discographie Soilwork" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ↑ "Discographie Soilwork" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ↑ "Discography Soilwork". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ↑ "Discographie Soilwork" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ↑ "Chartverfolgung / Soilwork / Longplay" (in German). PhonoNet. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ↑ Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK – Chart Coverage and Record Sales 2010 and Special Single-File Version". Zobbel. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Peak chart positions for Soilwork in the United States:
- "Soilwork Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- "Soilwork Album & Song Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- "Breaking & Entering". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- "Soilwork Album & Song Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
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