List of Soilwork band members
Appearance
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This is a comprehensive listing of Soilwork's members.
Current lineup
- Active: 1995–present
- Instrument: Vocals
- Release contributions: All Soilwork releases
- Note: Also the lead singer for bands The Night Flight Orchestra, Terror 2000 and Coldseed, and on Darkane's demo and Disarmonia Mundi's albums Fragments of D-Generation, Mind Tricks and The Isolation Game. Guest appearance on Zero Tolerance's "Prime Time Mind Surgery" in late 2006.
- Sven Karlsson
- Active: 2001–present
- Instrument: Keyboards
- Release contributions: All Soilwork releases from Natural Born Chaos (2002)
- Note: Played keyboards and synthesizer for Evergrey and keyboards for Embraced
- Sylvain Coudret
- Active: 2008–present
- Instrument: Guitars
- Release contributions: All Soilwork releases from The Panic Broadcast (2010)
- Note: Live guitarist during 2008 summer festivals. Officially joined Soilwork as a permanent member on 18 September 2008 replacing former guitarist Ola Frenning, also plays in French death metal band Scarve.
- Bastian Thusgaard
- Active: 2016–present
- Instrument: Drums
- Release contributions: All Soilwork releases from Verkligheten (2019)
- Note: Was a student of previous Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren.
- Rasmus Ehrnborn
- Active: 2022–present
- Instrument: Bass
- Release contributions: Overgivenheten (2022)
- Note: Was a touring bassist from 2019 until January 2022 when he was announced as the band's official bassist.
- Simon Johansson
- Active: 2023-present
- Instrument: Guitars
- Release contributions: None
- Note: Was a touring guitarist from 2019 until March 13th, 2023 when it was announced that he became an official member, replacing the late David Andersson.
Former members
Name | Instrument | Membership | Additional information |
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Ola Frenning | Guitars | 1998–2008 | Left due to tour exhaustion and musical differences. |
Peter Wichers | 1995–2005, 2008–2012 | Initially left the band on 11 December 2005. Rejoined Soilwork on 18 September 2008 but left the band on 26 June 2012 for a second time due to "creative differences". | |
Ola Flink | Bass | 1998–2015 | Longest serving bassist of Soilwork |
Dirk Verbeuren | Drums | 2004–2016 | Left upon joining Megadeth. |
Daniel Antonsson | Guitars | 2006–2008 | Guitarist for melodic death metal band Dimension Zero, progressive thrash metal band Pathos, also former bassist for Dark Tranquillity. |
Ludvig Svartz | 1995–1998 | ||
Jimmy Persson | Drums | ||
Henry Ranta | 1998–2003 | ||
Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg | Keyboards | 1998–2001 | |
Carl-Gustav Döös | Bass | 1995–1997 | Although with the band initially, he quit before the recording of the demo, leaving guitarist Peter Wichers to handle the bass tracks as well. |
Mattias Nilsson | Guitars | Left the band after the demo, later joined A Deeds Pride and Kayser. | |
Markus Wibom | Bass | 2015–2017 | Previously bass player of the band Hearts Alive |
Taylor Nordberg | Bass | 2017–2022 | |
David Andersson | Guitars | 2012–2022 | Died 14 September 2022.[1] |
Session musicians
Name | Instrument | Membership | Additional information |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Evensand | Drums | 2003–2004 | Filled in on tours between Henry Ranta's departure in 2003 and Dirk Verbeuren's arrival in 2004. He has performed with such bands as Therion, Demonoid and, after filling in on the tours, Chimaira (for a short stint). |
Andreas Holma | Guitars | 2006 | Filled in on UK tour '06 after Peter Wichers' departure |
Peter Wildoer | Drums | Filled in on for three shows being two in Sweden and one for Festimad | |
Morten Løwe Sørensen | 2008 | Filled in on for two shows being one in Tallinn and the other in Riga | |
Christofer Malmström | Guitars | 2011 | Filled in on a Helsinki, Finland show for Peter Wichers |
Simon Johansson | 2019–present | Filled in for David Andersson before and after his death |
Timeline
References
- ^ Enis, Eli (14 September 2022). "David Andersson, Soilwork Guitarist, Dead at 47". Revolver. Retrieved 14 September 2022.