Also known as Speed Name Bjorn Strid Role Vocalist | Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass Genres Heavy metal Years active 1995–present | |
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Birth name Bjorn Ove Ingemar Strid Born 10 September 1978 (age 45) Glumslov, Sweden ( 1978-09-10 ) Music groups Albums Similar People Peter Wichers, Dirk Verbeuren, Sharlee D\'Angelo, Ola Flink, Sylvain Coudret Profiles | ||
Occupation(s) Musician, songwriter | ||
Earthside crater ft bjorn strid of soilwork backing video for live performance
Björn Ove Ingemar "Speed" Strid (born 10 September 1978, Helsingborg, Sweden) is a Swedish vocalist who has worked with bands such as I Legion, Disarmonia Mundi, Terror 2000, Coldseed, The Night Flight Orchestra and most notably Soilwork.
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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 2016. Most of Soilwork's lyrics are written by Strid himself.
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". He also performed guest vocals on the track "Puppets 2: The Rain" by American metalcore band Motionless in White. Recently he performed the choruses on The Moor's new single "The Castaway" which was released on 27 July 2014. He also provided vocals on Earthside's song, "Crater", from their critically acclaimed debut album A Dream In Static.
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
The Night Flight Orchestra
Guest appearances
Björn Strid has provided vocals for the following artists:
Songs
Distortion SleepFigure Number Five · 2003
Rejection RoleFigure Number Five · 2003
Light the TorchFigure Number Five · 2003