List of Soilwork band members

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This is a comprehensive listing of Soilwork's members.

Current lineup[]

Björn "Speed" Strid
Björn Strid has been the only consistent member of Soilwork.
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
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
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.
David Andersson
David Andersson
Active: 2012-present
Instrument: Guitars
Release contributions: All Soilwork releases from The Living Infinite (2013)
Note: Also guitarist for band The Night Flight Orchestra. Filled in on Soilwork North American tour 2006 after Peter Wichers's first departure. Officially joined Soilwork on 28 June 2012, after Peter Wichers' second departure.
Bastian Thusgaard
Bastian Thusgaard
Active: 2016–present
Instrument: Drums
Release contributions: Verkligheten (2019)
Note: Was a student of previous Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren.
Rasmus Ehrnborn
Active: 2022–present
Instrument: Bass
Release contributions: None
Note: Was a touring bassist from 2019 until January 2022 when he was announced as the band's official bassist.

Former members[]

Name Instrument Membership Additional information
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

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

Timeline[]

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