Hannes Van Dahl
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Hannes Van Dahl(bornKarl-Hannes Dahl,18 January 1990) is a Swedish musician, best known as the drummer of theheavy metalbandSabaton.
Biography
[edit]Dahl changed his name to "Hannes Van Dahl" as an adult.[1]His interest in rock and metal music came from the skateboarding scene and a big inspiration was his cousin who played in a local band and his mother playing records to him from young age.[2]At the age of 10 he started playing the bass guitar, but quickly lost interest and moved on to the drums. His first band was called "The Motherfuckers".
Later he started the band Downthrust and ended this engagement to joinEvergreyin 2009 while replacing Jonas Ekdahl. Van Dahl's drumming teacherSnowy Shaw,after seeing the potential in him, recommended Van Dahl for Evergrey. During Shaw's engagement as Sabaton drummer, Van Dahl joined Shaw as a drum tech for four shows.[3]
After a rehearsal inThe Abyss,he joined Sabaton as an official band member during the Swedish Empire Tour in 2013. In 2014, Sabaton released the AlbumHeroes,which was the first Sabaton album Hannes Van Dahl recorded with the band.
Van Dahl is married toNightwishlead vocalistFloor Jansen.They have two daughters, born in 2017 and 2023, respectively. Together with Tommy Johansson, Thobbe Englund and Chris Rörland, he is in the band The Last Heroes.
Discography
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With Evergrey
[edit]- Glorious Collision(2011)
With Sabaton
[edit]- Heroes(2014)
- Heroes on Tour(2016)
- The Last Stand(2016)
- The Great War(2019)
- The War to End All Wars(2022)
As a guest
[edit]- WithBiff Byford,Eric Peterson,Cecilia Nappo andJay Jay French:Spin the Wheel(2021)[4]
References
[edit]- ^Interview withrocknytt.net,retrieved on 27 February 2020.
- ^Lothar Gerber:Tunnelblick mit Hannes Van Dahl (Sabaton),retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^"Annunciation onsabaton.net".Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.Retrieved27 February2021.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - '^Spin The Wheel' ft. Hannes Van Dahl,in:sabaton.net,retrieved on 10 February 2021.
External links
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