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Hannes Van Dahl (born Karl-Hannes Dahl, 18 January 1990) is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band
/ref> 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. 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 join
Spin The Wheel' ft. Hannes Van Dahl''
in: ''sabaton.net'', retrieved on 10 February 2021.
Hannes Van Dahl (born Karl-Hannes Dahl, 18 January 1990) is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the drummer of the heavy metal band Sabaton
A sabaton or solleret is part of a knight's body armor that covers the foot.
History
Fourteenth and fifteenth century sabatons typically end in a tapered point well past the actual toes of the wearer's foot, following fashionable shoe shapes o ...
.
Life
Dahl changed his name to "Hannes Van Dahl" as an adult.Interview with ''rocknytt.net'', retrieved on 27 February 2020./ref> 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. 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 join
Evergrey
Evergrey is a Swedish progressive metal band from Gothenburg.
History
Evergrey was formed in 1995 in Gothenburg, Sweden as a progressive power metal band, in contrast to the melodic death metal that Gothenburg is known for. Since then, the ban ...
in 2009 while replacing Jonas Ekdahl.
Van Dahl's drumming teacher Snowy 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.
After a rehearsal in The Abyss
''The Abyss'' is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron and starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. When an American submarine sinks in the Caribbean, a US search and recovery team ...
, he joined Sabaton as an official band member during the Swedish Empire Tour in 2013.
In 2014, Sabaton released the Album ''Heroes'', which was the first Sabaton album Hannes Van Dahl recorded with the band.
Van Dahl is married to Nightwish
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lead vocalist Floor Jansen
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Jansen first became known as a member of symphonic metal band After Forever, standing as their lead vo ...
. Their daughter Freja was born on 15 March 2017. He can play the guitar and skateboards during his quality time. Together with Tommy Johansson, Thobbe Englund and Chris Rörland, he is in the band The Last Heroes.
Discography
With Evergrey
* ''Glorious Collision'' (2011)With Sabaton
* ''Heroes
Heroes or Héroes may refer to:
* Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good
Film
* ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama
* ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film
Gaming
* ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...
'' (2014)
* ''Heroes on Tour'' (2016)
* '' The Last Stand'' (2016)
* ''The Great War
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'' (2019)
* ''The War to End All Wars
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'' (2022)
As a guest
* WithBiff Byford
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Early life
Byford was born in Skelmanthorpe, West Yorkshire, the youngest of four children to Ernest Ch ...
, Eric Peterson
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, Cecilia Nappo and Jay Jay French
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: ''Spin the Wheel'' (2021)in: ''sabaton.net'', retrieved on 10 February 2021.
References
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