Jonas Kjellgren (born 4 July 1977) is a Swedish musician and producer, now residing in

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, Sweden. He has been lead vocalist for

Carnal Forge Carnal Forge are a Swedish band, best classified as thrash metal with some melodic death metal influences. Their name originates from a song on Carcass's album '' Heartwork''. Biography Carnel Forge was founded in Sala, Sweden in 1997 by Jari ...

and Dellamorte, played guitar for

Centinex Centinex is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1990. They disbanded on 12 April 2006. They were scheduled to perform their final concert at an already booked show in Eskilstuna, Sweden, on 13 May 2006, but later cancelled. Some of the membe ...

, and played bass for

October Tide October Tide is a Swedish death/doom metal band that was created in 1994 by Katatonia vocalist Jonas Renkse and then-Katatonia guitarist Fred Norrman. Norrman revived the band after leaving Katatonia in 2009. History 1995–1999 October Ti ...

. He is most famous for being the former co-founder and guitarist of

Scar Symmetry Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta, formed in 2004. The band has released six albums, with seven released singles. They are signed to Nuclear Blast Records. History Formation and ''Symmetric in Design'' (2004−200 ...

, founded in 2005. As a producer, he has worked with bands such as

Sonic Syndicate Sonic Syndicate is a Swedish metalcore band from Falkenberg. They were formerly influenced by Swedish melodic death metal bands such as In Flames and Soilwork and American metalcore bands like Killswitch Engage and All That Remains. The band w ...

, Zonaria, Steel Attack, 21Lucifers,

Darzamat Darzamat is a Polish atmospheric black metal band, founded in 1995. After a few initial releases ( In Flames of Black Arts, Oniriad and the MCD In the Opium of Black Veil), the founding member Flauros (vocals) managed to gather musicians who hav ...

and The Absence. He owns and operates Black Lounge Studios, which many Swedish metal bands use to record, mix and master their albums, although most of his own production efforts are done at

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, which is owned by

Peter Tägtgren Alf Peter Tägtgren (born 3 June 1970) is a Swedish musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band Pa ...

. Kjellgren is known for playing seven-string guitars.

Bands

Present

Raubtier Raubtier (German for "predator") is a Swedish industrial metal band from Haparanda. They released their debut album, ''Det finns bara krig'' ("There is only war" in English), in 2009.Scar Symmetry Scar Symmetry is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Avesta, formed in 2004. The band has released six albums, with seven released singles. They are signed to Nuclear Blast Records. History Formation and ''Symmetric in Design'' (2004−200 ...

– guitars, keyboards *

– vocals * Dellamorte – vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion

Discography

References

External links

Black Lounge StudiosOfficial MySpace
1977 births Living people Seven-string guitarists 21st-century guitarists Scar Symmetry members {{Sweden-musician-stub