Pär Sundström (born 8 June 1981 /ref>) is a Swedish
bass player
A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), synthbass, keyboard bass or a low bra ...
. He and
Joakim Brodén
Joakim "Jocke" Brodén (born 5 October 1980) is a Swedish-Czech musician who is the lead vocalist, keyboardist and occasional third guitarist of the Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton. He and bassist Pär Sundström formed the band in 1999.
Earl ...
are the last remaining founding members of 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 ...
. He is also the band's manager and one of the band's lyricists.''SABATON: Interview with Bassist Pär Sundström "I do not consider Sabaton to be Power Metal, we play simply Heavy Metal"'', in: ''metalheadspotted.com''. /ref>
Life
Sundström was born in
Falun
Falun () is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 37,291 inhabitants in 2010. It is also the capital of Dalarna County. Falun forms, together with Borlänge, a metropolitan area with just over 100,000 inhabita ...
,
Dalarna County
Dalarna County ( sv, Dalarnas län) is a county or '' län'' in central Sweden (Svealand). It borders on the counties of Uppsala, Jämtland, Gävleborg, Västmanland, Örebro and Värmland. It also borders on the Norwegian counties of Hedmark ...
, Sweden. During his youth, Sundström played mainly in
black
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and
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
bands. In 1999, he founded Sabaton with Joakim Brodén. Shortly after Oskar Montelius joined the band. Concerning his role in Sabaton he stated in an interview with ''metalheadspotted.com'': "I do a lot of stuff that is necessary for the band as manager."
Before Sabaton became a professional band, Sundström worked for two years "as a manager of a big company". His management office, as well as the band's studio, are based in Falun.Interview with ''darkscene.at''. /ref>
Sundström has one sister. His main musical influences are
Twisted Sister
Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band originally from Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, and later based on Long Island, New York. Their best-known songs include " We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock", both of which were associated with m ...
, especially
Dee Snider
Daniel "Dee" Snider (born March 15, 1955)Tayler, LettaTwisted Sister's Dee Snider remembers his challenging Long Island upbringing "Newsday", March 15, 2016Archived here/ref> is an American singer, songwriter, radio personality, and actor. He w ...
, as well as
Skid Row
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. He speaks of
Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. While fluid in the early years of the band, the lineup for most of the band's history has consisted of Harri ...
,
Scorpions
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,
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1985. When they signed to Geffen Records in 1986, the band comprised vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKa ...
,
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.
In the early years of Sabaton, Sundström set up the pyrotechnics for the Sabaton live shows by himself, as he is a trained pyrotechnician.Rustyn Rose: ''Sabaton's bassist shares 5 unknown facts about the band''. /ref>
Discography
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Primo Victoria
''Primo Victoria'' (Latin for "Victory First") is the debut studio album by Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Sabaton (band), Sabaton.
The band had previously recorded the full length album ''Metalizer'' with Italian label Underground S ...
'' (2005)
*''
Attero Dominatus
''Attero Dominatus'' is the second studio album by Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton, as well as the first to feature keyboardist Daniel Mÿhr. The album reached 16th place on the Swedish album charts, remaining in the listings for seven weeks.
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'' (2006)
*''
Metalizer
''Metalizer'' is the third full-length release by Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Sabaton (band), Sabaton, but was actually recorded as their professional debut album (second overall) in 2002. The band's first record company, Undergrou ...
'' (2007)
*''
The Art of War
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'' (2008)
*''
Coat of Arms
A coat of arms is a heraldry, heraldic communication design, visual design on an escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the latter two being outer garments). The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central ele ...
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'' ...
The Great War
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