Jörgen Sandström (born 13 November 1971) is a Swedish musician. He provided vocals, bass and guitar for

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on their first three albums and played with Entombed, on bass and backing vocals, between 1995 and 2004. He has also been involved with bands such as

Krux KRUX (91.5 FM) is one of New Mexico State University's two radio stations, located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States. Student-run and operated, it airs an eclectic mix of musical genres. KRUX was the first non-commercial educational FM ...

(on Guitar), Vicious Art (on Bass/Backing Vocals), The Project Hate MCMXCIX (as Vocalist) and Torture Division (on Vocals/Bass). He also did guest vocals on

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's '' Helvete'' and on

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's '' Stinking up the Night''.

Career

Sandström was a founding member of

, performing as lead singer and rhythm guitarist, although he switched to bass after the departure of Jonas Torndal. He left Grave after their third album, ''Soulless'' in 1995. After his departure from Grave, he joined Entombed on bass. He stayed with this band until 2004, departing due to not wanting to tour. While still with Entombed, in 1998 he was a founding member of The Project Hate MCMXCIX, an

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project which he still performs in as male vocalist. In 2002 he co-founded doom metal band

as guitarist, along with vocalist

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(ex-

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), bassist

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( Candlemass), and drummer Peter Stjärnvind (Entombed). In 2004, after his departure from Entombed, he joined Vicious Art, as bassist and backing vocalist, alongside former

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members Matias Makela and Robert Lundin. Vicious Art called it quits in 2011. He was a founding member of Torture Division, alongside guitarist Lord K. Philipson (also of The Project Hate) and drummer Tobias "Tobben" Gustafsson (of Vomitory). This band disbanded in 2014. In 2015, Sandström joined Candlemass as touring bassist, covering for Krux bandmate Leif Edling who was forced to sit out touring due to health issues. He shared bass duties with keyboardist

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who performed when Sandström wasn't available. He played with Candlemass for several years. In 2018, Sandström and Philipson founded

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project Domedagen, meaning Doomsday or Day of Reckoning in Swedish. The two have recorded several songs using programmed drums. In 2022 Sandström rejoined Entombed again as bassist but also as lead vocalist for a one off show. He also returned to Grave in 2024.

References

Swedish heavy metal musicians Living people 1971 births Swedish death metal musicians 21st-century Swedish guitarists Entombed (band) members Krux members Musicians from Stockholm {{Sweden-guitarist-stub