Fred Estby

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Fred Estby
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Estby in 2013
Background information
Born
Fredrik John Estby

(1972-03-14) 14 March 1972 (age 53)
Stockholm, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • record producer
InstrumentDrums
Years active1988–present
Member of
Formerly of

Fred Estby (born 14 March 1972) is a Swedish musician best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the death metal band Dismember. [1] He has also worked as a record producer on occasion.

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Career

Estby originally played drums in the band Carnage. He has appeared in various other projects including The A-Bombs (drums), The Clint Eastwood Experience (drums), Daemon (vocals), and Shubniggurat (vocals), Dismemberizer (drums), Parodi (guitar), Death Breath (vocals). He contributed vocals to the band Centinex of the album Subconscious Lobotomy, and appeared as a guest singer with Entombed in 1997 during a show in Stockholm where he sang "Left Hand Path". He also played drums The Dagger, a hard rock/heavy metal band from Stockholm formed in 2009 by Estby, David Blomqvist, Tobias Cristiansson and Jani Kataja. In 2022, he joined death metal band Ekstasis, which also includes vocalist Damien Moyal. [2] [3]

References

  1. Huey, Steve. "Biography: Dismember". AMG . Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  2. Ramirez, Carlos (28 October 2022). "Ekstasis: Stream Debut EP from New Band Feat. Dismember, As Friends Rust & Crusades Members". No Echo. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  3. Herron-Wheeler, Addison (28 September 2022). "Track Premiere: Ekstasis – "Magmatic Decimation"". Decibel . Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.