Tom S. Englund

Tom Englund
Englund with Evergrey in 2012
Background information
Born	(1973-12-14) 14 December 1973 (age 51)
Origin	Sweden
Genres	Melodic death metal, Pop, Progressive metal, Power metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1993–present
Member of	Evergrey, Redemption, Silent Skies

Tom S. Englund (born 14 December 1973) is a Swedish musician. He is best known for being the vocalist and guitarist of the progressive metal band Evergrey, of which he is also a founding member. He is he main songwriter and the sole remaining original member of the band.

Englund has been the vocalist of the American progressive metal band Redemption since 2017, replacing Ray Alder after he left the band to solely focus on Fates Warning. He is also the vocalist and a founding member of the Swedish-American cinematic pop project Silent Skies.

Englund is a contributor to Arjen Anthony Lucassen's Ayreon project, performing vocals on the album 01011001 on the tracks "Age of Shadows", "Unnatural Selection" and "The Sixth Extinction". He reprised those parts on 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves .

Englund has composed music for video game developer Saber Interactive. ^[1]

Discography

With Evergrey

Main article: Evergrey discography

• The Dark Discovery (1998)
• Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy (1999)
• In Search of Truth (2001)
• Recreation Day (2003)
• The Inner Circle (2004)
• Monday Morning Apocalypse (2006)
• Torn (2008)
• Glorious Collision (2011)
• Hymns for the Broken (2014)
• The Storm Within (2016)
• The Atlantic (2019)
• Escape of the Phoenix (2021)
• A Heartless Portrait (The Orphéan Testament) (2022)
• Theories of Emptiness (2024)

With Redemption

• Long Night's Journey into Day (2018)
• Alive in Color (2020)
• I Am The Storm (2023)

With Silent Skies

• Satellites (2020)
• Nectar (2022)
• Dormant (2023) ^[2]

As A Producer

• Dragonland - Starfall (2004)
• Shot Injection - Fear Comes Full Circle (2006)
• Awake (UK) - Illumination (2007)

Guest Appearances

• Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance (clean vocals on "Hero", "Etheral", "Circle of Pain" and "At the Ends of the Earth") (2003)
• Dragonland - Starfall (backing vocals and lead guitars on "Calling My Name" and "The Shores of Our Land") (2004)
• Moonlight Agony - Echoes Of A Nightmare (lead guitars on "Equilibrium") (2004)
• Shot Injection - Eleven Triple Manifest (vocals on "Suicide Scenario") (2006)
• Odin's Court - Deathanity (vocals on "Mammonific") (2008)
• Ayreon - 01011001 (vocals on "Age of Shadows", "Unnatural Selection" and "The Sixth Extinction") (2008)
• Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's Neverland - Reversing Time (vocals on "World Beyond These Walls") (2008)
• Mind Key - Pulse for a Graveheart (vocals on "Graveheart") (2009)
• Emergency Gate - The Nemesis Construct (vocals on "Dark Side Of The Sun") (2010)
• The Absence - Enemy Unbound (guitar solo on "Malestrom) (2010)
• Sweden United - "Open Your Eyes" (vocals) (2010)
• Nightrage - Insidious (vocals) (2011)
• Twintera - Lines (vocals on "Oversight") (2012)
• Epysode - Fantasmagoria (vocals) (2013)
• Mental Circus - Mental Circus (vocals on "Shards of You") (2013)
• Ethernity - Obscure Illusions (vocals on "Obscure Illusions") (2015)
• DGM - The Passage (vocals on "Ghosts of Insanity") (2016)
• North of South - The Tides in Our Veins (vocals on "Soul Cartopgraphy") (2021) ^[3]
• Demon Hunter - Exile (vocals on "Silence The World") (2022) ^[4]
• Stranger Vision - Wasteland (vocals on "The Deep") (2022) ^[5]
• Dark Side of The Moon - Metamorphosis (vocals on "Misty Mountains") (2023)
• Ayreon - 01011001 – Live Beneath the Waves (vocals on "Age of Shadows", "Unnatural Selection" and "The Sixth Extinction") (2024)

Equipment

• Caparison Guitars (TAT Special)
• Bogner Überschall
• Peavey poweramp 50/50
• 4 4×12 cabinets
• Shure Wireless Systems
• Korg Triton Syntheseizer
• Korg N364 Syntheseizer ^[6]

References

1. Collins, Dillon (9 June 2022). "TOM S. ENGLUND Talks 25 Years Of EVERGREY, Death Metal Roots & Composing For Evil Dead: The Game". Metal Injection . Retrieved 19 November 2025.
2. Macmillan, Paul (19 August 2023). "Silent Skies, Featuring Evergrey's Tom S. Englund, Announce New Album". ghostcultmag.com. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
3. "Spanish Chechu Nos join forces with Swedish Prog legend Tom S. Englund (Evergrey) in North of South's brand new single, "Soul Cartography"". Metal-Rules.com. 22 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
4. "Demon Hunter Premiere "Silence The World" Featuring Evergrey's Tom S. Englund". 30 June 2022.
5. "Stranger Vision Premiere "The Deep" Featuring Evergrey's Tom S. Englund". 31 July 2022.
6. "Evergrey – Band". Evergrey. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

External links

• Evergrey.net
• Nightrage.com