Jimmie Strimell

Jimmie Strimell (born 3 December 1980) is a Swedish death metal singer. Strimell is known for being a founding member, vocalist and songwriter of metal band Dead by April, as well as serving as frontman for Nightrage.

Jimmie Strimell
Strimell in 2012
Background information
Born	(1980-12-03) 3 December 1980 (age 44)
Genres	Melodic death metal, metalcore, electronicore, post-hardcore, death metal, deathcore, groove metal, djent
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2005–present
Member of	Vindicta
Formerly of	Dead by April, Nightrage, Ends With a Bullet, My Collapse, The End of Grace

Career

In 2006, Strimell founded Dead by April with Pontus Hjelm, where he would serve as the band's vocalist and as a songwriter.^[1] Strimell became known for his growls, which were inspired by Pantera.^[2] Strimell's vocals caught the attention of other metal acts. After the departure of Tomas Lindberg, Greek-Swedish metal group Nightrage recruited Strimell to sing vocals on their 2007 album, A New Disease is Born.^[3] In 2009, Strimell joined Swedish metal supergroup, Death Destruction [uk].^[4]

Dead by April

Main article: Dead by April

Dead by April released their first eponymous album, Dead by April in May 2009.^[1] The group released their follow up, Incomparable, in September 2011. Concurrently, Strimell toured and released and album with Death Destruction.^[5] In February 2012, Dead by April performed at Melodifestivalen, where they were named finalists in the competition to represent Sweden at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest.^[6] Later that year, Strimell left Death Destruction to focus on Dead by April full time.^[7]

Departure

In March 2013, Strimell left Dead by April due to personal reasons.^[8] At the time, his bandmates released an open letter to their fans thanking Strimell for his contributions to the band, but citing Strimell's personal issues had created a "bad environment" that they could not continue with him.^[8] After leaving the band, Strimell was announced as returning to join Nightrage's Japanese tour,^[9] but ultimately did not appear due to "unforeseen circumstances".^[10] Strimell would later join the Swedish hard rock band, Ends With a Bullet [sv]. In October 2013, the band released their first album.^[11]

In 2015, Strimell was falsely announced as the new frontman of Asking Alexandria when he was impersonated on Twitter.^[12][13] At the time, Strimell was in the band My Collapse.^[12]

Return to April

In April 2017, Strimell rejoined Dead by April as a vocalist. At the time, Strimell claimed he had overcome his addiction issues.^[14] In March 2020, Strimell was released from the band for a second time due to his ongoing drug and alcohol addiction.^[15] After being released from Dead by April for the second time, Strimell formed a new band, Vindicta. Vindicta released their first single called "Slice It" on 1 October 2021.

On 30 June 2023 Strimell rejoined Nightrage after their long time vocalist Ronnie Nyman left the band,^[16] but left shortly after joining due to "personal problems".^{[citation needed]}

Discography

with Nightrage

• 2007 — A New Disease Is Born

with Dead by April

• 2009 — Dead by April
• 2011 — Incomparable
• 2017 — Worlds Collide (Jimmie Strimell Sessions)
• 2019 — As A Butterfly (Re-recorded)
• 2019 — Hold On (Re-recorded)
• 2019 — Beautiful Nightmare (Re-recorded)
• 2019 — Empathy (Re-recorded)

with Death Destruction

• 2011 — Death Destruction
• 2011 — Fuck Yeah (Live EP)

with Ends With a Bullet

• 2013 — Ends With a Bullet (EP)

with My Collapse

• 2015 — Ghosts (Single)

with Splittrad

• 2018 — Djofull (Single)
• 2018 — Jörmungandr (Single)

with Jay Ray^[17]

• 2021 — Cold Light (Music video)
• 2022 — Cold Light (Single)

with Vindicta

• 2021 — Slice It (Single)
• 2023 — Vindicta (EP)