13 Facts About Fredrik Thordendal

Fredrik Thordendal began his career when he formed 'Metallien,' a heavily Metallica-influenced band, in his hometown of Umea in 1985.

Fredrik Thordendal has been widely recognized in the metal community for his work with Meshuggah.

Sometime in the 90s, before the release of Destroy Erase Improve, Fredrik Thordendal was involved in a carpentry accident at work in which he cut off the tip of his left middle finger.

Fredrik Thordendal played bass for Petter Marklund's solo project, Memorandum, and, together with Marklund, remixed tracks on the 1995 compilation album Ars Moriendi.

In 2010, Fredrik Thordendal recorded some drum tracks with Morgan Agren of the Swedish prog-rock band Kaipa and Dirk Verbeuren of Soilwork.

Several of Fredrik Thordendal's demos have been released on the internet as MP3s or as videos on YouTube.

Fredrik Thordendal is a notable producer, having produced all of Meshuggah's recent material as well as releases for various other bands, including Switzerland's Fragment.

Fredrik Thordendal is featured in the Darkane track 'Psychic Pain' from the album Insanity, performing lead guitar.

Fredrik Thordendal contributed to the song 'Asphyxiate,' which can be found on Scarve's album Irradiant.

Fredrik Thordendal contributed to the soundtracks of the video games Wolfenstein: The New Order, released 2014, and Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, released 2017.

Fredrik Thordendal contributes significantly to songwriting and provides backing vocals for some songs during live performances.

Fredrik Thordendal has cited Metallica and Tool as influences on Meshuggah.

Fredrik Thordendal utilizes a unique device for his leads, referred to as a MIDI breath controller.