Jens Johansson
Johansson (born November 2, 1963 in Stockholm) is son of the well-known Swe… Read Full Bio ↴Johansson (born November 2, 1963 in Stockholm) is son of the well-known Swedish jazz pianist Jan Johansson and brother of the heavy metal drummer Anders Johansson. In 1982, the classically trained Johansson left the jazz fusion band Slem and joined the Swedish metal band Silver Mountain, which also included Anders. In 1983 he left Sweden for California and joined guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen as a member of his band, Rising Force. Numerous records and world tours ensued and he stayed with Yngwie until 1989. Johansson also played with the band Dio between 1989 and 1990. Like Anders, he began an ongoing collaboration with Jonas Hellborg in 1989 which has resulted in several well-received progressive and avant-garde recordings, including Dissident, Silent Run (an acoustic piano trio record with Ginger Baker on drums) and the hard core progressive fusion record, E.

In 1993, Johansson co-founded a progressive blues metal project, The Johansson Brothers, and recorded a self-titled record. In 1996, with a different line-up, they recorded another album, Sonic Winter, this time under the name "Johansson", with Yngwie Malmsteen guesting on guitar. The last Johansson record, The Last Viking, a more "European metal" oriented album, was released in 1999 with special guests Michael Romeo and Göran Edman.

Johansson has released several instrumental solo records such as Fjäderlösa Tvåfotingar, Ten Seasons (a piano solo album improvised in the Mark Kostabi gallery, New York), Heavy Machinery (with Anders and Allan Holdsworth) and Fission (with Anders, Shawn Lane and Mike Stern) and many collaborations with other artists, metal compilations and Berends Brothers' band Mastermind.

He co-founded Heptagon Records to distribute his own recordings and that of other musicians, such as guitarist Benny Jansson and bassist Magnus Rosén.

Johansson auditioned for Dream Theater after Kevin Moore left the band in 1994 but was not accepted. He joined the power metal band Stratovarius in 1995 and has remained since, still releasing solo albums and appearing as a guest or session musician in other projects.
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Alone rainy morning, and I look into your eyes, see in the…
Burning Eyes Running with the devil, racing thru the Years, staring in th…
Carry Me I sometimes wonder why the years go by, and in the…
Close to You they say that love will never last, i really thought so…
Fading Away you took away my sense of destiny, we laughed away so…



Fireball The golden light above you show me where you're from The…
Forest Song I come from the northern woods, I dwell in the snow,…
In the Mirror all in a flash of light the truth is deep, the…
Stormbringer Comin' out of nowhere Drivin' like rain Stormbringer dance O…
The Cage A lifetime ago, with frozen eyes they closed the door Sudde…
The Last Viking the day is coming to an end, and darkness is my…


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