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Guitarist JESPER STRÖMBLAD: 'I Have Not Quit IN FLAMES'

December 8, 2006

DIMENSION ZERO — the Swedish band featuring IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad (on bass),ex-MARDUK vocalist Joakim "Jocke" Göthberg, LUCIFERION/DIABOLIQUE drummer Hasse Nilsson, and PATHOS guitarist Daniel Antonsson — has begun recording its third album, tentatively due in early 2007. We spent the last week doing the guitar work," Strömblad writes on the group's web site. "Leads, melodies and rhythm are done, and it sounds killer already! Here is some of the titles for you: 'The Was', 'Is', 'Deny', 'I Can Hear The Dark', 'Red Dead Heat', 'He Who Shall Not Bleed'.

"And to stop all the speculations once and for all, I have NOT quit IN FLAMES. Unfortunally I had to sit out the rest of the year with the band, but whatever problems there was, they are solved, and both me and Björn [Gelotte] will be back after next year."

Check out pictures from the DIMENSION ZERO recording studio.

DIMENSION ZERO's sophomore full-length album, "This is Hell", was released in October 2003 through Regain Records. The CD — the band's first to feature Antonsson — was recorded at Phlat Planet studios in Gothenburg, Sweden with producer/IN FLAMES frontman Anders Fridén.

DIMENSION ZERO has been confirmed for the Close-Up Båten festival/day-long cruise, set to take off from Stockholm, Sweden on February 15, 2007. Also scheduled to appear are TIAMAT, DARK TRANQUILLITY, PAIN, HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and NECROPHOBIC.

Strömblad is sitting out IN FLAMES' current European tour with SLAYER, LAMB OF GOD and CHILDREN OF BODOM due to "personal issues." Filling in for Jesper is longtime friend Niklas Engelin, who previously toured with IN FLAMES in 1997-1998.

For more information, visit www.dimensionzero.se.

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