Joacim Cans
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Joacim Cans (born 19 February 1970) is a Swedish singer, best known as the lead vocalist of power metal band HammerFall. He is the only member aside from founder and guitarist Oscar Dronjak to appear on all of the band's albums.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Cans attended the Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.
He released his first solo album titled Beyond the Gates in 2004.
Cans participated with a choir team in the Swedish television program Körslaget (the Swedish version of Clash of the Choirs) in 2008. On 10 May his team won the competition.
Bands
- Line-up
- Joacim Cans – vocals
- Oscar Dronjak – lead and rhythm guitars
- Pontus Norgren – lead and rhythm guitars
- Fredrik Larsson – bass and backing vocals
- David Wallin – drums
- Current bands
- HammerFall
- Cans
- Past bands
- Lost Horizon
- Warlord
- Mrs. Hippie
Discography
Solo albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions |
|---|---|---|
| DEN <ref name="den">Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 2004 | Beyond the Gates | Template:Spaced ndash |
| 2013 | Nu kan mörkret falla | 20 |
References
External links
- HammerFall's official site
- HammerFall's official fan club
- Interview with Joacim Cans Template:Webarchive, Metal Express Radio, 2006
Categories:
- 1970 births
- Swedish heavy metal singers
- English-language singers from Sweden
- Living people
- Musicians Institute alumni
- 21st-century Swedish singers
- 21st-century Swedish male singers
- HammerFall members
- Warlord (California band) members
- Columbia Records artists
- People from Mora, Sweden
- Musicians from Dalarna County