Björn Lodin is a Swedish singer, song writer and producer, primarily famous for his work with his band Baltimoore

Baltimoore

Baltimoore is a Swedish rock band, led by Swedish singer Björn Lodin. Lodin was originally approached by Elektra Records in 1987 to record a solo album, but Lodin opted to use the moniker Baltimoore rather than his own name....

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Biography

Lodin was briefly a member of two early 80s bands, Rainfall and Bedlam, before becoming the singer of Swedish rock band Six Feet Under (not to be confused with the American band of the same name

Six Feet Under (band)

Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary...

), with whom he recorded to albums. After Six Feet Under broke up in 1984, Lodin briefly fronted Swiss rockband Krokus (band)

Krokus (band)

Krokus is a hard rock/heavy metal band from Switzerland. They enjoyed moderate success in North America during the 1980s.Krokus was founded in Solothurn in 1974 by bassist Chris von Rohr and guitarist Tommy Kiefer...

, ultimately leaving the band before appearing on any of their recordings. In 1987 Lodin was approached by Elektra Records

Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....

 to record a solo album. Rather than using his own name, he opted to use the moniker Baltimoore

Baltimoore

Baltimoore is a Swedish rock band, led by Swedish singer Björn Lodin. Lodin was originally approached by Elektra Records in 1987 to record a solo album, but Lodin opted to use the moniker Baltimoore rather than his own name....

. The debut album, There's no Danger on the Roof, which also features Six Feet Under guitarist Thomas Larsson

Thomas Larsson

Thomas Larsson is a Swedish guitarist and song writer, perhaps most famous for his work with singer Glenn Hughes and with the band Baltimoore. He has also released a few solo albums.-Biography:...

, was released in 1989.

In 1992 Lodin relocated from Sweden to the Åland Islands

Åland Islands

The Åland Islands form an archipelago in the Baltic Sea. They are situated at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia and form an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking region of Finland...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, where he met Bulgarian guitarist Nikolo Kotzev

Nikolo Kotzev

Nikolo Kotzev is a Bulgarian guitarist, violinist, song writer and producer, perhaps most famous for his 2001 rock opera Nostradamus and his band Brazen Abbot.- Biography :...

, who subsequently joined Baltimoore for two albums.

After Kotzev's departure in 1994, Baltimoore was on hiatus while Lodin pursued other projects, such as working with Finnish guitarist and producer Lars-Eric Mattsson in several bands, such as Vision and Astral Groove, and on Mattsson's solo work.

Baltimoore was resurrected in 2000, when Lodin released Original Sin, which also marked the return of Thomas Larsson to the band, on Mattsson's Lion Music

Lion Music

Lion Music is a production company and record label founded in 1989 by composer and artist Lars Eric Mattsson.-History:Lion Music was founded in 1989 by Lars Eric Mattsson as a production company to handle production and licensing for his records in Europe, the United States, and Asia, where a...

 record label.

Lodin eventually moved back to Sweden, and has subsequently released several Baltimoore albums. In 2006, Baltimoore ended its long-term association with Lion Music to form its own record label, BLP Music. The first two albums released on BLP Music were Baltimoore's two most recent albums, Kaleidoscope and X (both 2006).
Lodin is currently working on a new Baltimoore album, as well as a Swedish language

Swedish language

Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...

 solo album, to be released in 2007.
In June 2009 he joined Hungarian supergroup HARD

Hard (band)

Hard is a Hungarian hard rock supergroup formed in late 2004 in Budapest, Hungary by József Kalapács and Gábor Mirkovics...

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With Baltimoore

• There's no Danger on the Roof (1989)
• Freak (1990)
• Double Density (1992)
• Thought for Food (1994)
• Original Sin (2000)
• The Best of Baltimoore (2001)
• Ultimate Tribute (2003)
• Fanatical (2005)
• Kaleidoscope (2006)
• X (2006)
• Quick Fix (2009)

With Lars Eric Mattsson / Mattsson

• Lars-Eric Mattsson - Obsession (1998)
• Mattsson - Another Dimension (2000)

Others

• Astral Groove - Astral Groove (1995)
• Vision - Till the End of Time (1997)
• Ildikó Keresztes - Csak játszom (2010)
• Ildikó Keresztes - A démon, aki bennem van (2011)