Johan Niemann
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Johan Niemann is best known for being the actual bass player for Evergrey
and co-founding the band Mind's Eye, for membership of Swedish
heavy metal band Therion
and as a member of the Scandinavian theatrical metal band Evil Masquerade
.He is also currently live guitarist for Tiamat
. He is a brother of Kristian Niemann
.
Johan Niemann began playing bass guitar at age eleven. While studying in high school, he took jazz
theory and improvisation lessons from guitarist Johan Öijen. He attended the Stockholm
music conservatory for sound engineering and music production studies.
Evergrey
Evergrey is a progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was founded in 1995 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998. Their most recent album Glorious Collision was released in 2011.-Lyrical themes:...
and co-founding the band Mind's Eye, for membership of Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
heavy metal band Therion
Therion (band)
Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
and as a member of the Scandinavian theatrical metal band Evil Masquerade
Evil Masquerade
-Biography:Evil Masquerade was founded in the summer of 2003 in Copenhagen by guitarist Henrik Flyman . He hooked up with Dennis Buhl behind the drums, Kasper Gram on bass and Henrik Brockmann on vocals to record the band's debut album. It was released early 2004 under the name "Welcome to the...
.He is also currently live guitarist for Tiamat
Tiamat (band)
-Biography:Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat...
. He is a brother of Kristian Niemann
Kristian Niemann
Kristian Niemann is a guitarist, ex-member of Therion, Lithium and Demonoid bands. He studied jazz at Musicians Institute. In 1996 his song "Industrial Type Thang" was featured in JSR Records' compilation Hottest Unknown Guitarists. His style of playing mostly centers around legato, sweep picking,...
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Johan Niemann began playing bass guitar at age eleven. While studying in high school, he took jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
theory and improvisation lessons from guitarist Johan Öijen. He attended the Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
music conservatory for sound engineering and music production studies.
Musical bands
Johan Niemann is/was a member of following musical bands:- EvergreyEvergreyEvergrey is a progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was founded in 1995 and released its debut album The Dark Discovery in 1998. Their most recent album Glorious Collision was released in 2011.-Lyrical themes:...
- Mind's Eye
- TherionTherion (band)Therion is a Swedish symphonic metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion , meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation...
- Evil MasqueradeEvil Masquerade-Biography:Evil Masquerade was founded in the summer of 2003 in Copenhagen by guitarist Henrik Flyman . He hooked up with Dennis Buhl behind the drums, Kasper Gram on bass and Henrik Brockmann on vocals to record the band's debut album. It was released early 2004 under the name "Welcome to the...
- DemonoidDemonoid (band)Demonoid is a Swedish extreme metal band founded in 2003 that derives its influences from traditional death metal, thrash metal and black metal....
- Afterglow
- Chris Catena
- Hubi MeiselHubi MeiselHubi J. Meisel is a German progressive rock vocalist and producer, born in Frankfurt.-Early years:Before going on his own, he was the singer for the German progressive metal band Dreamscape on their CD "very" .-CUT:...
- Frasse Haraldsen
- Lithium
- Moonstone
- Novak
- Tears of Anger
- The Murder of My SweetThe Murder of My SweetThe Murder of My Sweet is a Swedish metal band based in 2006 in Stockholm.- Band history :The Murder of My Sweet was founded in Stockholm in 2006 by drummer and producer Daniel Flores. It consists of Angelica Rylin , Andreas Lindahl , Johan Niemann , Daniel Palmqvist , and Daniel Flores...