Jonas Ekdahl is a Swedish drummer. He is best known as the former drummer of the heavy metal band Evergrey

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:...

. He was previously the drum tech of Evergrey's former drummer Patrick Carlsson. He was born in Gothenburg in May, 1983. Ekdahl started playing drums when he was 10 years old, started working for Evergrey as their drumtech at age 17, and in 2003 joined the band as a full time member at age 19. In May 2010, it was announced that he had left Evergrey due to internal issues with the band, and to not hurt the friendships he had developed with the other band members. Ekdahl is now playing with his band DeathDestruction, who has recently signed with Sony Music Sweden. Ekdahl has during 2010, done session work for Dead by April

Dead by April

Dead by April is a Swedish metal band from Gothenburg, formed in February 2007. The band consists of Jimmie Strimell, Zandro Santiago, Marcus Wesslén and Alex Svenningsson. They released their self-titled debut album in May 2009. In 2010 the two guitarists, Pontus Hjelm and Johan Olsson, left the...

, as well as for In Flames

In Flames

In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...

 during June 2011.

Studio albums with Evergrey

• The Inner Circle
  The Inner Circle (album)
  The Inner Circle is the fifth studio album from the progressive power metal band Evergrey, released in 2004. The album is a concept album that deals with the themes of religion, cults and child abuse. According to an interview with frontman Tom S. Englund, the spoken word parts in the album are of...
  
  (2004)
• A Night to Remember
  A Night to Remember (Evergrey album)
  A Night to Remember is the first live album to be released by the Swedish progressive metal band, Evergrey. The album was recorded at Stora Teatern on October 19, 2004, in front of over 1000 of their home fans, and released in 2005.-CD 1:#Intro#Blinded...
  
  (Gothenburg Concert CD&DVD) (2005)
• Monday Morning Apocalypse
  Monday Morning Apocalypse
  Monday Morning Apocalypse is the sixth studio album from the progressive power metal band Evergrey. It was released on the 24 March 2006 and 4 April 2006 .-Track listing:...
  
  (2006)
• Torn
  Torn (Evergrey album)
  Torn is the seventh studio album from the progressive metal band Evergrey. The album was released in September 2008 on their new label, SPV....
  
  (2008)

Studio albums with DeathDestruction

• Fuck Yeah Live EP (2011)
• DeathDestruction (2011)

Equipment

Ekdahl uses the following equipment:

Pearl Masterworks with "Bubinga" finish and chrome hardware

• 22×18 kick drums x2
• 10×9 tom
• 12×10 tom
• 16×14 floor tom
• 18×15 floor tom
• DR-503 drum racks
• Pearl Demon Drive pedals
• PC-50 rack holders
• 14×5,5 Buzin Copper snare

Cymbals

• 18" Sabian AAX Stage crash
• 19" Sabian HHXtreme crash
• 19" Sabian AAXplosion crash
• 12" Sabian AAX splash
• 22" Sabian HH Power Bell Ride
• 14" Sabian AAX mini china
• 14" Sabian HHX Evolution mini china
• 14" Sabian AA metal-x hi-hat
• 14" Sabian AAX Stage hi-hat
• 10" Sabian AAX splash
• 8" Sabian AAX splash
• 6" Sabian AAX splash
• 20" Sabian AAX china
• 19" Sabian AAXtreme Chinese

Other Equipment:

• Remo
  Remo
  Remo is a male given name of Latin origin - see Romulus and Remus.Remo may also refer to:* Remo, an American drum skin company* Remo , another name for the German wine grape Riesling* Remo language, a Panoan language of Brazil and Peru...
  
  "Powerstroke 3" (on Bassdrums)
• Remo "Emperor X" (on snare)
• Remo "Pinstripe" (on toms)
• Wincent "5B" drumsticks
• Roch 'n Soc drum throne