Johan Reinholdz


Johan Reinholdz is a Swedish guitarist known for his work with the progressive metal band Andromeda, and melodic death metal bands Dark Tranquillity, NonExist and Skyfire. He composed Andromeda's debut album, Extension of the Wish, as well as much of its other material. He has also released four more studio albums with Andromeda and two live albums. In 2004, Reinholdz joined Skyfire and made his album debut on Esoteric in 2009. Since early 2017, he has played with Dark Tranquillity.
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Biography

Reinholdz was born on 30 June 1980 in Höör. He first picked up the guitar at the age of nine, inspired mainly by Kee Marcello and Europe. Later he discovered heavy metal by listening to bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Sepultura, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Morbid Angel and Pantera. He then started playing with his friends in some local bands such as Morbid Demons, Widow, Dark Desires and Crimson Tears. Widow released three demos and played local gigs.
Over time, several more musical influences were added to his musical interest. Artists like the Sisters of Mercy, Yngwie Malmsteen, The Cure, Allan Holdsworth, Yes, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Dream Theater, Genesis, Atheist, Marillion, and classical music and jazz/fusion as well.
In 1998 he recorded two solo-demos which found their way to WAR-music boss Bengt "Wez" Wenedikter. Andromeda and Nonexist were then born as Wenedikter offered Reinholdz two record deals in 1999. Some of the riffs from the 1998 demo "Welcome to Forever" were used on Andromeda debut album Extension of the Wish and the bandname was lifted from the last track of the demo "A Postcard from Andromeda". Andromeda has released five studio-albums and one live-DVD. The band is currently writing songs for album number six which will be recorded early 2016. A second live-DVD – "Live in Vietnam" was also released in 2016.
The first Nonexist album Deus Deceptor came out in 2002 and in 2011 Reinholdz started writing the second Nonexist album From My Cold Dead Hands. It was then recorded in 2011/2012 with Johan Liiva back on vocals, and released by Pivotal Rockordings in November 2012 and by Japanese label Trooper Entertainment in May 2013. This album was the debut as a producer for Reinholdz, doing all the mixing, producing and mastering himself.
The band made their live-debut at the Scorched Tundra Festival in Gothenburg, December 2012.
In 2014, Nonexist started recording album number three entitled Throne of Scars. It features nine tracks and is produced and mixed by Johan Reinholdz at Multipass Studios with the assistance of Markus Nilsson at Sunnanå Studio in Malmö. The style of the songs retain the atmosphere from the previous album; dark, intense, varied and heavy while also adding some new influences in the mix. Throne of Scars was mixed and ready in April 2015 and during the same time the band signed a deal with Danish label Mighty Music. The album was released in Japan by Trooper Entertainment, in August and in the rest of the world by Mighty Music on 10 October 2015.
Reinholdz has now taken over the vocal duties in Nonexist, doing both the guitar and vocals live. Johan Liiva quit the band in November 2015.
As of May 2019, Reinholdz is endorsed by Caparison Guitars.
Reinholdz started touring with Dark Tranquillity in 2017 alongside Christopher Amott, as a touring replacement for founding member Niklas Sundin, who was taking a break from touring. On 30 March 2020, Reinholdz and Amott were announced as full member, officially replacing Sundin who had departed earlier that month.

Equipment

  • Caparison Deliinger II FX AM
  • Caparison Deliinger II FX Prominence
  • Caparison Brocken
  • Caparison Deliinger II WB-FX
  • Richter Straps
  • Jim Dunlop Picks

Awards

  • Swedish Grammis won for Moment ''Best Metal 2021
  • Metal Hammer Germany Awards 2024:
  • Dark Tranquillity - Unforgivable nominated for Metal Anthem 2024
  • Dark Tranquillity - nominated for Best international band
  • Dark Tranquillity - nominated for Best live band''

Discography

Morbid Demons

  • ''Enter the Crypts of Hell''

Dark Desires

  • ''Demo '94''

Crimson Tears

  • ''Eternal Scream''

Widow

  • Reharsal demo '96
  • Beyond
  • Will We Ever Know
  • Autumn Elegy
  • ''Waiting for Something''

Solo

  • Maiden Voyage
  • Welcome to Forever
  • Solipsism
  • Weightless and Numb
  • Iron Ghosts
  • Say
  • Tears of the Mannquin
  • Tetragrammaton
  • Say
  • Bad Moon Rising
  • ''Laura Palmer's Theme''

Andromeda

Dark Tranquillity

Moment

Nonexist

  • Deus Deceptor
  • From My Cold Dead Hands
  • Throne of Scars
  • The New Flesh EP
  • Deus Deceptor
  • A Meditation Upon Death
  • In Praise of Death EP
  • Strictly Sadistic Intent
  • Together We Shall Burn
  • Dark Satanic Mills
  • ''Like the Fearless Hunter''

Opus Atlantica

Skyfire

Fractal Esoteric
  • ''Liberation in Death''

Murdered Beats

  • ''Silent Order''

Guest appearances

Porr 00 – Detta är Sverige – guitar solo on "Offer"Anton – The Happy Prankster EP – synth on "Junkland"Skyfire – Timeless Departure – co-writing credits on "Fragments of Time"8 Point Rose – S/T – guitar solo on "Endless Rage"#366: A Life Lived – Depressionism – remake/remix/guitars/bass/synths/vocals on "Bullet for Thee"Universal Mind Project – The Jaguar Priest – guitar solo on "The Force of our Creation"Frayn – New – guitar solo on "Stray"Asymmetry – Fragility – guitar solo on "Civil War"F-Side Project – As One Entity – guitar solo on "Mastermind"Deathening – Antifascist Death Metal – guitar solo on "Evil" and "Spineless Cowards" and guest vocals on "Dehumanization"Anton Johansson's – Nevertold Stories – guitar solo on "End of a Friend"Pine Cone Project – Seed – guitar solo on "Dying Souls Pt.2"

Other

  • Music to Alice in Wonderland- theatrical production
  • Betrayer – Too Loud – producer/engineer of the vocals on "In My Heart"Lynchland Members Mix#1 – "Sa Salas" – featured song on compilation.
  • Metallic Kitty – Little Thunder – guitar/bass/keyboards and the writing credits to the music – Almtorget Crew –, Directed by Henrik Möller-Klas Noll/Videodirekt – supporting role as back-up thug