Hannes Van Dahl

Hannes Van Dahl (born Karl-Hannes Dahl, 18 January 1990) is a Swedish musician, best known as the drummer of the power metal band Sabaton.

Biography

Dahl changed his name to "Hannes Van Dahl" as an adult.^[1] His interest in rock and metal music came from the skateboarding scene and a big inspiration was his cousin who played in a local band and his mother playing records to him from young age.^[2] At the age of 10 he started playing the bass guitar, but quickly lost interest and moved on to the drums. His first band was called "The Motherfuckers".

Later he started the band Downthrust and ended this engagement to join Evergrey in 2009 while replacing Jonas Ekdahl. Van Dahl's drumming teacher Snowy Shaw, after seeing the potential in him, recommended Van Dahl for Evergrey. During Shaw's engagement as Sabaton drummer, Van Dahl joined Shaw as a drum tech for four shows.^[3]

After a rehearsal in The Abyss, he joined Sabaton as an official band member during the Swedish Empire Tour in 2013. In 2014, Sabaton released the Album Heroes, which was the first Sabaton album Hannes Van Dahl recorded with the band.

Van Dahl is married to Nightwish lead vocalist Floor Jansen. They have two daughters, born in 2017 and 2023, respectively. Together with Tommy Johansson, Thobbe Englund and Chris Rörland, he is in the band The Last Heroes.

Discography

Van Dahl performing in 2014

With Evergrey

Glorious Collision (2011)

With Sabaton

Heroes (2014)
Heroes on Tour (2016)
The Last Stand (2016)
The Great War (2019)
The War to End All Wars (2022)

As a guest

With Biff Byford, Eric Peterson, Cecilia Nappo and Jay Jay French: Spin the Wheel (2021)^[4]

References

^ Interview with rocknytt.net, retrieved on 27 February 2020.
^ Lothar Gerber: Tunnelblick mit Hannes Van Dahl (Sabaton), retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "Annunciation on sabaton.net". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
'^ Spin The Wheel' ft. Hannes Van Dahl, in: sabaton.net, retrieved on 10 February 2021.

External links

Media related to Hannes Van Dahl at Wikimedia Commons

[nytt-1] Interview with rocknytt.net, retrieved on 27 February 2020.

[2] Lothar Gerber: Tunnelblick mit Hannes Van Dahl (Sabaton), retrieved 27 February 2020.

[3] "Annunciation on sabaton.net". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] '^ Spin The Wheel' ft. Hannes Van Dahl, in: sabaton.net, retrieved on 10 February 2021.

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