Joakim Brodén

Joakim Brodén at Rock im Park 2019

Joakim "Jocke" Brodén (born October 5, 1980 in Falun ) is a Swedish-Czech singer and musician. He gained fame as the front man, lyricist and composer of the Swedish heavy metal band Sabaton . Next to bass player Pär Sundström he is the last remaining founding member.

Life

Brodén was born in 1980 as the son of a Swede and a Czech woman and is therefore a citizen of both countries. When he was five or six years old, his mother gave him a Twisted Sister album after Brodén saw the band on television.

In his late school days Brodén spent a lot of time jamming , his friend, who was a drummer at the time, brought him as a keyboardist to a four-piece band that was still playing black and death metal cover pieces at the time. Brodén brought his own songs into the band and because they couldn't find a singer, he took on this role. Pär Sundström played bass in this band . Because there were no metal samples back then, Brodén recorded his own samples with all kinds of objects.

In 1999 Brodén and Sundström founded the band Aoen , together with Oskar Montelius, Rikard Sundén and Richard Larsson, who left them two years later. The band was soon renamed "Sabaton". Since the band's existence, Brodén has been involved in all of the band's pieces, mostly composing them on his own, if he is not writing the lyrics, Sundström wrote them. Until 2005, when Daniel Mÿhr joined Sabaton, Brodén was also the group's studio keyboarder. After leaving Mÿhr in 2012, he took over this role again, the keyboard tracks are played live from the tape. In addition to keyboard and piano, Brodén is also a master of rhythm guitar .

In 2000 Brodén was a music teacher for a year.

Among the bands that influenced him the most are Iron Maiden , Judas Priest , Accept , UDO and Blind Guardian, among others . He covered the first two pieces with Sabaton as bonus songs for regular albums, and with Accept Sabaton toured both as opening act and as headliner .

Discography

With Sabaton

Guest appearances

with Desert : Lament for Soldier's Glory on Star of Delusive Hopes (2010)
with Van Canto : Primo Victoria on Break the Silence (2011)
with Wisdom : Rise of the Wise on Rise of the Wise (2016)
with Pain : Call Me on Coming Home (2016)
with Hulkoff : Ibor & Aio on Kven (2017)
with Thobbe Englund : I Am a Viking on The Draining of Vergelmer (2018)
with Grailknights : Pumping Iron Power (2018)
with Babymetal : Oh! Majinai on Metal Galaxy (2019)

with Twilight Force

Gates of Glory on Tales of Ancient Prophecies (2014)
Heroes of Mighty Magic on Heroes of Mighty Magic (2016)

Web links

Commons : Joakim Brodén - collection of images, videos and audio files

Joakim Brodén in the Encyclopaedia Metallum
Joakim Brodén at Allmusic (English)
Joakim Brodén in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Interviews

Manuel Berger: "History does not repeat itself - it rhymes" . In: laut.de , July 16, 2019
Anthalerero: Sabaton - Joakim Brodén . In: Stormbringer.at, May 5, 2014
Ashes Of Eden: Sabaton - Joakim Brodén . In: MetalNews.de, May 15, 2010

Individual evidence

↑ Jaký bude letošní Slavík? Vyšoupne Ortela švédský metalový zpěvák? , Zprávyv Kultura of November 26, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017
↑ Stephen Hill: The 10 albums that changed my life, by Sabaton's Joakim Brodén , in: Loudersound.com , September 24, 2016, accessed October 31, 2019
↑ Interview: Pär Sundström and Chris Rörland of Sabaton (London, 10th March 2016) , in: The Moshville Times , March 22, 2016, accessed July 10, 2017
↑ Sabaton & Eluveitie Interview with Joakim Brodén and Chrigel Glanzmann , in metal.de , accessed on July 8, 2017
↑ To be heard live on Resist and Bite and The Book of Heavy Metal (Sabaton Cruise 2012)
↑ Liz Ramanand: Sabaton's Joakim Broden Talks 'Heroes,' Fascination With History + More , in loudwire.com , May 7, 2015
↑ Stephen Hill: The 10 albums that changed my life, by Sabaton's Joakim Brodén , in: teamrock.com , September 1, 2016, accessed July 8, 2017
↑ Afraid to Shoot Strangers on Heroes , All Guns Blazing on The Last Stand
↑ Eric Peterson: Thobbe Englund Interview , last accessed March 3, 2018
↑ : Grailpod (feat Joakim Brodén from Sabaton.) Pumping Iron Power - Grailknights. April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018 .
^ Spencer Kaufman: BABYMETAL unveiled tracklist and guest musicians for Metal Galaxy. Consequence of Sound, August 9, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Brodén, Joakim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brodén, Jocke (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish-Czech singer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH	5th October 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH	Falun

[1] Jaký bude letošní Slavík? Vyšoupne Ortela švédský metalový zpěvák? , Zprávyv Kultura of November 26, 2016, accessed on July 6, 2017

[2] Stephen Hill: The 10 albums that changed my life, by Sabaton's Joakim Brodén , in: Loudersound.com , September 24, 2016, accessed October 31, 2019

[3] Interview: Pär Sundström and Chris Rörland of Sabaton (London, 10th March 2016) , in: The Moshville Times , March 22, 2016, accessed July 10, 2017

[4] Sabaton & Eluveitie Interview with Joakim Brodén and Chrigel Glanzmann , in metal.de , accessed on July 8, 2017

[5] To be heard live on Resist and Bite and The Book of Heavy Metal (Sabaton Cruise 2012)

[6] Liz Ramanand: Sabaton's Joakim Broden Talks 'Heroes,' Fascination With History + More , in loudwire.com , May 7, 2015

[7] Stephen Hill: The 10 albums that changed my life, by Sabaton's Joakim Brodén , in: teamrock.com , September 1, 2016, accessed July 8, 2017

[8] Afraid to Shoot Strangers on Heroes , All Guns Blazing on The Last Stand

[9] Eric Peterson: Thobbe Englund Interview , last accessed March 3, 2018

[10] : Grailpod (feat Joakim Brodén from Sabaton.) Pumping Iron Power - Grailknights. April 24, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018 .

[11] Spencer Kaufman: BABYMETAL unveiled tracklist and guest musicians for Metal Galaxy. Consequence of Sound, August 9, 2019, accessed October 1, 2019 .


Studio albums	Primo Victoria (2005) • Attero Dominatus (2006) • Metalizer (2007) • The Art of War (2008) • Coat of Arms (2011) • Carolus Rex (2012) • Heroes (2014) • The Last Stand (2016) • The Great War (2019)
Extended plays	Attero Dominatus & Primo Victoria (2007)
Live albums	World War Live - Battle of the Baltic Sea (2011) • Swedish Empire Live (2013) • Heroes on Tour (2016)
Compilation albums	Fist for Fight (2000)
Singles	Masters of the World (2007) • Cliffs of Gallipoli (2008) • Coat of Arms (2010) • Screaming Eagles (2010) • Metalus Hammerus Rex (2012) • Carolus Rex (2012) • A Lifetime of War (2012) • Far from the Fame (2012) • To Hell and Back (2014) • Resist and Bite (2014) • Blood of Bannockburn (2016) • The Last Stand (2016) • In the Army Now (2016, digital)