Fredrik Hermansson

Fredrik Hermansson
Fredrik Hermansson live in Cairo with Pain of Salvation.
Background information
Birth name	Johan Fredrik Hermansson
Born	(1976-07-18) 18 July 1976 (age 47)
Genres	Progressive metal, progressive rock, fusion, classical, tango
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Keyboards
Formerly of	Pain of Salvation

Fredrik Hermansson (born 18 July 1976) is a Swedish musician. He was the keyboardist in the Swedish progressive rock band Pain of Salvation from 1996 to 2011. He also works as a freelance piano player and composer. Fredrik studied both classical and jazz piano at Birka Folkhögskola in Östersund, Sweden, and chamber music in Västerås, Sweden, where he received a master's degree.^[1] On 8 November 2011, a message to fans by Daniel Gildenlöw noted that Fredrik Hermansson would also be leaving the band at the conclusion of the current tour.^[2]

Discography

Pain of Salvation

• Entropia (1997)
• One Hour by the Concrete Lake (1998)
• Ashes (2000) (single)
• The Perfect Element, part I (2000)
• Remedy Lane (2002)
• 12:5 (2004) (live)
• BE (2004)
• BE (Original Stage Production) (2005) (live)
• Scarsick (2007)
• Linoleum (2009)
• Road Salt One (2010)
• Road Salt Two (2011)

Solo

• Piano (2007 and 2009)

References

External links

• Personal Fredrik Hermansson web-site