Jesper Strömblad Guitarist with Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal Titans has entered rehab in relation with alcohol abuse.
Due to this he will miss the South American, Austrailian and Japanese leg of the current touring cycle. Although he should be back to take part in the European leg and Festival dates later in the year.
His replacement during his absence will be Nikas Engelin from the Gothenburg band Engel. He previously helped out with live duties during Jespers absence in 2006.
Statement taken from the IN FLAMES myspace blog.
As some may or may not know, Jesper has struggled for some time with alcoholic abuse, and decided to sit this one out (South America/Australia/Japan) in order to seek help and focus on rehabilitation and all that comes with it.We all talked about it and together with Jesper we chose to ask our longtime friend Niclas Engelin, who helped us before, to complete the tour.We are all sad that it needed to come to this, but health comes first.
Thanx for your understanding.
Jesper, Peter, Anders, Daniel & Björn
I hope you all join me in wishing him all the best with his endeavour to get to grips with his problem.
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Jesper has all my support and respect, it's a shame we'll miss his performance in Mexico City, but as they said, health comes first. I know he'll get over this, he's a bad motherfucker!!!!
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