Hannes Van Dahl

[2] At the age of 10 he started playing the bass guitar, but quickly lost interest and moved on to the drums.

Later he started the band Downthrust and ended this engagement to join Evergrey in 2009 while replacing Jonas Ekdahl.

[3] After a rehearsal in The Abyss, he joined Sabaton as an official band member during the Swedish Empire Tour in 2013.

Van Dahl is married to Nightwish lead vocalist Floor Jansen.

Together with Tommy Johansson, Thobbe Englund and Chris Rörland, he is in the band The Last Heroes.