Johan van Stratum (born 15 April 1982) is a Dutch bassist and a member of the progressive metal band VUUR.

[2] He considers his biggest influences Tim Commerford of Rage Against the Machine, Chris Wolstenholme of Muse, and Reginald Arvizu of Korn.

[2] His first band No Problem was with future After Forever member and Stream of Passion collaborator Joost van den Broek, with whom he studied music.

[4] The band released their debut album Embrace the Storm in 2005, with Lucassen acting as composer and Marcela Bovio as lyricist.

Before parting ways as a band we will perform a few goodbye shows; we also want to record a DVD to serve as a memento of the good times we've had.