David Andersson, guitarist for Swedish melodic death metallers Soilwork and AOR revivalists The Night Flight Orchestra, who had recently joined the Australian death metal outfit Gang Of Old Ladies (he managed to record and release their first single, Disease of the Undead, with them), has died at just 47 years old.
Both Soilwork and The Night Flight Orchestra confirmed the sad news via social media (the official statements are below).
David Andersson also played guitar in power metal band Mean Streak, with whom he put out two albums, “Declaration Of War” (2011) and “Trial By Fire” (2013). Mean Streak never officially went on hiatus, even though they haven’t released a single album since 2013.
Andersson joined Soilwork in 2012 and recorded four studio albums with them: “The Living Infinite” (2013), “The Ride Majestic” (2015), “Verkligheten” (2019, RockLine review) and the latest, “Övergivenheten”, which came out at the beginning of this August.
Even before Soilwork, Andersson teamed up with Soilwork vocalist Bjorn Strid to found the AOR revivalists The Nigth Flight Orchestra. The two musicians hatched the idea for the band back in 2007 while on tour together (Strid with Soilwork, Andersson with Mean Streak). The band released their first album, “Internal Affairs”, in the same year Andersson joined Soilwork. The Night Flight Orchestra really won over the wider music scene after moving to Nuclear Blast Records. “Amber Galactic” (2017) opened the road to success, and the band kept growing more popular with every album after that: “Sometimes The World Ain’t Enough” (2018), “Aeromantic” (2020, RockLine review) and “Aeromantic II” (2021, RockLine review).
In the photo: David Andersson performing with The Night Flight Orchestra on July 11, 2019, as part of the first-day lineup at the Bang Your Head!!! festival in Balingen, Germany (RockLine photo archive 2006-2022, all rights reserved). You can read the full RockLine review of that festival day HERE.
