Биография

Johan Axel Sandström is a swedish musician, artist, blacksmith and professional chainsaw carver who walks on a narrow path between swedish poetry, american rock, folkmusic and pagan storytelling by the campfire light. 
 He is the lead singer and song writer in the band 9 Locks Down, who preforms more or less traditional old school rock ´n roll mixed up with more layed back storytelling music in both english and swedish. The band has released two EP’s (2018 & 2021) and two singles (2019). 
 In 2020 Johan released the album "Hälsning till Black Jim (9 Locks Down edition 2020)" together with the members of 9 Locks Down. The album is dedicated to the swedish poet Dan Andersson who died in 1920. All tracks on the record consists of Johans music (somewhat bluesy-jazzy-folky) in symbiosis with Anderssons poems. 
 The more pagan side to his music is to be heard on the albums "SED - Musik till vardag och blot", (originally recorded back in 2013, but released digitally in 2019) and ”SED II” (2022). Here Johan plays all the instruments himself, streaching from arabic oud, swedish bagpipes, hurdy-gurdy to throat singing and frame drums. The songs are about pagan beliefes, gods and goddesses, nature and magic, and inspired by the rich lore of scandinavian history and prehistory.