Björn Gelotte

Björn Gelotte is a songwriter and guitarist for the Swedish band IN FLAMES. He joined the band as the drummer in 1995 and continued his position as drummer during The Jester Race and Whoracle. Gelotte switched to his current position on guitars after Niklas Engelin left the band, sharing lead/rhythm guitar work with former IN FLAMES guitarist Jesper Strömblad, but after the latters departure in early 2010, Gelotte is now the only official guitarist in the band.

In March 2004, Björn (along with Jesper Strömblad) were both ranked #70 out of 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of all time by Guitar World.

Before joining IN FLAMES, Björn Gelotte was a member of Sights.

He is currently involved in a side project called All Ends, which he and his former IN FLAMES bandmate Jesper Strömblad write the songs for. Björn´s sister is one of the singers for All Ends. Neither of them plan to play in the side project live due to IN FLAMES´ demanding schedule. He also played guitar on the track "Self Versus Self" by UK/Australian drum and bass act PENDULUM, along with his bandmates Anders Fridén and Peter Iwers.

He is an avid Star Trek: TOS fan. He´s also a big fan of the American rock band CKY.