Jon Nödtveidt

Jon Andreas Nödtveidt (28 June 1975 – 13 August 2006) was a Swedish musician best known as the founder, vocalist and lead guitarist of the melodic black/death metal band Dissection. With the band, he released the seminal and influential extreme metal albums The Somberlain (1993) and Storm of the Light's Bane (1995). In addition to Dissection, Nödtveidt performed with several other projects, including Ophthalamia, The Black, De Infernali and Nifelheim, and also worked as a journalist for Metal Zone, where he covered the growing black metal scene.

In 1998, Nödtveidt was sentenced to ten years in prison for accessory to murder. Upon his release from prison in 2004, he resumed his work with Dissection and released the album Reinkaos (2006). He committed suicide on 13 August 2006 at the age 31.