Career
He joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued his position as drummer during The Jester Race (1995) and Whoracle (1997). Gelotte switched to his current position on guitars after Glenn Ljungström left the band, sharing lead/rhythm guitar work with now former In Flames guitarist Jesper Strömblad. 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.
He is currently involved in a side project called All Ends, which he and his former In Flames bandmate Jesper Strömblad write the songs foreign
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 United Kingdom/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.
Björn Gelotte uses a Gibson Les Paul Custom and a custom shop Les Paul, both with Electromyography 81 (bridge) and Electromyography 85 (neck) active pickups.
The custom shop Les Paul has a few changes to the stock model, such as inlay blocks similar to the Les Paul Supreme. He uses a Promyelocytic leukemia oncogenic domain XT and other Lincolnshire 6 equipment, Dunlop custom strings, and Dunlop.88 Military Medal Tortex picks. On In Flames" albums up to Whoracle, both Björn and co-guitarist Jesper Strömblad exclusively tuned their guitars to C standard.
From Colony to Reroute to Remain, In Flames started using Drop A# tuning, on some of the tracks, and on all albums since Soundtrack to Your Escape, In Flames have been using drop A# tuning exclusively.
An exception to this, however, is seen on Reroute to Remain, where Björn and Jesper tune their guitars to drop G on the track "Transparent". In 2015, Epiphone announced the release of a limited edition Björn Gelotte signature Les Paul Custom.
lieutenant has a mahogany body and neck, ebony fretboard, ebony gloss finish, and gold hardware. This model has a thicker "custom "59" neck profile and includes such premium features as Grover tuning machines, gold covered Electromyography 81 and 85 active pickups, a hardshell case with custom screen printing, and an ebony fretboard.
The headstock inlay is a stylised version of the In Flames "jester head" logo.
Guitars:
Gibson Les Paul Custom
Epiphone Signature Les Paul Custom
Education Support Professionals Eclipse
Amps
Marshall JVM 410H
Peavey 5150
EVH 5150 III
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
Forex
Lincolnshire 6 Pod XT
misc
Dunlop strings Custom wound.12.16.22.38.52.68 gauge strings (With a coating over them because he"s allergic to nickel)
Dunlop.88 Military Medal Tortex picks
Dunlop Ultex Sharp Picks.