Fred Estby

{{short description|Swedish drummer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Fred Estby

| image = Photo - Märvel and Fred Estby while on tour with Dregen (cropped).jpg

| caption = Estby in 2013

| birth_name = Fredrik John Estby

| birth_date = {{nowrap|{{birth date and age|1972|3|14|df=y}}}}

| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden

| origin =

| genre = {{hlist|Death metal|heavy metal}}

| occupation = {{hlist|Drummer||musician|producer|songwriter}}

| instrument = {{hlist|Drums|guitar|vocals}}

| years_active = 1988–present

| label = {{hlist|American Line|Back on Black|Candlelight|Century Media|Distorted Harmony|Earache|Hammerheart|High Roller|Karmageddon|Necrosis|Nuclear Blast|Regain|Relativity|Victor|Willowtip}}

| current_member_of = {{hlist|Dismember|Ekstasis}}

| past_member_of = {{hlist|Carnage|Daemon|Death Breath|Dismemberizer|Necronaut|Parodi|Shubniggaraut|Terra Firma|The A-Bombs|The Clint Eastwood Experience|The Dagger}}

| website =

}}

Fred Estby (born 14 March 1972) is a Swedish musician. He is best known as the drummer and main songwriter of the Swedish death metal band Dismember.{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p38425/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Dismember|last=Huey|first=Steve|publisher=AMG|accessdate=6 May 2010}} Before he played drums in the band Carnage. Estby appeared in various other projects including The A-Bombs (drums), The Clint Eastwood Experience (drums), Daemon (vocals), and Shubniggurat (vocals), Dismemberizer (drums), Parodi (guitar), Death Breath (vocals). He has contributed vocals to the band Centinex of the album Subconscious Lobotomy. Estby also appeared as a guest singer of Entombed in 1997 during a show in Stockholm and sang "Left Hand Path".

After the release of 'The God That Never Was' and some touring, Fred Estby left the band "after long and careful consideration". In a posting on the official site on April 20, 2007 Fred cites the demands of touring and the needs of his family as key reasons for him leaving the band.[http://www.dismember.se/ Fred leaves Dismember - Official Statement] Fred's statements appears as "My decision to put my family in first hand makes it impossible to keep on touring and commit to the band full time. I want to thank all the fans, friends, bands and all the other cool people i've met through the years and I wish Dismember all the best in the future. Fred."

Currently, Fred plays drums on the band The Dagger, a hard rock/heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden formed in 2009 by Fred Estby, David Blomqvist, Tobias Cristiansson and Jani Kataja. The Dagger has just released their first album through Century Media. In 2022, Estby joined the death metal band Ekstasis, which also includes vocalist Damien Moyal.{{Cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Carlos |date=October 28, 2022 |title=Ekstasis: Stream Debut EP from New Band Feat. Dismember, As Friends Rust & Crusades Members |url=https://www.noecho.net/features/ekstasis-dismember-as-friends-rust-band |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028133741/https://www.noecho.net/features/ekstasis-dismember-as-friends-rust-band |archive-date=October 28, 2022 |access-date=October 28, 2022 |website=No Echo |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Herron-Wheeler |first=Addison |date=September 28, 2022 |title=Track Premiere: Ekstasis - "Magmatic Decimation" |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2022/09/28/track-premiere-ekstasis-magmatic-decimation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928180559/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2022/09/28/track-premiere-ekstasis-magmatic-decimation |archive-date=September 28, 2022 |access-date=October 29, 2022 |website=Decibel |language=en-US}}