For many people, Kristoffer Gildenlöw is well known as former bass player for the Swedish band Pain Of Salvation. In 2006 Kristoffer left the band and Sweden and followed his loved one to live and work in the Netherlands. In the past 17 years Kristoffer had worked as a session-musician and as a solo-artist. During the past 25 years, Kristoffer performed with several bands, such as Neal Morse, For All We Know and Damian Wilson. Nowadays, he is part of Kayak as bass player, but he is also still active as solo musician. As solo musician he released three albums, with Homebound being his latest album, released on 5 June 2020 via Dutch Music Works. This multi-instrumenatalist will add an melancholic impuls to METAL-AID besides all the heavy metal.