Enforcer Involved in Bus Crash

Touring in the winter is an unabashed fight against nature for any band, and Swedish heavy metallers Enforcer can attest that sometimes mother nature just plain wins. While traveling early Wednesday morning, members of Enforcer were near their hometown of Arvika on their way to Stockholm for the next date of their run with Australian hard rockers Airbourne. Already in the clutches of a snowstorm, the band's bus began skidding on the ice, propelling them to the adjacent road and ending in a head-on collision with a snow plow.

Guitarists Adam Zaars and Joseph Tholl, bassist Tobias Lindqvist and the bus driver all survived the crash with only minor injuries; however, the bus was completely totaled. A county police officer on tthe scene said, "They had a guardian angel."

Frontman Olof Wikstrand and drummer Jonas Wikstrand were not at the scene of the accident, as they were in a separate car at the time. Despite the intense damage of the crash, none of the equipment being towed in the trailer was damaged.

Needless to say, Enforcer are taking some time to recover from this horrifying event and have canceled three shows. "We're all alive and well, but we're really sorry to cancel the gigs in Stockholm, Tampere and Helsinki," the band said in statement. "We're working really hard to get back on the road again soon!"

Enforcer is slated to resume the tour on Nov. 16 in Berlin, Germany.