Jessica Pimentel boyfriend Tomas Haake is the drummer of the metal band Meshuggah. Tomas joined the band in 1989.
The American actress and singer performs both lead and background vocals for the bands Brujeria and Alekhine’s Gun.
Pimentel played the part of Angelique Dominguez in the 2008 movie Pride and Glory after appearing in many small roles.
She appeared in four Person of Interest episodes in 2014 as Floyd.
While her partner Tomas is a drummer for the metal band Meshuggah is a Swedish musician. He was also ranked Haake as the sixth best “Modern Metal” drummer due to his proficiency in 2012.
On the Netflix comedy-drama “Orange Is The New Black”, where she played Maria Ruiz, Pimentel received her breakthrough performance in 2013.
Pimentel was listed as a guest star for the first four seasons before becoming a regular cast member for Season 5.
Tomas Haake Is A Drummer
Jessica Pimentel boyfriend Tomas Haake is a musician as well as a song writer. Jessica Pimentel and Tomas Haake have been dating since 2013.
He has also contributed spoken vocals to the song Futile Bread Machine from The True Human Design and the solo album Sol Niger Within by Meshuggah guitarist Fredrik Thordendal.
The drummer joined Meshuggah in 1989 and has been with the band ever since. He has performed on all of their albums, including the groundbreaking releases “Destroy Erase Improve” and “Nothing.”
His drumming is known for its precise, machine-like precision and its use of odd time signatures and polyrhythms.
He is also a skilled songwriter and has co-written some of Meshuggah’s most famous songs, such as “Bleed” and “New Millennium Cyanide Christ.”
Haake has listed progressive rock, jazz fusion, and heavy metal musicians as influences and the biggest inspiration for him to be a drummer.
Also has been credited for his music and vocals for bands like Rush from Canada, American bands like Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, and Metal Church, and bands from England like Iron Maiden and Sabbath.
Tomas was selected as the top drummer in the “Metal” category in the July 2008 issue of Modern Drummer magazine by readers.
He was also listed in Rolling Stone magazine’s 100 Greatest Drummers.
His favorite drummers include Bill Ward, Vinnie Appice, and Phil Rudd (of AC/DC).
They Started Dating Since 2013
Jessica Pimentel has been dating Tomas Haake for the past ten years.
They first made their relationship public in the media coverage surrounding his band’s eighth studio album where they declared that they have been dating for almost 2 years at that time.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, she disclosed their connection as he was sure about them being together and she couldn’t deny it because of the efforts he portrayed for them to be together.
She admitted that even though they aren’t legally wed, his parents call her Tomas’ wife. Moreover, she thinks it a blessing to have her boyfriend’s family love her and loves to be a part of that family.
She Met Tomas Through Her Passion For Metal Music
Alekhine’s Gun frontwoman Jessica has been a lifelong fan of metal, and it was via this passion that she met Haake.
When they first started dating he didn’t know about the show Jessica was part of and the only common ground that they talked about was the same musical interest.
Also In an interview with Loudwire, he told when he first visited her house he was amazed to see that they kept all their things in the exact same place where he would have liked to put them.
Tomas Was Previously Married To Ida Evileye
Tomas Haake ex wife Ida Evileye is a part of the Swedish band Crucified Barbara. Tomas and Ida got married in 2011 in Las Vegas , Nevada.
However, they separated in 2013 and divorced in 2014 with their mutual agreement and have been living their life separately.
Her band Crucified Barbara was formed in 1998, their primary musical genre was punk rock. However, this quickly altered.
They inked a contract with Stockholm’s GMR Music Group in 2003.
Their tracks were aquired by producer-engineer Mankan Seidenberg at Pama Studios/Blakk Records in Kristianopel, Sweden.
However, they both are separated, and Tomas has found new love with Jessica Pimentel.