- Lars
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Swedish: [ˈmîːkaɛl ˈôːkɛrˌfɛlt]; born 17
April 1974) is a
Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and
primary songwriter...
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original member. Lead vocalist,
guitarist and
primary songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has been Opeth's
driving force since the
departure of
founder and lead...
- by
extreme metal band Cancer. The
initial lineup consisted of
Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) on vocals, Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity, Nightingale) on drums, Anders...
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formed in 1990 by
vocalist David Isberg. He
later recruited b****ist
Mikael Åkerfeldt without the
consent of the
other band
members he
previously hired, which...
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recordings to be long as
there were no
songs written prior to that point.
Åkerfeldt wrote the
songs in the
night and
recorded them with the band
during the...
- in
early 2011 at
Atlantis Studios in
Stockholm and
produced by
Mikael Åkerfeldt,
engineered by
Janne Hansson, and
mixed by
Steven Wilson (the
first album...
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Åkerfeldt's personal life, as he
divorced in 2016. The
album was
streamed via
SoundCloud on 29 September. All
tracks are
written by
Mikael Åkerfeldt,...
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musician Mikael Åkerfeldt of
progressive metal band
Opeth and
English musician Steven Wilson of the
progressive rock band
Porcupine Tree.
Åkerfeldt and Wilson...
- in 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden, by
David Isberg.
Isberg invited Mikael Åkerfeldt (of the
recently disbanded band Eruption) to join Opeth. The
other members...
- date back to 1991,
Mikael Åkerfeldt said, "the
material we had been
writing felt
really fresh and new."
According to
Åkerfeldt,
recording Morningrise was...
