Johannes Eckerström, singer of Swedish melodic metal group Avatar, has explained why his home country has given the world so many heavy bands. “In Sweden, post-World War II, there’s this kind of […] ...

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Orbit Culture is bringing Swedish death metal into the 21st century. The band from EksjÁ¶, a small city situated almost equidistant from Gothenburg and Stockholm, formed in 2013, a generation after ...

After no new original music since 2020, Draconian is finally back. It was announced on Wednesday morning that the Swedish heavy metal rock band will be releasing their eighth studio album, In ...

Here are Dark Tranquillity vocalist Mikael Stanne’s five favorite Swedish death metal albums. As a more than three-decade veteran of the Swedish metal scene, the 50-year-old Stanne is, of course, one ...

Longtime Swedish metal band Meshuggah are heading out on tour in the spring, and they’re making a stop in the Valley. They’ll perform at Arizona Financial Theatre in Phoenix on April 13. Cannibal ...

With the 2025 departure of co-founder Anders Nystrom after more than 30 years in the band, it feels like a new era for Katatonia, according to singer Jonas Renkse. Renkse, who co-founded Katatonia in ...

Tomas Lindberg, vocalist for Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, died Tuesday morning at the age of 52 following complications related to ongoing cancer treatment, according to a statement ...

Here's five bands who started out as death metal but aren't anymore. While each of these bands all have a common thread ...