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 […] ...

Swedish metal band Feared feature some serious heavyweights amongst their ranks: band mastermind Ola Englund currently plays guitar for both The Haunted and Six Feet Under while drummer Kevin Talley ...

Now that you’ve watched our countdowns for the greatest U.S. and U.K. metal acts, Loudwire continues its world tour with the 10 Greatest Swedish Metal Bands! Sweden is one of the promised lands of ...

The designs on goalie masks are not just works of art. They can also be a reflection of the player's personality and interests off the ice. Some goalies over the years have taken their designs in a ...

Why is Swedish metal so melodic? That's the question we propose in Ep. 13 on Loudwire's ongoing video series, "50 Years of Heavy Metal." Akerfeldt and the members of In Flames recall a nationally ...

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Tomas Lindberg, lead singer of Swedish metal band At The Gates, died on Tuesday. He was 52. The band announced the singer’s passing via their social media channels. “Tomas passed away this morning ...

Sweden, in the northernmost corner of Europe, has a population of just over 10 million people. But somehow, the Swedes have been punching way above their weight on the global music scene for close to ...

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

To support new album Berserker, Amon Amarth hit the road on May 13 for a shed tour with Slayer, Lamb of God and Cannibal Corpse. AA will then head abroad for a summer European festival tour before… By ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...