Mikael Åkerfeldt

Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt (born April 17, 1974 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish musician. He is the singer and guitarist of the progressive / death metal band Opeth and was the singer of the death metal band Bloodbath .

Life

Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt grew up in Sörskogen . He married his girlfriend Anna on August 15, 2003, and their daughter Melinda was born on September 13, 2004. His second daughter, Mirjam Ebba Maria, was born on October 28, 2007.

music

Mikael Åkerfeldt with Opeth - Ruisrock 2008 (Turku, Finland)

From 1987 Åkerfeldt worked as a singer and guitarist in the death metal band Eruption, which he co-founded. After the group disbanded in 1990, he founded the formation Opeth together with David Isberg.

Discography

Mikael Åkerfeldt has worked on all of Opeth's previous albums. He was also the singer of the band Bloodbath until his departure in 2012 and also founded the Storm Corrosion project in 2012 with Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) .

There are also guest appearances and a. at:

Katatonia (vocals on Brave Murder Day (1996), Sounds of Decay (1997) and Brave Yester Days (2004))
Ayreon (sings the fear part on The Human Equation album )
Edge of Sanity (vocals and guitar on the album Crimson )
Porcupine Tree (vocals and guitar on the album Deadwing )
Soilwork (vocals of the title track of A Predator's Portrait )
Sörskogen (vocals and guitar for the song "Mordet i Grottan")
Steel (guitar)
Dream Theater (speaks a few lines in the song "Repentance" on the album Systematic Chaos )
Ihsahn (guest vocals in the song "Unhealer" on the album angL )
OSI (text and vocals of the track "Stockholm" on the album Blood )
Devin Townsend Project (guest vocals on "Stand" from the album Deconstruction )
Steve Hackett (guest vocals on "Supper's Ready" on the album Genesis Revisited II )
Ghost (acoustic guitar on "Helvetesfönster" on the Prequelle album )

Furthermore sang Åkerfeldt the song "Roads" on the 25th Anniversary album from Roadrunner Records a.

Individual evidence

↑ Mikael Åkerfeldt - vocals ( memento from January 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on Ayreon.com (accessed December 28, 2008)
↑ http://www.metalsucks.net/2018/05/31/opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-has-a-guest-appearance-on-ghosts-new-album/

personal data
SURNAME	Åkerfeldt, Mikael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish rock musician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 17, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm , Sweden

[1] Mikael Åkerfeldt - vocals ( memento from January 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on Ayreon.com (accessed December 28, 2008)

[2] ttp://www.metalsucks.net/2018/05/31/opeths-mikael-akerfeldt-has-a-guest-appearance-on-ghosts-new-album/


Studio albums	Orchid • Morningrise • My Arms, Your Hearse • Still Life • Blackwater Park • Deliverance • Damnation • Ghost Reveries • Watershed • Heritage • Pale Communion • Sorceress • In Cauda Venenum
Live albums	Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003) • The Roundhouse Tapes • In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall • The Devil's Orchard - Live at Rock Hard Festival 2009 • Garden of the Titans
Compilation albums	Collector's Edition Slipcase • The Candlelight Years • The Wooden Box • Deliverance & Damnation


Studio albums	Dance of December Souls • Brave Murder Day • Discouraged Ones • Tonight's Decision • Last Fair Deal Gone Down • Viva Emptiness • The Great Cold Distance • Night Is the New Day • Dead End Kings • The Fall of Hearts • City Burials
Extended plays	Jhva Elohim Meth… The Revival • For Funerals to Come • Sounds of Decay • Saw You Drown • Teargas • Tonight's Music • My Twin • Deliberation • July • The Longest Year • Buildings • Kocytean
Remix albums	Dethroned & Uncrowned
Live albums	The Black Sessions • Live Consternation • Last Fair Day Gone Night • Sanctitude
Compilation albums	Brave Yester Days • The Black Sessions • Introducing Katatonia
Splits	Scarlet Heavens / To Enter Pagan MCMXCVI (with Primordial )