That’s only a slight exaggeration. In the ‘90s, Gothenburg’s melodic death metal scene took a simple idea — death metal should sound more like Iron Maiden — and ran with it. At one point, it was ...

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 ...

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In an early scene of Until the Light Takes Usa new documentary about the rise of the enigmatic and infamous Scandinavian black metal scene during the last two decadesa pale, beatific man with tattooed ...

Chuck Eddy’s got me reading Are You Morbid, the memoir of Celtic Frost frontman Tom G. Warrior (check for the interview next week), and it’s full of this type of thing: “We can’t even afford a damned ...

Metal is good. Scandinavian death metal, even better. How about a Finnish death ensemble that sings songs about trolls clashing with Christian missionaries? The best thing ever? Not quite, but ...

A classic blueprint for the genre. This style has been mimicked by countless bands since and was gateway into ’90s death metal for our generation. One of the most sorrowful records from the ’90s. From ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In Sweden they never forgot. Indeed, during the 20 years since that distinctly dirty, punishing ...

Peter Lindgren and Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth, looking extremely metal (Photo by Mick Hutson/Redferns via Getty Images) That’s only a slight exaggeration. In the ‘90s, Gothenburg’s melodic death metal ...