Mikael Åkerfeldt

Film & TV

Stockholm, Sweden

Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt is a Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of progressive metal band Opeth, and the former vocalist of death metal supergroup Bloodbath. He was also guitarist for the "one-off" band Steel, and is part of the collaboration Storm Corrosion with Steven Wilson.

Known for

• Storm Corrosion: Storm Corrosion2026
• Kaamos — Self2026
• VOÏVOD: We Are Connected — Self2024
• Opeth: The Last Will and Testament2024
• Opeth - Au Hellfest 20222022
• Hård rock på export — Self2022
• Opeth: Garden Of The Titans - Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre — Self - Lead Vocals2018
• Opeth: Live at Rock Hard Festival 2017 — himself2017
• Opeth: The Making of Deliverance and Damnation — Self2015
• I Trollkarlens hatt — Himself2015

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Sweden

Active from

1974-04-17

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

4,477

Total plays

104,339

Mikael Åkerfeldt (last name pronounced Oh-ker-feldt) (born April 17, 1974, in Stockholm, Sweden) is currently lead vocalist and guitarist of Opeth. Mikael was the vocalist for Eruption, a death metal band which he formed in 1988. After Eruption came to an end in 1990, Mikael joined Opeth, ostensibly as a bassist. When vocalist David Isberg insisted Åkerfeldt join the band, all other members left. David assumed guitar duties, and when David left Opeth two years later, Mikael replaced him as a voc

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Mikael

Gender

male

Citizenship

Sweden

Place of birth

Stockholm

Occupation

lyricist

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

music

Genre

death metal

Instrument

guitar

Image

Mikael Akerfeldt 2024.jpg

Voice type

baritone

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