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 […] ...

Fans of this Swedish melodic death metal band have been eagerly — and patiently — the group to announce their newest lead ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Drummer Zach Dean twirls a drumstick as he poses for a photo at The Republic in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. This time next week, Columbus resident Zach Dean ...

The tour — which is set to take place toward the end of the year — will celebrate half a century of Accept since the band first started performing together in 1976. The group will be joined by Swedish ...

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 ...

This time next week, Columbus resident Zach Dean will be across the Atlantic, performing with the Swedish metal group Humanity’s Last Breath at some of the biggest venues he’s ever played in. And this ...