He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Opeth. A former vocalist for the death metal supergroup Bloodbath, he was also the guitarist for the "one-off" band Steel, and a member of the collaboration Storm Corrosion with Steven Wilson.

Jan 13, 2025 · Inspired by his love of conceptual classics by King Diamond, Pink Floyd and the Pretty Things, Åkerfeldt found that revisiting the story-driven format that Opeth first employed on their late Nineties milestones My Arms, Your Hearse and Still Life made writing lyrics easier.

Jul 26, 2017 · Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt reveals his 10 favorite metal albums, including Judas Priest's 'Sad Wings of Destiny' and Morbid Angel's 'Altars of Madness.'

Aug 11, 2024 · In a new interview with Finland's Chaoszine, OPETH guitarist/vocalist Mikael Åkerfeldt spoke about his evolution as a singer.

Sep 27, 2023 · You can’t control creativity, as Mikael Åkerfeldt discovered when he tried to take a musical break. Instead, he sowed the seeds for Opeth’s 13th album, In Cauda Venenum.

Apr 2, 2017 · From The Beatles to a Satanic Ritual, these are the albums that made Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt the man he is today

Jul 12, 2021 · Widely regarded as one of the greatest progressive metal records of all-time, 2001’s Blackwater Park was the album that saw Opeth step out of the underground and into the limelight, establishing themselves as one of the most exciting prospects in heavy music.

Jun 10, 2021 · When Mikael Åkerfeldt joined Opeth in 1990, he was just a death metal-loving kid from Stockholm, but iver the next three decades, he honed the band into one of one of progressive metal’s most revered creative forces. His extreme metal days may be behind him, but his back catalogue is still littered with modern classics.

A native of Stockholm, Mikael Åkerfeldt was the vocalist for Eruption, a death metal band which he formed in 1988. After Eruption came to an end in 1990, he joined Opeth, ostensibly as a bassist. When vocalist David Isberg insisted Åkerfeldt join the band, all other members left.

Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt, född 17 april 1974 i Stockholm, [1] är det svenska progressiva death metal-bandet Opeths sångare, ene gitarrist [2] och huvudsaklige låtskrivare. Han använder sin röst i olika varianter från death metal-growl till melodisk sång.