It’s just a small city!” laughs In Flames frontman Anders Fridén as he reflects on the place that birthed his band. “There ...

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 […] ...

With the 2025 departure of co-founder Anders Nystrom after more than 30 years in the band, it feels like a new era for Katatonia, according to singer Jonas Renkse. Renkse, who co-founded Katatonia in ...

Fans are saying "finally" after Swedish heavy metal band Sister Sin announced the release of a new single. The news marks the first new music from the band in 12 years, since they initially announced ...

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 ...

Watch as Jonas 'Kungen' Jarlsby from the Swedish metal band Avatar shreds through their track 'Don't Go In The Forest'. This playthrough includes on-screen tabs so you can learn to play along.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s not even Halloween, yet, but Knoxville should get ready for Ghost! The band, not the ghouls. The masked Swedish heavy metal band will play Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center Jan. 24.

How one band helped craft a new sound that changed the fate of metal forever ...