Mikael Åkerfeldt

Mikael Åkerfeldt

Birth : 1974-04-17, Stockholm, Sweden

History

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.

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Mikael Åkerfeldt

Movies

Opeth - Au Hellfest 2022
Opeth: Garden Of The Titans - Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre
Vocals, Guitar
Filmed and recorded in 2017 at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside of Denver, 'Garden Of The Titans - Opeth Live At Red Rocks Amphitheatre' is a 2-CD/Blu-ray/DVD release (along with several colour vinyl formats) consisting of tracks spanning the band's nearly 30 year career.
I Trollkarlens Hatt
Himself
Opeth: [2014] Live at Rock am Ring
The Devil's Orchard Heir Apparent Hope Leaves Deliverance Blackwater Park
Opeth: [2012] Moscow, Russia
Vox, Guitars
Opeth at Milk, Moscow, Russia 01) The Devil`s Orchard 02) I Feel the Dark 03) Face of Melinda 04) Slither 05) Credence 06) To Rid the Disease 07) olklore 08) Heir Apparent 09) The Grand Conjuration 10) The Drapery Falls 11) Deliverance
Opeth: [2011] Sydney, Australia
Vox, Guitars
Opeth at Enmore Theatre, Sydney, Australia 1. The Devil's Orchard 2. I Feel the Dark 3. Face of Melinda 4. Porcelain Heart (with drum solo) 5. Nepenthe 6. (Acoustic banter) 7. The Throat of Winter (Acoustic) 8. Credence (Acoustic) 9. Closure 10. Slither 11. A Fair Judgement 12. Hex Omega 13. (banter - with guitar solo) 14. Folklore
Opeth: In Live Concert At The Royal Albert Hall
Lead vocals, Lead & Rhythm Guitars
As part of the celebration of their 20th anniversary, Sweden's Opeth released a DVD of the band's performance at London's Royal Albert Hall. 'In Live Concert at the Royal Albert Hall' is a fierce testament to Opeth's continued success in the progressive metal community. Opeth performed two sets that evening - the first, a performance of the classic 'Blackwater Park' in its entirety, and the second, a chronologically arranged selection of material from the rest of Opeth's catalogue.
Opeth: Blackwater Park
Watershed is the ninth full-length studio album by the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. This bonus DVD includes a brand new 5.0 audio mix of the original album and the documentary, The Making Of Blackwater Park.
Steven Wilson - Insurgentes
himself
Insurgentes is the new documentary film about Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree) directed by Lasse Hoile. Porcupine Tree are currently enjoying massive success across the world with their latest album, The Incident. Insurgentes is a musical road movie that follows the making of his solo record of the same name, and is a portrait of an increasingly rare artist who works with music and media out of love and not for fame and fortune, persisting in making art on his own terms in a world where 'throw away' mentality is increasingly becoming the norm.
Live at Wacken 2008
Lead vocals
If you think it couldn't get any bigger, than you have to watch this DVD. Sold out in March, more than 5 month before the festival, 90,000 Metal Heads followed the call to celebrate the biggest Metal Fest in the World. This mega-event can now be celebrated at home!!
Opeth: The Roundhouse Tapes
Since their formation in 1990, Opeth has risen to the forefront of the metal world; bringing many aspects of progressive Rock/Metal to a whole new audience by combining soft acoustic ambience with complex, melodic & heavy guitars, perfectly concocted into a completely peerless sound. This DVD contains a captivating Opeth performance from the Camden Roundhouse, London in 2006. It shows the band in perfect form playing a selection of classics from their illustrious career. The Roundhouse Tapes was filmed during the band's Ghost Reveries tour on november 2th 2006.
Opeth: Watershed
Watershed is the ninth full-length studio album by the Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. This bonus DVD includes a 5.1 surround sound mix of the entire album (not including bonus tracks), video content featuring rehearsals, and studio footage, as well as expanded artwork.
Opeth: Ghost Reveries
self
Ghost Reveries is the eighth full-length studio album release of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. This DVD contains a Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound mix (though does not include the bonus track), a 40-minute documentary, and the video for "The Grand Conjuration". This documentary details the making of Ghost Reveries, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the band's day-to-day life while recording and touring.
Bloodbath - The Wacken Carnage
Himself (Vocals)
The Wacken Carnage is a CD/DVD set of the death metal band Bloodbath at a very rare live appearance recorded on August 5th 2005 at the Wacken Open Air Festival in Germany. At that time, it was presented as the only Bloodbath gig there would ever be, but Bloodbath have since headlined Party.San Metal Open Air in Germany on August 8th 2008, and Pellavarock in Finland on August 9th 2008.
Ayreon: The Making of The Human Equation
Rage
Behind the scenes material with; audio bloopers, recording, discussions and friendly chatting with the master mind Arjen Anthony Lucassen and his many friends.
Opeth: Lamentations
Self - Guitars / Vocals
Live performance of Opeth's "Damnation" album in full, interspersed with songs from the band's albums "Blackwater Park" and "Deliverance", recorded at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, UK.