Johannes Eckerström, singer of Swedish melodic metal group Avatar, has explained why his home country has given the world so many heavy bands. According to the frontman, the country responsible ...

Having dismembered themselves back in 2011, the original line-up of the legendary Swedish death metal act Dismember will sow itself back together for a reunion ... Scandinavia Deathfest will take ...

After being released within seven months of each other, both bands enjoyed a similarly meteoric rise, both bands went on to ...

Religious imagery and satanism have forever been intertwined with heavy metal music; genre pioneers Black Sabbath were masters of marrying the two. But Ghost takes the construct to the next level.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Swedish metal band Ghost put their global popularity to the test recently ...

Ghost frontman Tobias Forge is one of the breakout metal stars of the last 15 years. But before he dragged the masked Swedish sensations out of the underground and onto arena stages around the world, ...

Swedish metal bands have had a lot of success abroad and Metal remains one of the most popular musical genres in Sweden. Perhaps a country that is so well-behaved and ordered needs an outlet to ...

Thrill of a Bite' measures up to anything White Lion, Dokken, Cinderella and AOR icons like Icon produced back in the 80s ...

Fredrik Lindgren, the original guitarist for the Swedish death metal band Unleashed, has died at the age of 53. The announcement of the musician’s passing was confirmed by Unleashed themselves ...

The Swedish religious-themed outfit ... Metallica claims the most Best Metal Performance awards at the Grammys. The band has won this field half a dozen times, and they’re nominated again ...