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Mikael Ã…kerfeldt

My soul is empty, I must atone for my shame

About Me

I'm a 33 year old musician from Stockholm/Sweden. I don't know shit about My Space but all my friends has their own site so I guess I want one too! I'm married since 2003 and my wife, Anna and I had our first daughter, Melinda, in 2004 (September 13), and our second daughter Mirjam, just 2 weeks ago (October 28). I still live in Stockholm and it's quite honestly my favourite city in the world. We got 3 cats as well. Maurice De Bracy and Isaac of York and recently also got my sisters old cat Charlie...he must be 17 years old now.My job is also my lifelong hobby. I play guitar, sing and write the music/lyrics for my band, Opeth. We've been around since 1990 and put out 8 records and a DVD. We're pretty much touring all the time so I'll never have the chance to check this space out, yet...maybe I will??

My Interests

My family, music, record collecting, PS2/Xbox 360 games, friends, my house. I still love guitars. Especially PRS (Paul Reed Smith), Fender Stratocasters, Gibsons (LP and SG) and Martin acoustic guitars. I also plan to buy a Ramirez classical guitar once I got the money.

I'd like to meet:

I've met one of my big idols, David Coverdale (Whitesnake/Deep Purple) but I'd like to meet him again. Other than that, I'm still a huge fan of good music and films and would definately be starstruck if I met: Ritchie Blackmore, Joni Mitchell, Ozzy Osbourne (yeah, still!) or any of the Sabbath dudes, Anna & Nancy Wilson from Heart and Robert De Niro. And, I can't believe I forgot...Mr. Scott Walker! The one and only!!!There's a lot of people I worship pretty much but through my job I get to meet a lot of interesting characters. One of my fave guys I've met was Sebastian Bach who used to be in Skid Row. Great guy and the funniest dude I've met in a long time!

Music:

Shit...loads! The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Kent, Dio, Scorpions, Jan Johansson, Accept, Kiss, Brian Auger, Rainbow, Deep Purple, Billy Cobham, Bo Hansson, Life, The Zombies, Bobak Jons & Malone, Jackson C Frank, Fläsket brinner, BKO, Circus 2000, Mark Hollis & Talk talk, Black widow, The Knife (Karin Dreijer Andersson), Bathory, Mars volta, Pink floyd, Metallica, Bobak, Jons & Malone, Possessed, Pretty things, Camel, Doris Svensson, Rainbow band, Lucifer's friend, Porcupine tree, Morbid Angel, Colosseum, Nucleus, Joni Mitchell, Can, Nick Drake, Culpeper's orchard, Spring, Seal, Museo Rosenbach, Pussy, Queen, Tea party, Jeff Buckley, Budgie, Salamander, COB, Manowar, Scott Walker, David Sylvian, SBB, Celtic Frost, Popol vuh, Focus, Heart, Stina Nordenstam, Skid row, King Crimson, Monica Zetterlund, Master's apprentices, Blue phantom, These trails, Spiritual beggars, Mefisto, The Electric Prunes, Nevermore, Nicholas Greenwood, Message, Solarplexus, McChurch Soundroom, Prof. Wolfff, Emtidi, Eugenspygel, Mecki mark men, Midlake, King Diamond & Mercyful fate, Clutch, Made in Sweden, Marie Fredriksson (Den ständiga resan), The doors, Ibrahim Tatlises, Gorguts, Chris Cornell, Cressida, Thin lizzy, Gracious, Whitesnake, Comus, Hendrix, Jerry Goldsmith, Stina Nordenstam, José Gonzáles, The Who, ELO, Jeff Beck group, Flower travellin' band, Free, Ark (w/Jorn Lande), East of Eden, Bathory, Jethro tull, Sandy Denny (Fotheringay & Fairport convention), Danko Jones, Fleetwood mac, Iron maiden, Grand Funk Railroad, Candlemass, Paatos, Linda Perhacs, Europe, Entombed, Van halen, Alice in chains, Fredrik Throdendal & Meshuggah, Circulus, Uriah heep, Van der graaf generator, Radiohead, Goblin, Three man army, David Axelrod, ELP, Spirit, 30-åriga kriget, Stevie Wonder, Darkthrone, Gentle giant, Alice Cooper, Euroboys, Emperor, Jon Lucien, Tool, David Bowie, Wes Montgomery, Miles Davis, 2066 & then, Toad, Alice Coltrane, Travis, Death, Affinity, Katatonia, Anekdoten, Morte Macabre, Robin Trower (with James Dewar!!!), 16 horsepower, Air, Captain beyond, Alphonse Mouzon, Carmen...yeah, you get the picture....pretty much everything that's good! As for musicians...Guitars: Ritchie Blackmore, Jerry Donahue, Andy Latimer, Yngwie Malmsteen, Matthias Jabs, Wes Montgomery, Uli Roth, Michael Shenker, Robin Trower, Jimi Hendrix, Al DiMeola. Vocals: David Coverdale, Paul Rogers, James Dewar, David Vincent, Stevie Wonder, Ann Wilson, Joni Mitchell, Paul McCartney, Ronnie James Dio, Rob Halford.Playlist right now:The Zombies - Odessey & oracle (A true masterpiece!)

Movies:

Taxidriver, King of comedy, The deer hunter, Star 80, Godfather 1 & 2, Carlito's way, Scarface, Heat, Goodfellas, The usual suspects, The ice storm, Magnolia, Tillsammans, Lilja forever, The ring, The omen (1976), The excorcist (1973), The excorcism of Emily Rose, One flew over cuckoo's nest, The shining, K-Pax, Awakenings, The elephant man, Smoke, 21 grams, Darling, The machinist, Donnie Darko, Bram Stokers Dracula... I love 60..s and 70..s sleaze and horror like Alucarda, Witchfinder general, Night of dark shadows, Wickerman etc...As you might expect my fave actors are: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, Benicio Del Toro, Harvey Keitel, Philip Seymour Hoffman and more...

Television:

Tusenbroder, Drengene fra Agora, Nalles show, Family guy, Simpsons, Upp till kamp, Seinfeld, Spacer, Stockholmare

Books:

Claes Holmstrom (Tredje stenen fran solen, Startpistolen), Bret Easton Ellis (American psycho, Glamorama)...that's pretty much all the books I've read and really enjoyed.

Heroes:

Don't have any!

My Blog

Eternal Summer!

Ahhh...nice weather! We have a day off and we're in.....I don't even know! Sad!I have a little cold (again).....and it sucks, but I'll be better soon.Last night in Toronto and the night before in Mont...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Sun, 25 May 2008 11:18:00 PST

The final countdown!

Hey good people!We're in Columbus Ohio right now. Nice weather, shitty food, smelly bus but everything's alright. We're having a blast actually. It's a very nice tour. Our first with Fredrik and we're...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Fri, 16 May 2008 01:56:00 PST

Cockrockin’ all o’er the world!!!

Hey you people....!How's things? I've got a cold...it refuses to go away, but I'm actually getting better with every day.In Seattle now, on the Progressive nation tour and things are going well. We've...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Mon, 05 May 2008 12:55:00 PST

The mullet of 1986!

Yeah, I had one...so go ahead and laugh!I only wanted your attention, enought of the mullet talk..,,for now.The clip of "Heir Apparent" from the Melloboat is out and the feedback’s been pretty a...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:37:00 PST

What you don’t know won’t hurt you...

Well, I'm going to tell ya! I just got back from the Melloboat, basically the floors are still moving underneath me and I'm beyond exhausted, but it's all worth it. Myself, my wife and my youngest da...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:25:00 PST

New profession = Bum!

Hey you lovely people!If you can't get enough of seeing my ugly mug, I'm supposed to appear on Swedish telly tonight (March 6) at 21:50 CET on channel SVT24. The show is a brief thing called "Nöjesnyt...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:40:00 PST

MELLOBOAT COUNTDOWN!!! And more....

MELLOBOAT 2008 ROUND THE CORNER!!   MARCH 8-9 ON THE SILJA SYMPHONY Tickets: [email protected] Web: www.tallinksilja.se Telephone: + 46 (0) 8 22 21 40 Mellotronen (organizer)...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:49:00 PST

Watershed

That's the name of the the new album right there...Songs?1. Coil2. Heir Apparent3. The Lotus Eater4. Burden5. Porcelain Heart6. Hessian Peel7. Hex OmegaWe also recorded an extra track called "Derelict...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:54:00 PST

A gathering of freaks!

Thought I'd gain some pure death metal credibility and mention that I'm back in Bloodbath again. I was slightly "talked into" coming back but I certainly don't regret it now. Obviously I am busy all t...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:47:00 PST

The floating casino...Melloboat March 8!

Yes, as some of you might now Opeth is doing a pretty rare gig on the 8th of March. A big fucking boat will be crossing the Nordic sea in the middle of the night and onboard you'll hear....some Swedis...
Posted by Mikael Åkerfeldt on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:07:00 PST