Anders Nyström
Anders Nyström (born 22 April 1975), also known as Blakkheim (or formerly Blackheim), is a Swedish extreme metal musician. CareerNyström founded the Swedish metal band Katatonia with Jonas Renkse in 1991. Nyström is involved in the songwriting, guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, programming, arrangements, art direction and production of Katatonia along with Renkse. He used to be a member of the metal band Bewitched from 1995 to 1997 and is still with Jonas Renkse in the death metal project Bloodbath. He has released four albums as the solo black metal act Diabolical Masquerade (1993–2004).[1] ArtistryNystrom says he perceives heavy metal guitar riffs as "small themes" fit for a horror film soundtrack. He has cited Entombed vocalist/drummer Nicke Andersson's approach to death metal as having significantly influenced him. He said, "[Andersson] wanted to view his death metal in the same way, which was just fantastic for me because I view riffs as small themes that could be suitable for a horror score if you transcribe them for an orchestra. They have so much in common. In death metal, you strip it down to just a few instruments and have the guitars lead you through." Regarding his approach to equipment and guitar tone, he said, "It’s all about experimenting. Imagine if the guy from Nihilist hadn’t have crossed that HM-2 pedal with that amp to find that overload of sound?"[2] DiscographyWith Diabolical MasqueradeWith KatatoniaWith BloodbathWith Bewitched
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