Fredrik Ã…kesson

Fredrik Åkesson is a Swedish metal guitarist. He plays with Opeth, where he wrote some pieces. He also played at Krux, Talisman and John Norum.

Biography

The 19 -year-old Fredrik Åkesson was selected in 1992 by band founder Marcel Jacob for the position of guitarist in Talisman after Jason Bieler had left the band in the direction of Saigon Kick. After five albums he left talisman and turned to harder music. In 1998, he played for publications of Southpaw and Clockwise.

In the 2000s he returned to Talisman and took more albums with them. He also helped out with Tiamat and can be seen on the DVD The Church of Tiamat. Then he played with John Norum and in 2005 he took his album with Optimus, on which he co-wrote two pieces. 2005-2007 Åkesson played with Arch Enemy, where he represented Christopher Amott. With Krux Åkesson in 2007 played at the Sweden Rock Festival.

2007 Peter Åkesson replaced Lindgren with Opeth and took far two studio album and a live release with on. He had an endorsement deal with ESP Guitars. PRS released a signature guitar from Akesson.

Discography

With Opeth

  • Watershed (2008)
  • Heritage (2011)

With Krux

  • Krux (2003)
  • Live (DVD ) (2003 )
  • II ( 2006)
  • III: He Who Sleeps Amongst the Stars (2011)

With Arch Enemy

  • Live Apocalypse (DVD, 2006)

With Tiamat

  • Church of Tiamat (DVD, 2005)

With John Norum

  • Optimus (2005)

With Sabbtail

  • Night Church ( 2004)

With Talisman

  • Genesis - 1993
  • Humanimal Part II - 1994
  • Humanimal - 1994
  • Five out of Five (Live in Japan) - 1994
  • Life - 1995
  • Best Of ... (Compilation ) - 1996
  • BESTerious (Compilation ) - 1996
  • Cats and Dogs - 2003
  • Five Men Live - 2005
  • 7-2006

CD Singles and Promos with Talisman

  • Mysterious ( This Time Is Serious ) ( CD Single) (1993 )
  • Time After Time ( CD Single) (1993 )
  • Doing Time with My Baby ( CD Single) (1994 )
  • Colour My XTC (CD -Single) (1994 )
  • Todo y todo (CD -Single) ( All All- publication for the Latin American market under the name Genaro ) ( 1994)
  • All All ( CD Single) (1994 )
  • Frozen (CD -Single) (1995 )

With Human Clay

  • Human Clay (1996 )
  • Closing the Book on Human Clay (2003)

With Southpaw

  • SouthPaw (1998)

With Clockwise

  • Naïve (1998)
Talisman (Band) Tiamat (Band) PRS Guitars Watershed (Opeth album) Heritage (Opeth-Album) My Arms, Your Hearse Still Life (Opeth-Album) Blackwater Park Deliverance (Opeth album) Damnation (Album) Ghost Reveries Angela Gossow Michael Amott Gus G. Doomsday Machine (album) The Root of All Evil (Album) Nevermore Paradise Lost (Band)
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