Between the chainsaw buzz of Swedish death metal, church-burning notoriety of Norwegian black metal and the soon-to-explode school of Gothenburg melodeath, Scandinavia was already earning a reputation as a hotbed of extremity in the 90s.
But few bands - if any - could match the sheer ambition and songwriting craft of Opeth. The Stockholm based band formed in 1990 and soon set about changing the extreme metal landscape, folding in elements of folk, prog and beyond to craft immense, multi-layered compositions that would inspire countless bands in the ensuing decades.
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