Daniel Antonsson is a musician and songwriter from

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, formerly playing guitar in Dimension Zero. He is also the former bassist for

Dark Tranquillity Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates. Dark Tranquillity is regarded a ...

, playing on the album ''

We Are the Void ''We Are the Void'' is the ninth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. It is their first and only album with bassist Daniel Antonsson, who joined in 2008 and left in 2013. The band began writing for this album in l ...

'', and former guitarist for

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...

, recording with them on their album '' Sworn to a Great Divide''. He uses Esp Nv-std guitar and

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. His music career started in a band called "Pathos". On 18 March 2014, a heavy metal band considered a

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with mostly Swedish members named ''Akani'', was announced and formed by Antonsson himself on Co- Guitar, Jorge Rosado (

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, ex- Ill Niño) on Vocals, Anders Björler ( At the Gates, ex-

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) on Co-Guitar, Victor Brandt ( Dominion, ex- Aeon, ex- Entombed, ex- Satyricon) on Bass guitar & Anders Lowgren (Dead Reprise) on

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. On the same day, the band released a song titled "Who's to Blame?" from their upcoming four-song seven-inch single called "Santa Muerte", where the album art was released as well. ''Santa Muerte'' was released in March 2014 through ''Demons Run Amok Records'' and the release was produced, recorded and mixed by the band themselves and with Martin Jacobsson at Rovljud Studios in Örebro.

Discography

with Dimension Zero * '' This Is Hell'' (2003) * ''

He Who Shall Not Bleed ''He Who Shall Not Bleed'' is the third album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dimension Zero. The sampling at the beginning of the title song is a line by James Gregory from the film ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes''. "A Paler Shade ...

'' (2007) with

* '' Sworn to a Great Divide'' (2007) with

*'' Projector'' (1999/2009) *''

Where Death Is Most Alive ''Where Death Is Most Alive'' is the second live album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, released on October 26, 2009. It was also released in a limited edition two-CD – two-DVD boxset as well as two-CD format. Only the live ...

'' (2009) *''The Dying Fragments'' (2009) * ''

We are the Void ''We Are the Void'' is the ninth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. It is their first and only album with bassist Daniel Antonsson, who joined in 2008 and left in 2013. The band began writing for this album in l ...

'' (2010) *''Zero Distance EP'' (2012)

References

Living people 1974 births 21st-century bass guitarists 21st-century Swedish male musicians The Resistance (Swedish band) members Dark Tranquillity members Dimension Zero (Swedish band) members Soilwork members {{bass-guitarist-stub