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; ''Luciferion'', an early band of

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's Michael Nicklasson; and ''Crystal Age'', consisting of

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, ex-

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) and Fredrik Larsson (ex-

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. Nilsson's style generally sways within the "

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. However, one exception can be seen in Diabolique, which takes strong influence from

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. Nilsson started as a guitarist in his early days but switched to play the drums. He still plays guitar and wrote one of the songs on Dimension Zero's debut album ''

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''. He also wrote a lot of the music in the band ''Crystal Age''.

Discography

Crystal Age

* ''Far Beyond Divine Horizons'' (Vic Records,1995)

Diabolique

* ''The Diabolique'' (EP, 1996) * ''Wedding The Grotesque'' (1997) * ''The Black Flower'' (1999) * ''Butterflies'' (EP, 2000) * ''The Green Goddess'' (2001)

Dimension Zero

* ''Penetrations from the Lost World'' (1997) * ''

'' (2002) * ''This Is Hell'' (2003) * ''He Who Shall Not Bleed'' (2007)

Liers in Wait

*''

Spiritually Uncontrolled Art Liers in Wait were a Gothenburg, Sweden-based death metal band active between 1990 and 1995. The group was formed by Kristian Wåhlin after the dissolution of Grotesque, a precursor to At the Gates, and for a very brief time featured the band's ...

'' (1992)

Luciferion

*''The Apostate'' (2003)

The Great Deceiver

* ''Cave-In'' (1999) * ''Jet Black Art'' (2000) * ''A Venom Well Designed'' (2002)

References

Living people Swedish heavy metal drummers 1972 births 21st-century drummers Dimension Zero (Swedish band) members Diabolique (band) members Liers in Wait members {{drummer-stub