Studio Fredman is a well-known

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, Sweden, owned and operated by producer Fredrik Nordström. It is popular among Swedish metal bands, with artists such as At the Gates, Deathstars, Nightrage, Norwegian band Dimmu Borgir,

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, Soilwork,

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, Zonaria,

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, HammerFall, England's

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, A Breach of Silence, and

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recording multiple releases in the studio. Originally, it was located in Gothenburg, but by 2005, it was relocated to Hyssna about 30 miles outside Gothenburg. The original facility was also co-owned by In Flames vocalist,

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. By the time of relocation, the original studio became In Flames-owned IF Studios. In 2008, Studio Fredman relocated once again in downtown Gothenburg at Västra Frölunda/ Högsbo.

Albums recorded

1994

* At the Gates – '' Terminal Spirit Disease'' *

– '' Lunar Strain'' *In Flames – '' Subterranean'' *Luciferion – ''Demonication (The Manifest)'' * Nifelheim – '' Nifelheim''

1995

*Ceremonial Oath – ''

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– ''Forever'' * At the Gates – '' Slaughter of the Soul'' *Crystal Age – ''Far Beyond Divine Horizons'' *

– '' The Gallery''

1996

*Memory Garden – ''Tides'' *

– '' Black Earth'' *In Flames – '' The Jester Race'' *Sacrilege – ''Lost in the Beauty You Slay'' *Dark Tranquillity – '' Enter Suicidal Angels''

1997

*Dark Tranquillity – ''

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'' *In Flames – '' Whoracle''

1998

*Arch Enemy – ''

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– '' My Arms, Your Hearse'' * Soilwork – '' Steelbath Suicide''

1999

*Arch Enemy – '' Burning Bridges'' *Dark Tranquillity – ''

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'' *In Flames – ''

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'' *Opeth – ''

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2000

*In Flames – ''

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'' *Soilwork – '' The Chainheart Machine''

2001

* Dimmu Borgir – '' Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia'' *Opeth – '' Blackwater Park'' *Soilwork – '' A Predator's Portrait''

2002

*Opeth – ''

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'' *Soilwork – '' Natural Born Chaos'' *Buried Dreams (Mex) – '' Necrosphere''

2003

*Opeth – ''

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'' *Darkest Hour – ''Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation''

2006

* I Killed the Prom Queen – '' Music for the Recently Deceased''

2007

* Anthelion – ''Bloodshed Rebefallen''

2008

– '' Suicide Season'' * Firewind – '' The Premonition''

2009

* Old Man's Child – '' Slaves of the World''

2010

*Bring Me the Horizon – '' There Is a Hell...''

2014

*I Killed the Prom Queen – '' Beloved'' *

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– ''

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'' *Decadawn – ''Solitary Confinement''

2016

*Follow My Lead – ''Spit, Kick, Revolt.'' *Architects – '' All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us''

2021

* Obscura – '' A Valediction''

2023

*Killsorrow – ''Wasteland Chronicles''

External links

Official website
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