Anders Nyström (born 22 April 1975), also known as Blakkheim (or formerly Blackheim), is a Swedish musician, best known as a founding member of

Katatonia Katatonia is a Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for their love of death metal. Increasing popularity ...

and

Bloodbath Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup (music), supergroup from Stockholm, formed in 1998. The band has released six full-length albums, two EPs and two DVDs depicting their performances at Wacken Open Air (in 2005) and Bloodstock Open A ...

alongside

Jonas Renkse Jonas Petter Renkse (born 19 May 1975) is a Swedish musician in the bands Katatonia (1991–) as lead vocalist, founder, songwriter (1991–1994, 1997–) and formerly as drummer (1991–1994, 1996–1998); formerly in Bloodbath Bloo ...

Career

Nyström founded the Swedish

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band

with

in 1991. Nyström is involved in the songwriting, guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, programming, arrangements, art direction and production of Katatonia along with Renkse. He used to be a member of the metal band Bewitched from 1995 to 1997 and is a member of the

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project

. He has released four albums as the solo

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act Diabolical Masquerade (1993–2004). On March 17, 2025 Renkse announced that Anders had departed Katatonia, Nyström stated that his departure was because of the band's disregard of earlier material. He felt that the band's name should had been retired when the band departed from their death-doom roots. Fellow Katatonia guitarist Roger Öjersson had previously stated that Nyström hadn't contributed guitars to the band's two previous albums.

Artistry

Nystrom says he perceives heavy metal guitar riffs as "small themes" fit for a

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soundtrack. He has cited Entombed vocalist/drummer Nicke Andersson's approach to

as having significantly influenced him. He said, " nderssonwanted to view his death metal in the same way, which was just fantastic for me because I view riffs as small themes that could be suitable for a horror score if you transcribe them for an

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. They have so much in common. In death metal, you strip it down to just a few instruments and have the guitars lead you through." Regarding his approach to equipment and guitar tone, he said, "It’s all about experimenting. Imagine if the guy from Nihilist hadn’t have crossed that HM-2 pedal with that amp to find that overload of sound?"

Discography

With Diabolical Masquerade

With Katatonia

With Bloodbath

With Bewitched

* ''Diabolical Desecration'' CD 1996 * ''Encyclopedia of Evil'' MCD 1996 * ''Pentagram Prayer'' CD 1997

Guest appearances

* ''Cancer'' – guitar on the track "Ballcutter" from the album ''Shadow Gripped'' (2019) * ''Novembre'' – guest lead guitar on "Annoluce" from the Peaceville release URSA

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nystrom, Anders Swedish heavy metal guitarists Living people 1975 births Bloodbath members Katatonia members Black metal musicians Swedish death metal musicians 21st-century Swedish guitarists Musicians from Stockholm