Martin Walter López Cardozo (born 20 May 1978 in

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) is a Swedish-Uruguayan drummer, currently a member and co-founder of

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group

Soen Soen is a Swedish progressive metal band formed in 2010. The group consists of vocalist Joel Ekelöf, guitarist Cody Lee Ford, drummer Martin Lopez and keyboardist Lars Åhlund. They are currently signed to Silver Lining and have released six ...

, but best known as the ex-drummer of Swedish

band

Opeth Opeth is a Swedish progressive metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. The band incorporates folk music, folk, blues, classical music, classical, and jazz elements into its usually lengthy compositions, as well as strong influences from deat ...

and melodic death metal band Amon Amarth. López was born in Sweden to Uruguayan parents, later moving to Uruguay, then back to Sweden.

Career

López joined Opeth in 1997, after leaving Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth on whose album '' Once Sent From the Golden Hall'' he played. With Opeth, he recorded the albums '' My Arms, Your Hearse'', ''

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'', '' Blackwater Park'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Ghost Reveries''. For health reasons, López left Opeth permanently on 12 May 2006, to be replaced by

Martin Axenrot Erik Martin "Axe" Axenrot (born 5 March 1979 in Linköping, Linköping, Sweden) is a Swedish death metal drummer, best known as the former drummer for progressive metal band Opeth (2005-2021). Since 2004, he is the drummer for Bloodbath. Know ...

. Lopez had not been actively involved with the band since the recording of ''Ghost Reveries'' wrapped in the summer of 2005. Lopez then shifted concentration to his old band, Fifth to Infinity. On 28 May 2010, it was announced that Martin Lopez, bassist Steve DiGiorgio, singer Joel Ekelöf and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis had joined forces in the band

. Their debut album, ''

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'', was released on 15 February 2012.

Equipment

Martín endorsed Premier drums on the first albums with Opeth; he then switched over to Tama. His Premier kit was a Signia Marquis series; his Tama kit is a Starclassic series. He also endorses Sabian cymbals. In 2014 Martín switched to a Noble & Cooley drum endorsement. In 2021 he switched to Zildjian Cymbals, mainly focusing on the K Dark Series. In 2021 he started using Axis Percussion pedals.

Discography

with Amon Amarth

* '' Once Sent from the Golden Hall'' (1998)

with Opeth

* '' My Arms, Your Hearse'' (1998) * ''

'' (1999) * '' Blackwater Park'' (2001) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2003) * '' Lamentations'' (2003) * '' Ghost Reveries'' (2005)

with Soen

* ''

'' (2012) * '' Tellurian'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Lotus'' (2019) * '' Imperial'' (2021) * ''

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'' (2023)

References

External links

BLABBERMOUTH.NET

BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Blackeberg RecordsThe SOEN MySpace page
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