Martín Méndez (born 6 April 1978) is a Uruguayan Swedish musician. He migrated to

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when he was 17 years old. He is the bassist of the

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band

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and the second-longest-serving member of the band, behind frontman

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. He founded the band White Stones in Barcelona in 2019. Méndez has been a member of several other bands, including Fifth to Infinity, Proxima and Vinterkrig. He joined Opeth right before the recording of their third album '' My Arms, Your Hearse'' (1998) began. However, time conflicts kept him from playing on the album, so the bass lines were recorded by Mikael Åkerfeldt. Méndez then learned the bass parts and played bass for the few subsequent live dates done for the album. His first real recording with Opeth was their fourth studio album, ''

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'' (1999). He has been with the band ever since. Méndez uses four-string fretted & fretless Fender Jazz Bass guitars as well as Sandberg bass guitars for live and studio work.

Discography

With Opeth

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

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'' (2002) *''

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'' (2003) *'' Ghost Reveries'' (2005) *'' Watershed'' (2008) *''

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'' (2011) * '' Pale Communion'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2016) * '' In Cauda Venenum'' (2019) * '' The Last Will and Testament'' (2024)

With White Stones

* ''Kuarahy'' (2020) * ''Dancing into Oblivion'' (2021) * ''Memoria Viva'' (2024)

References

External links

Opeth.com
– Official Opeth homepage {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Martin Opeth members Musicians from Montevideo Uruguayan bass guitarists Male bass guitarists Uruguayan expatriates in Sweden 1978 births Living people Progressive metal bass guitarists 21st-century bass guitarists Uruguayan male guitarists