David Isberg

David Isberg
Born	(1975-02-23) 23 February 1975 (age 50)
Origin	Nacka, Sweden
Genres	Hard rock, death metal, doom metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, bass
Years active	1989–present

David Isberg (born 23 February 1975) is a Swedish musician who founded the progressive death metal band Opeth. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Isberg was born 23 February 1975. ^[3]

Opeth

He formed Opeth with friends from Täby in the spring of 1990. ^[2] Long-time friend Mikael Åkerfeldt was in a band called Eruption but was considering leaving that group. Isberg invited him to play bass for Opeth and Åkerfeldt accepted the offer. When he came to rehearsal, however, none of the other band members knew he was coming and did not want to kick out the current bassist. The ensuing argument resulted in the departure of all other members, who in turn formed Crowley in 1990; they released a demo tape entitled The Gate in 1991.

Isberg remained with Opeth until 1992. Åkerfeldt then assumed his duties as lead vocalist.

After Opeth

Isberg continued his musical career with electronic project Grooveza (later Grooveza/Fuzz), death metal bands Mynjun and Braathum ^[1] , and experimental death metal band David Isberg & The Stockholm War Ensemble. Formed in Stockholm, he and Adam Skogvards of Mynjun formed death metal band Tutorial. Arising out of his death-doom project Somn, Isberg formed bloodofjupiter in 2011.

References

1. "BLABBERMOUTH.NET - OPETH's Founder DAVID ISBERG Launches BRAATHUM". Archived from the original on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
2. "Opeth". Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008.
3. "David Isberg (50 år) Handen | Ratsit". ratsit.se.