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Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has a population of approximately 570,000 in the city proper and about 1 million inhabitants in the metropolitan area.
Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Göteborg, commonly known as IFK Göteborg, IFK or simply Göteborg, is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, it is the only club in the Nordic countries that has won one of the main UEFA competitions, having won the UEFA Cup in both 1982 and 1987. IFK is affiliated with Göteborgs Fotbollförbund and play their home games at Gamla Ullevi. The club colours are blue and white, colours shared both with the sports society which the club originated from, Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, and with the coat of arms of the city of Gothenburg. The team colours have influenced the historical nickname Blåvitt. The blue and white are in stripes, with blue shorts and socks.
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates. Dark Tranquillity is regarded as the Gothenburg fathers in the film entitled Out of Nothing: A DT Documentary released by Century Media, which was filmed in their home town in April 2009.
Dissection was a Swedish extreme metal band from Strömstad, formed in 1989 by guitarist, vocalist and main songwriter Jon Nödtveidt and bassist Peter Palmdahl. Despite a number of lineup changes, Dissection released The Somberlain in 1993 and Storm of the Light's Bane in 1995, before splitting up in 1997 due to Nödtveidt's imprisonment for complicity in the murder of Josef Meddour.
Peter Iwers is the bass player of Swedish band The Halo Effect. He was a member of Gothenburg heavyweights In Flames from their 1999 album Colony, up until their 2016 album Battles, originally replacing Johan Larsson who departed after 1997's Whoracle. He was also the bassist for the band Cyhra with former In Flames bandmate Jesper Strömblad from 2017 to 2018.
Klas Magnus Rosén is a Swedish musician, born 1963 in Gothenburg. He was the bassist of Swedish band HammerFall from 1997 to 2007.
Brother Daniel, often abbreviated as BD, was an alternative rock band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They formed in the late 1980s and then consisted of classmates Henrik Berggren and Daniel Gilbert. The band claims they started playing "to gain social respect" and it was decided early on that emotional expression would be more important to their sound than musical correctness.
Hardcore Superstar is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. The band was formed in 1997 and have released eleven studio albums.
Hardcore Superstar is the fifth studio album released in November 2005 by Swedish hard rock band Hardcore Superstar on the record label Gain.
Lillasyster is a Swedish rock band formed in Gothenburg in 2006. They released their debut album, Hjärndöd musik för en hjärndöd generation in May 2007.
Martin Skans Westerstrand is a Swedish musician from Gothenburg. In 1995 he founded hard rock band LOK. He was the lead singer there until the band was dissolved in 2002. After that, he and LOK – bassist Daniel Cordero started the band Rallypack together with guitarist Max Flövik and drummer Ian-Paolo Lira. In 2006 they changed the band name to Lillasyster, and released their first album in 2007.
Volume 6: Stockholm & Göteborg is a live album by English avant-rock group Henry Cow, and is disc 6 of the 10-disc 40th Anniversary Henry Cow Box Set. It was released in September 2008 by RēR Megacorp as a free-standing album in advance of the box set release in January 2009.
Naken, blästrad och skitsur is the first album by the Swedish hardcore band LOK.
Ord och inga visor is an EP with Gothenburg band LOK. It was released in 1996.
Ut ur discot och in i verkligheten is the third album by hardcore band LOK, released in 2002.
Sunk 500 is the second album by hardcore band LOK, released in 2000.
Blästrad levande is a live album by hardcore band LOK, released in 2003.
Räfven is a Swedish gypsy punk band from Gothenburg, Sweden, performing original music influenced by Eastern European folk music and the klezmer tradition. The group was formed in 2003, as a reaction against the war in Iraq.
The Shoreline memorial is a monument located in Slottsskogen, a large park in central Gothenburg, Sweden. The installation commemorates the location of the final reunion of the band Broder Daniel in 2008.
Bengt Axel Mattias Bylund, born June 16, 1970, in Södertälje, is a Swedish musician, music arranger and music producer who lives in Gothenburg. In 2016 he received a Grammy Award for string arrangement on Taylor Swift's 1989 and he is also Musical director for Swedish TV-show Bingolotto.
