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Peter Lindgren
Peter Lindgren
Swedish musician
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Opeth
Opeth
Swedish progressive metal band
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Fredrik Åkesson
Fredrik Åkesson
Swedish guitarist
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Martin Axenrot
Martin Axenrot
musician
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Mikael Åkerfeldt
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Swedish musician
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Bloodbath
Bloodbath
Swedish band
6
Martin Mendez
Martin Mendez
bass guitar player
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Storm Corrosion
Storm Corrosion
band
8
Dan Swanö
Dan Swanö
Swedish musician
9
Per Wiberg
Per Wiberg
Swedish musician
10
Katatonia
Katatonia
swedish metal band
11
Candlemass
Candlemass
swedish doom metal band
12
Peter Iwers
Peter Iwers
Swedish musician
13
Jonas Renkse
Jonas Renkse
Swedish singer-songwriter
14
Joakim Svalberg
Joakim Svalberg
Swedish musician
15
Draconian
Draconian
Swedish band
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Eternal Oath
Eternal Oath
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The Duskfall
The Duskfall
band
18
HammerFall
HammerFall
Swedish heavy metal band
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Treat
Treat
band
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Unleashed
Unleashed
Swedish death metal band
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Martin Henriksson
Martin Henriksson
guitarist and songwriter
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Extol
Extol
band
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High on Fire
High on Fire
American metal band
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Dissection
Dissection
black/death metal and later melodic death metal band
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Apostasy
Apostasy
swedish band
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Grave
Grave
Swedish death metal band
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Camel
Camel
English progressive rock band
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OSI
OSI
American progressive rock band
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Thyrfing
Thyrfing
viking metal band from Sweden
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Dark Funeral
Dark Funeral
Swedish black metal band
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
Mahavishnu Orchestra
American jazz fusion band
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Mattias Eklundh
Mattias Eklundh
Swedish musician
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Dan Berglund
Dan Berglund
Swedish double-bass player and jazz musician
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Zonaria
Zonaria
Swedish metal band
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Unanimated
Unanimated
band
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Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Finnish rock band
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Hecate Enthroned
Hecate Enthroned
Welsh black metal band
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Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton
American heavy metal bassist
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Memory Garden
Memory Garden
musical artist
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Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen
Swedish rock musician
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Amon Amarth
Amon Amarth
Swedish metal band
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Jesper Strömblad
Jesper Strömblad
Swedish musician
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Arch Enemy
Arch Enemy
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Stream of Passion
Stream of Passion
Dutch metal band
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Therion
Therion
Swedish symphonic metal band
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Sinate
Sinate
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LOK
LOK
Swedish nu-metal band
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Edge of Sanity
Edge of Sanity
Swedish death metal band
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Michael Amott
Michael Amott
Swedish guitarist/songwriter
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October Tide
October Tide
Swedish band
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Falconer
Falconer
Swedish power metal band
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Mikael Stanne
Mikael Stanne
Swedish singer
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Peter Tägtgren
Peter Tägtgren
multi-talented musician in death metal; producer
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Oz
Oz
Finnish heavy metal band
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Easy Action
Easy Action
Swedish glamrock band
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In Flames
In Flames
Swedish metal band
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Backyard Babies
Backyard Babies
Swedish band
Johan De Farfalla
Swedish musician

Johan De Farfalla

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Johan De Farfalla (born 3 June 1971 in Stockholm) is a Swedish bass player. He is the former bassist of seminal Swedish metal band Opeth.

He originally joined Opeth in 1991 when its lineup was David Isberg on vocals, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Kim Pettersson on guitar, and Anders Nordin on drums. He replaced Nick Döring on bass for one show and quit immediately afterwards. Opeth recruited Peter Lindgren to replace him for their next show, and then Stefan Guteklint after Lindgren moved to guitar. In 1994, Opeth was approached for signing by Candlelight Records, and fired Guteklint. De Farfalla rejoined Opeth initially as a session bassist for their first album Orchid (1995), but subsequently became an official member again. After touring in support of their second album Morningrise (1996), De Farfalla was fired by Åkerfeldt who cited that he was not a good fit.

De Farfalla used to work as a teacher at Storviks Folkhögskola until 27 January 2012. Afterwards he became a principal at Tollare Folkhögskola until June 2015. He now works for the Christian Democratic Party of Sweden, and lives in Stockholm with his three children.