Mattias Bernt Johannes Eklundh (born 6 October 1969), also known as IA, is a Swedish guitarist and vocalist. He is known for his work with Freak Kitchen, Jonas Hellborg and Art Metal, and he has also produced several noted solo Freak Guitar albums released by Steve Vai and Favored Nations, and holds his annual Freak Guitar Camp in the woods of Sweden every summer for dedicated guitar players from all over the world. He was also prominently featured playing his trademark-style solos on the first four Soilwork albums.
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Freak Kitchen
Swedish hard rock and heavy metal band
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Jonas Hellborg
Swedish musician
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Act of Denial
death metal supergroup
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Fredrik Åkesson
Swedish guitarist
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Morgan Ågren
Swedish musician
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Darkane
Swedish band
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Andy LaRocque
Swedish guitarist
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Swashbuckle
band
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Soilwork
Swedish melodic death metal band
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Pierre Bensusan
French musician
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Mikael Åkerfeldt
Swedish musician
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Dark Tranquillity
Swedish band
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Daniel Antonsson
Swedish musician
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Fredrik Thordendal
Swedish musician
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Peter Wichers
founding members of Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork
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Terror 2000
Swedish band
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Helix
hard rock band
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Nocturnal Rites
Swedish power metal band
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Jason Becker
American guitarist and composer
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Shawn Lane
American musician
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Jeff Scott Soto
American musician
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Mikael Stanne
Swedish singer
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John Tempesta
Heavy metal drummer; member of various notable bands
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Gus G
Greek guitarist
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Jeff Loomis
American musician
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Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
American musician
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Johan Liiva
Swedish singer
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Horacio MacAlpine
American musician and composer
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James Murphy
American guitarist
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Dirk Verbeuren
Belgian drummer
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Fredrik Nordström
Swedish musician and record producer
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Sonic Syndicate
metal band from Falkenberg, Sweden
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Meshuggah
Swedish extreme metal band
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The Faint
band
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Redemption
American progressive metal band
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Fate
Danish heavy metal band
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Bruce Kulick
American guitarist
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Nightrage
Greek/Swedish band
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Blackguard
band
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Sentenced
Finnish heavy metal band
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Keri Kelli
American guitarist
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Labyrinth
Italian power metal band
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Threat Signal
band
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Disarmonia Mundi
band
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Evergrey
Swedish metal band
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Midnattsol
band
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Sabaton
Swedish heavy metal band
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Chimaira
Heavy metal band
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Tourniquet
American metal band
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Darkest Hour
American metal band
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Neptune
Italian melodic death metal band
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Paul Di'Anno
English heavy metal singer
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Six Feet Under
American death metal band
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Talisman
band
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Bigelf
band
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Göran Edman
Swedish singer
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Borealis
band
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Mutiny Within