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Karl Fredrik Henry Åkesson is a Swedish heavy metal guitarist. He is a current member of Opeth. He is also active in Krux, Monsters of Metal and Talisman. ==Biography== Åkesson has been playing guitar since the age of 12. His early musical influences include Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth, Yngwie Malmsteen and George Lynch. Marcel Jacob, founder of Talisman, held auditions in 1992 to find a new guitar player after Jason Bieler left them to play with Saigon Kick; the 19-year-old Åkesson was selected for the position. He spent almost four years with Talisman and after five records decided to leave them for a heavier outfit. Åkesson, Mats Levén, John Levén, and Rickard Evensand formed a band called Eyeball who would later change their name to Southpaw. In 1998 Åkesson was appeared on two albums: Southpaw's debut album and ''Naïve'' by Clockwise. He also recorded a version of Journey's classic "Send Her My Love" with Clockwise for a tribute album that was never released. In Åkesson he returned to record and tour with Talisman. They worked on two new studio efforts: ''Cats and Dogs'' (2003) and ''7'' (2006) plus a live album called ''Five Men Live'' (2005) which was released on DVD as ''World's Best Kept Secret.'' In 2004, Åkesson filled in for Tiamat guitarist Thomas Petersson on tour and was featured in the ''The Church of Tiamat'' DVD release in 2006. He also appeared on the Sabbtail album ''Night Church'', again with Mats Levén. Åkesson co-wrote two tracks on the album ''Optimus'' by John Norum and appeared in the recordings. He also played with melodic death metal band Arch Enemy from 2005 to 2007, having been recruited when original Arch Enemy guitarist Christopher Amott took an 18-month break from September 2005 until his return in March 2007. Åkesson also played on the Krux album ''II'', released in 2006. In 2007, he appeared with Krux in the Sweden Rock Festival. On 17 May 2007 the progressive death metal band Opeth announced that Åkesson would replace departed guitarist Peter Lindgren. Åkesson's first tour with the band was the Progressive Nation Tour with Dream Theater and Between the Buried and Me. Åkesson's first album with Opeth was ''Watershed'' (2008) in which he co-wrote the song "Porcelain Heart" with Mikael Åkerfeldt. The album ''Heritage'' was released in September 2011, also with one song (the bonus track "Pyre") co-written by Åkesson. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fredrik Åkesson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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