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. His experience within the Swedish metal scene goes back many years, and has included many of its luminaries; '' Liers in Wait'', with

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; ''Luciferion'', an early band of

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. However, one exception can be seen in Diabolique, which takes strong influence from

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. Nilsson started as a guitarist in his early days but switched to play the drums. He still plays guitar and wrote one of the songs on Dimension Zero's debut album '' Silent Night Fever''. He also wrote a lot of the music in the band ''Crystal Age''.

Discography

Crystal Age

* ''Far Beyond Divine Horizons'' (Vic Records,1995)

Diabolique

* ''The Diabolique'' (EP, 1996) * ''Wedding The Grotesque'' (1997) * ''The Black Flower'' (1999) * ''Butterflies'' (EP, 2000) * ''The Green Goddess'' (2001)

Dimension Zero

* ''Penetrations from the Lost World'' (1997) * '' Silent Night Fever'' (2002) * ''This Is Hell'' (2003) * ''He Who Shall Not Bleed'' (2007)

Liers in Wait

*''

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'' (1992)

Luciferion

*''The Apostate'' (2003)

The Great Deceiver

* ''Cave-In'' (1999) * ''Jet Black Art'' (2000) * ''A Venom Well Designed'' (2002)

References

Living people Swedish heavy metal drummers 1972 births 21st-century Swedish drummers Dimension Zero (Swedish band) members Diabolique (band) members Liers in Wait members Musicians from Gothenburg {{drummer-stub