Freak Kitchen is an

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band from

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, Sweden, formed in 1992.

History

Freak Kitchen's style of music is influenced by many genres besides traditional heavy metal, ranging from

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. The band described their third album as "A corny little heavy-pop-rock-Latin-world-jazz-avant-garde-metal-blues-record straight from hell!". The album "Land of the Freaks", which was released in late October 2009, features Indian inspiration and the band is also joined by the two Indian musicians

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and Neyveli S Radhakrishna on several tracks. The lyrics of Freak Kitchen often contain humor and criticism of

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, conformity,

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and the attitude of

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s. Frontman Mattias Eklundh has a reputation as a guitar virtuoso, acknowledged by Guitar Player Magazine for instance, and live shows often contain parts where Eklundh plays the guitar using several foreign objects such as a vibrating

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. Eklundh has also released four solo albums, ''

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'' (1996) (under the pseudonym Mr Libido), ''Freak Guitar'' (1999), ''Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled'' (2004) and '' Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord'' (2013). They also co-headlined Fuel Great Indian Rock 2008 alongside Sahg and Satyricon. Their album, ''Cooking with Pagans'', was released in 2014, with the first single, "Professional Help" released in November. The 2018 album ''Confusion to the Enemy'' contains a song with Swedish lyrics, "Så Kan Det Gå När Inte Haspen Är På", that roughly translates to "That's What Happens When You Don't Take Precautions".

Members

Current * Mattias "IA" Eklundh – vocals, guitar (1992–present) * Christer Örtefors – bass guitar, vocals (2000–present) * Björn Fryklund – drums (2000–present) Previous * Christian Grönlund – bass guitar, vocals (1992–2000) * Joakim Sjöberg – drums (1992–2000)

Discography

Albums * ''Appetizer'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 1994) * ''Spanking Hour'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 1996) * ''Freak Kitchen'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 1998) * ''Dead Soul Men'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2000) * ''Move'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2002) * ''Organic'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2005) * ''Land of the Freaks'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2009) * ''Cooking with Pagans'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2014) * ''Confusion to the Enemy'' (Thunderstruck Productions, 2018) EPs * ''Junk Tooth'' (1997)

References

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* {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1992 Swedish hard rock musical groups Swedish heavy metal musical groups