Art Metal is a

progressive metal Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with t ...

band based in Sweden and led by

Jonas Hellborg Jonas Hellborg (born 7 June 1958) is a Swedish bass guitarist. He has collaborated with John McLaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Fazal Qureshi, Bill Laswell, Shawn Lane, Jens Johansson, Anders Johansson, Ginger Baker, Michael Shrieve, V. Selvaga ...

. Some of their line-ups have included guitarist

Mattias Eklundh 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 ...

of Freak Kitchen fame, the Johansson brothers who have both contributed to the solo career of

Yngwie Malmsteen Yngwie Johan Malmsteen (; born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck, on 30 June 1963) is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical metal, neoclassical playing style in heavy metal music, heavy metal, and has ...

, and Jonas Hellborg, an influential musician and solo artist in the jazz music scene. The band's music also has plenty of

Indian music Owing to India's vastness and diversity, Indian music encompasses numerous genres in multiple varieties and forms which include classical music, folk, rock, and pop. It has a history spanning several millennia and developed over several ...

influence.Art Metal @ myspace
/ref> Mattias Eklundh and Jonas Hellborg made the cover of the Swedish Fuzz Magazine in support of Art Metal.

Discography

*'' Art Metal'' (full-length, 18 September 2007)Mattias Eklundh page @ kyowashokai.co.jp
*''Jazz Raj'' (full-length, 2014)

Line-up

– bass * Mattias IA Eklundh – guitar *

V. Selvaganesh V. Selvaganesh is an Indian percussionist working in the Carnatic tradition and one of the leading kanjira (south Indian frame drum) players of his generation. He is also known as "Chella S. Ganesh." Career Selvaganesh gained world fame through ...

– kanjira (1st album except on Vyakhyan Kar) *

Jens Johansson Jens Ola Johansson (born 2 November 1963 in Stockholm) is a Swedish keyboardist and pianist. Jens got famous in the early 80's when he and his brother Anders (drums) joined Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force". Jens is the son of the Swedish Jazz ...

– keyboards (1st album) *

Ranjit Barot Ranjit Barot is an Indian film score composer, music director and arranger, drummer, and singer based in Mumbai, India. He is a long-time associate of A. R. Rahman. John McLaughlin has described him as one of the "leading edges" in drumming. ...

– drums on Jazz Raj * Anders Johansson – drums (1st album) *Zoltan Csörsz Jr. - drums

References

{{reflist Musical groups established in 2007 Swedish progressive metal musical groups Swedish jazz fusion ensembles