Studio Fredman is a well-known

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, Sweden, owned and operated by producer Fredrik Nordström. It is popular among Swedish metal bands, with artists such as At the Gates, Deathstars, Nightrage, Norwegian band

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Arch Enemy Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, The Agonist, Nevermore, and Eucha ...

Soilwork Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...

, Dark Tranquillity,

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, Machinae Supremacy, HammerFall, England's Bring Me the Horizon,

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, and

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recording multiple releases in the studio. Originally, it was located in Gothenburg, but by 2005, it was relocated to

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about 30 miles outside Gothenburg. The original facility was also co-owned by In Flames vocalist, Anders Fridén. By the time of relocation, the original studio became In Flames-owned IF Studios. In 2008, Studio Fredman relocated once again in downtown Gothenburg at Västra Frölunda/ Högsbo.

Albums recorded

1994

* At the Gates – ''

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– '' Lunar Strain'' *In Flames – ''

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'' *Luciferion – ''Demonication (The Manifest)'' *

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– ''

1995

*Ceremonial Oath – '' Carpet'' *

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– ''Forever'' * At the Gates – '' Slaughter of the Soul'' *Crystal Age – ''Far Beyond Divine Horizons'' * Dark Tranquillity – '' The Gallery''

1996

*Memory Garden – ''Tides'' *

– '' Black Earth'' *In Flames – '' The Jester Race'' *Sacrilege – ''Lost in the Beauty You Slay'' *Dark Tranquillity – ''

Enter Suicidal Angels ''Enter Suicidal Angels'' is the fourth EP by Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. It was recorded during the sessions for ''The Mind's I'' and it was also released as bonus tracks of the reissue of ''The Mind's I''. Another reissu ...

1997

*Dark Tranquillity – ''

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'' *In Flames – '' Whoracle''

1998

*Arch Enemy – '' Stigmata'' *

– '' My Arms, Your Hearse'' *

– ''

Steelbath Suicide ''Steelbath Suicide'' is the debut studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork. It was released on 20 May 1998 through Listenable and Century Media labels. It is the only album to feature guitarist Ludvig Svartz and drummer Ji ...

1999

*Arch Enemy – '' Burning Bridges'' *Dark Tranquillity – '' Projector'' *In Flames – '' Colony'' *Opeth – ''

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2000

*In Flames – '' Clayman'' *Soilwork – '' The Chainheart Machine''

2001

– '' Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia'' *Opeth – '' Blackwater Park'' *Soilwork – '' A Predator's Portrait''

2002

*Opeth – '' Deliverance'' *Soilwork – '' Natural Born Chaos'' *Buried Dreams (Mex) – ''

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2003

*Opeth – '' Damnation'' *Darkest Hour – ''Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation''

2006

I Killed the Prom Queen I Killed the Prom Queen were an Australian metalcore band from Adelaide, formed in 2000. They were prominent in the Australian live music scene and toured the US, Japan and parts of Europe several times. They issued three studio albums: ''When ...

– ''

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2007

* Anthelion – ''Bloodshed Rebefallen''

2008

* Bring Me the Horizon – ''

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'' * Firewind – '' The Premonition''

2009

* Old Man's Child – '' Slaves of the World''

2010

*Bring Me the Horizon – '' There Is a Hell...''

2014

*I Killed the Prom Queen – '' Beloved'' * Architects – '' Lost Forever // Lost Together'' *Decadawn – ''Solitary Confinement''

2016

*Follow My Lead – ''Spit, Kick, Revolt.'' *Architects – '' All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us''

External links

Official website
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