Mats Leven
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Mats Göran Levén |
| Born |
Mölndal, Gothenburg on the west coast of Sweden 11 September 1964 |
| Genres | heavy metal, symphonic metal, doom metal, power metal, hard rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, drums |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Associated acts | Candlemass, Apocalyptica, Yngwie Malmsteen, Therion, Krux, Swedish Erotica, Treat, Abstrakt Algebra, Dogface, Pontus Norgren, Fatal Force, AB/CD, At Vance, Sabbtail, Southpaw, Amaseffer |
| Website | MatsLeven.com |
Mats Levén (born in Mölndal, Sweden on 11 September 1964) is a singer. His most notable recent collaborations have been with symphonic metallers Therion and doom metallers Krux and Candlemass.
Levén began his career in 1986 with a small band of friends, called Capricorn. Three years later, he joined chart-toppers Swedish Erotica, releasing an album and several singles.
The year 1992, found him collaborating with another Swedish band, Treat with which he also released an album as lead vocalist and a single. In the mid-1990s he worked with Abstrakt Algebra (project band of Candlemass' bassist and composer Leif Edling) and did backing vocals for the band Lion's Share. He also joined an AC/DC cover band, called AB/CD, with which he keeps performing up to the present. In 1997, he teamed up with Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen, recording the album Facing the Animal and doing the promotional world tour for the named album, world tour which led to the release in 1998 of the album and DVD Live!!, featuring recordings from the shows. 1998 also found Levén collaborating with the project band Southpaw.
In 1999 came out another collaboration, this time with Pontus Norgren. A year later followed another project band called Dogface with which he released two albums. 2002 teamed him up again with Edling for a doom metal project entitled Krux. Another prominent collaboration came the following year when German guitarist Olaf Lenk asked Levén to join his band At Vance, as lead vocalist. He released two successful albums with At Vance, The Evil in You (2003) and Chained (2005). He also found time for recording an album with yet another project band, Sabbtail. Around the end of 2003, Swedish symphonic metal act Therion asked Levén to join them for the recording of their albums Lemuria and Sirius B and also the one-year-and-a-half world tour to follow. Due to the successful collaboration between him and Therion the band has asked him to do lead vocals on their next album and world tour as well.
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