Peter Lindgren

Peter Lindgren (born March 6, 1973) is a Swedish guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as the former guitarist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. In 1991 he joined Opeth to play bass for a show, but ended up staying and switching to guitars. In May 2007 Peter Lindgren announced that he had left Opeth due to the rigors of life on the road as a touring musician. Both Lindgren and Åkerfeldt said that the split was amicable.

Some of Lindgren's notable guitar solos in Opeth songs include the first in Deliverance from the album Deliverance, that of When from My Arms, Your Hearse, and the last in Beneath the Mire from Ghost Reveries. As explained in "The Making of Deliverance and Damnation" on Opeth's live DVD Lamentations, lead-playing duties are based on ease of Åkerfeldt's vocal delivery and which of the two might want a given solo more. If Åkerfeldt is having trouble with a solo, he will hand it over to Peter, and vice versa.

On May 17, 2007, the official Opeth website announced that Peter Lindgren had left the band, including the following statement from him:

He was replaced by Fredrik Åkesson of Arch Enemy fame. Peter holds Masters degrees in Physics as well as Philosophy. He is currently working as an IT consultant in Stockholm.

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