Imperial State Electric

Group

Imperial State Electric

From
Stockholm, Sweden
Since
2009–present
Releases
13
  • rock
  • garage rock
  • hard rock
  • power pop

About

Anders Niklas Andersson (born 1 August 1972), also known as Nicke Andersson, is a Swedish musician best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band The Hellacopters and drummer for the death metal band Entombed. Besides his work with the Hellacopters and Entombed, Andersson currently plays and writes songs for the soul band The Solution, the death metal band Death Breath, the hard rock band Lucifer, and rock band Imperial State Electric.

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Andersson has been involved in over a hundred official releases with different bands, done work as a producer, contributed instrumental and vocal parts, and created artwork for most of the bands he has been involved with.
Anderson has been quoted by contemporary artists as saying "Death metal for me is probably how composers of horror scores see their music to the movies."

From Nicke Andersson on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Discography

Albums 5
EPs 2
Singles 4
Live 1
Compilations 1

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Identifiers

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.