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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."
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Nihilist drums (drum set)
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Entombed drums (drum set), lead vocals
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The Hellacopters guitar, lead vocals
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Super$hit 666 membranophone, lead vocals
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The Hydromatics membranophone
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The Solution membranophone, guitar
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Death Breath guitar, membranophone
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Imperial State Electric guitar, lead vocals
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Alonzo & Fas 3 guitar
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Lucifer drums (drum set)
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Anders Niklas Andersson · Nicke Andersson Platow · Nicke Hellacopter
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- fe8ffe3a-fa4d-49ca-8d09-41d9c95e8b05
- ISNI
- 0000000058810269
- IPI
- 00247013299
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 7 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.