During the 1980s, Sweden fostered both big sellers and style makers who are still talked about in the hard rock world today. All within a radius of a few postcodes in the Stockholm area. About Europe, Yngwie Malmsteen, Bathory, Candlemass.
From the top charts down to the underground. During the 1990s, a few dedicated teenagers make Stockholm and Gothenburg central places in death metal and Umeå becomes synonymous with hardcore.