associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place birth_date instrument genre article_title occupation
amon soen , anuryzm amarth , fifth to infinity , opeth , 1995 & ndash ; present premier drums , sabian cymbals sweden 20 may 1978 drums , percussion progressive , progressive rock metal , death metal , progressive death metal martin lopez
 musician
martin lopez

martin lopez -lrb- born may 20 , 1978 in stockholm -rrb- is a swedish-uruguayan drummer , currently a member and co-founder of progressive metal supergroup soen , but is best known as the ex-drummer of swedish progressive death metal band opeth and melodic death metal band amon amarth .
lopez was born in sweden to uruguayan settler parents , later moving to uruguay , then back to sweden .
