Michael Amott

Quick Facts

Full Name	Michael Amott
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jul 28, 1969(1969-07-28)
Age	55
Birthplace	Halmstad
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Halland County
Horoscope	Cancer

Michael Amott Biography

Michael Amott is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on July 28, 1969 in Halmstad, Halland County, Sweden. Swedish guitarist for the metal band Arch Enemy as well as Carnage, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage.

Johnny Marr and The Smiths are among Amott’s musical influences., and The Smiths are some of Amott’s musical influences.

Amott began playing guitar as a young teenager, learning to play by copying hardcore punk and heavy metal out of his record collection. Amott soon went to a new level with his playing and became influenced by players such as Tony Iommi, Frank Marino, Michael Schenker, Kerry King, Dave Mustaine, Ritchie Blackmore, Glenn Tipton, Adrian Smith, and Uli Jon Roth. He has stated in guitar magazines that he has a preference for pentatonics. Amott co-formed the death metal band Carnage in 1988 with singer Johan Liiva, and released two widely traded cassette demos, gaining instant underground interest. Plagued by constant lineup changes, Carnage eventually recorded their only album Dark Recollections with Amott as the sole original member, but by the time the album came out on Necrosis records in 1990, the band was broken up.

Soon afterwards, Amott was recruited by Carcass in 1990, and released the seminal album Necroticism – Descanting the Insalubrious in 1991. The band would go on to release their highest selling album, Heartwork (Columbia/Sony), in 1993, helping to define what is now known as melodic death metal.

He was also joined by his brother Christopher in Arch Enemy.

Michael Amott Net Worth

Michael Amott is one of the richest Guitarist from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Michael Amott 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Amott was a legend with bands like Carcass, a legendary death metal band before Arch Enemy.

He made a guest appearance on Metalocalypse, an Adult Swim program in 2006 as a voiceover artist.

Michael Amott (born 28 July 1969) is a Swedish guitarist, songwriter, founding member of the bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, and Carnage, as well as a former member of the extreme metal band Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott. Some major influences in his music have been Tony Iommi, Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Dave Mustaine.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Michael Amott height 6 ft 5 in Michael weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Michael Amott Dating?

According to our records, Michael Amott is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Michael Amott’s is not dating anyone.

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Michael Amott has been a vegetarian since the age of 14. He is a self-taught guitar player. He dated former band member Angela Gossow (at one point being engaged to marry her in 2003), but the two are no longer together after thirteen years and still remain friends. He also has a daughter.

Facts & Trivia

Michael Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Michael Amott celebrates birthday on July 28 of every year.

In 2006, Amott made his voice acting debut when he appeared on the Adult Swim show Metalocalypse. In the episode “Snakes ‘n Barrels”, he voiced scientist Dr. Amomolith Chesterfield and Snakes ‘n Barrels bassist Antonio Tony DiMarco Thunderbottom, who would end up getting his memory erased during the first song of their reunion show. Amott returned for more voice acting in the second season of Metalocalypse in the episode “Snakes n’ Barrels II” (Part 1 and 2).

Why did Michael Amott leave Carcass?

Michael left Carcass in 1993 due to creative differences , and decided to form a classic rock influenced band, Spiritual Beggars. The band released their debut album Spiritual Beggars in 1994, which led to a European record deal with Music for Nations, who released Another Way to Shine in 1996.

Is Michael Amott vegan?

Amott has been a vegetarian since the age of 14. He is a self-taught guitar player.

What guitar does Michael Amott use?

Gibson Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar Michael can be seen here playing on a Gibson Les Paul Custom.

Is carcass death metal?

Carcass is considered to be the major inspiration and musical foundation for most deathgrind/goregrind bands, as well as being one of the founding fathers of melodic death metal when they had switched their genre to the melodic death metal sound by the early ’90s.