Background
Lopez was born in Sweden to Uruguayan settler parents, later moving to Uruguay, then back to Sweden.
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Career
Lopez joined Opeth in 1997, after leaving Swedish melodic death metal band Amon Amarth on whose album Once Sent From the Golden Hall he played. With Opeth, he recorded the albums My Arms, Your Hearse, Still Life, Blackwater Park, Deliverance, Damnation and Ghost Reveries. Although, due to health reasons, Lopez permanently left Opeth on May 12, 2006, to be replaced by Martin Axenrot, he hadn"t been actively involved with the band since the recording of Ghost Reveries wrapped in the summer of 2005.
Lopez now concentrates fully on his old band, Fifth to Infinity.
On May 28, 2010, it was announced that Martin Lopez, bassist Steve DiGiorgio, singer Joel Ekelöf and guitarist Kim Platbarzdis had joined forces in the band Soen. Their debut album, Cognitive, was released on February 15, 2012.
Martin endorsed Premier drums on the first albums, he then switched over to Tama. His Premier kit was a Signia Marquis series, his Tama kit is a Starclassic series.
In 2014 Martin switched to a Noble & Cooley drum endorsement.
