Career
He is best known as the former guitarist of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth. In 1991 he joined Opeth to play bass for a show, but ended up staying and switching to guitars. Lindgren played approximately half of Opeth"s lead guitar sections.
As explained in "The Making of Deliverance and Damnation" on Opeth"s live Digital Video Disc Lamentations, lead-playing duties were based on ease of Mikael Åkerfeldt"s vocal delivery and which of the two might want a given solo more.
If Åkerfeldt was having trouble with a solo, he would hand it over to Lindgren, and vice versa. In March 2004, Peter and Mikael Åkerfeldt were both ranked #42 out of the 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of all time by Guitar World.
Lindgren holds degrees in engineering physics from Royal Institute of Technology and literature from Stockholm University. In May 2007, Peter Lindgren announced that he had left Opeth due to the rigors of life on the road as a touring musician and that he had lost his enthusiasm for playing in Opeth.
Both Lindgren and Åkerfeldt said that the split was amicable.
As of this time Lindgren was working as an information technology consultant in Stockholm and has so far stayed out of public eye. Guitars
PRS Custom 24
Gibson Les Paul Custom 1974
Jackson Randy Rhoads
1991 Gibson SG
Amplification
Laney VH100R (His amplifier settings/eq were almost exactly like Åkerfeldt"s during live performances)
Effects
BOSS GT-5 effect processor.