Rikard Ekberg is a Swedish guitarist, metal vocalist, songwriter, composer and is a founding member of the dark symphonic metal band ELEINE. His sound is aggressive and wide spread. His musical influences originates in old school metal, film scores and video games. ELEINE has been quickly rising through the ranks since their start in 2014, and has toured with bands such as MOONSPELL, W.A.S.P., SONATA ARCTICA and ARCH ENEMY.

ELEINE released their third full length album, ”Dancing In Hell”, on November 27th of 2020 during a global pandemic. Even though touring was not possible for the band, ”Dancing In Hell” became ELEINE’s most successful album to date, with great reviews across the board and placed high on sales charts for several weeks after release.