 In 2018, the band was nominated for a Grammy Award for their song "Clockworks" under the "Best Metal Performance" category.The band has performed in various international festivals, including Ozzfest and Download, and embarked on the "obZen" world tour from 2008 to 2010, and also the "Ophidian Trek".In 1985, guitarist Fredrik Thordendal formed a band in Umeå, a college town in northern Sweden with a population of 105,000.