Daniel John Erlandsson (born 22 May 1976) is a Swedish musician, best known as the drummer in the melodic death metal band

Arch Enemy Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, originally a supergroup from Halmstad, formed in 1995. Its members were in bands such as Carcass, Armageddon, Carnage, Mercyful Fate, Spiritual Beggars, The Agonist, Nevermore, and Eucharis ...

and

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. His early work includes drumming on the In Flames album '' Subterranean'' (1995). He has also played for other bands, most notably

Eucharist The Eucharist (; from Greek , , ), also known as Holy Communion and the Lord's Supper, is a Christian rite that is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. According to the New Testament, the rite was institu ...

, Liers in Wait, Diabolique,

Armageddon According to the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Christian Bible, Armageddon (, from grc, Ἁρμαγεδών ''Harmagedōn'', Late Latin: , from Hebrew: ''Har Məgīddō'') is the prophesied location of a gathering of armie ...

(featuring

Christopher Amott Christopher Amott (born 23 November 1977) is a Swedish guitarist, younger brother of Michael Amott and founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy and Armageddon. He is currently the guitarist for Dark Tranquillity. Biography Amott was born ...

of Arch Enemy), Revengia and The End. Erlandsson was born in Malmö. His older brother is

Adrian Erlandsson Adrian Erlandsson (born 27 October 1970) is a Swedish heavy metal drummer who is a member of At the Gates (1990–1996, 2007–2008, 2010–), the Haunted (1996–1999, 2013–), and Nemhain (2006–). He has also been a member of H.E.A.L. ...

, the drummer of

At the Gates At the Gates is a Swedish death metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. The band was a major progenitor of Gothenburg-style melodic death metal alongside In Flames and Dark Tranquillity. Prior to their first disbandment in 1996, At the Gat ...

, The Haunted,

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and Vallenfyre and the former drummer of

Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their l ...

. They both grew up together in Sweden and started playing drums at a very young age. Daniel writes on the Arch Enemy website: "We grew up together and used to jam on a little kit in our parents basement, he started first and after some years I started too... He's been a great influence over the years, and if it wasn't for him I probably wouldn't be playing today." He formerly played reunion shows with legendary grindcore band

Carcass Carcass or Carcase (both pronounced ) may refer to: * Dressed carcass, the body of a livestock animal ready for butchery, after removal of skin, visceral organs, head, feet etc. *Carrion, the decaying dead body of an animal or human being *The s ...

from 2007–2010 as their original drummer

Ken Owen Kenneth Malcolm Owen (born 23 April 1970) is an English drummer. He was born in Billinge and grew up in Gayton, Merseyside. He is best known as one of the founding members of extreme metal band Carcass, for which he also handled some of the ...

could not play due to complications from a brain hemorrhage he had in 1999. Both he and fellow Arch Enemy member

Michael Amott Michael Amott (born 28 July 1969) is a Swedish guitarist, founding member of the metal bands Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars and Carnage, as well as a former member of Carcass. He is the older brother of Christopher Amott. Amott was ranked ...

left the band in 2012, with Erlandsson being replaced by former

Aborted Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in 1995 in Waregem. The group currently consists of vocalist, founder and only constant member Sven de Caluwé, guitarist Ian Jekelis, bassist Stefano Franceschini and drummer Ken Bedene. Although t ...

and current Trigger the Bloodshed drummer Daniel Wilding. In 2012, he was hired by the band Brujeria, under the name "El Clavador".

Equipment

Pearl Reference Pure Drums (Ivory Pearl #330) * 22x18 bass drum (x2) * 10x8 tom * 12x9 tom * 13x10 tom * 16x16 floor tom * 18x16 floor tom * 20x14 gong drum * 14x5.5 Daniel Erlandsson signature snare drum (Source: ) Pearl ICON rack system and hardware * DR-503 ICON rack * DR-501 front rack * RJ-50 mini extension bar * PCX-200 rack clamp (x4) * PCX-100 rack clamp (x11) * CH-2030 boom arm (x11) * H-2000 hi hat stand * P-3000 bass drum pedal (x2) * S-1030 snare drum stand * TH-1030i tom holder (x4) * CLH-930 closed hi hat arm * D-2500 drum throne

References

External links

Daniel Erlandsson's profile on Evans

Daniel Erlandsson's profile on Pearl Drums

Daniel Erlandsson's list of cymbals on Drumhall.com

Brazilian Arch Enemy fan site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erlandsson, Daniel Death metal musicians Swedish heavy metal drummers Swedish people of Romanian descent Arch Enemy members Carcass (band) members 1976 births Living people Musicians from Malmö 21st-century drummers In Flames members Liers in Wait members