Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974 in

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, Sweden) is a

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of the band Mitochondrial Sun, but was best known as the founding

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of band

Dark Tranquillity Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are considered one of the pioneering acts of the Gothenburg metal scene, which also includes bands such as In Flames and At the Gates. Dark Tranquillity is regarde ...

(1989–2020). He was also one of the guitarists in the band Laethora (2005–2010). In Dark Tranquillity, he was one of only two members (the other being drummer Anders Jivarp) to maintain his musical role, unlike the other members who have or had switched. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three and recent two Dark Tranquillity albums (Lead singer

Mikael Stanne Bengt Mikael Stanne (born 20 May 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as the vocalist and one of the lyricists (as well as a former rhythm guitarist) for the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity. Since the departure of origin ...

wrote all of Dark Tranquillity's lyrics from ''

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'' through ''

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'') and

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal. During the ...

' album ''

The Jester Race ''The Jester Race'' is the second studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in February 1996. It is the first album to feature Anders Fridén as the band's vocalist, Björn Gelotte as the drummer, and Jester Head as the band ...

'', and continued to translate In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén's lyrics from Swedish to English for the next few albums while Anders worked to become more proficient in English. Although he quit Dark Tranquillity in 2016, it wasn't announced until 22 March 2020. Sundin is also the founder of

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, which among other things creates artwork for metal bands. He recently published a book of independent artwork and sketches. He has done album layouts for bands such as

, Eternal Tears of Sorrow,

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, Arch Enemy, Nightrage,

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, and Fragments of Unbecoming, as well as his own bands.

Equipment

His main guitars are

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Faded SG, Gibson 1983 Flying V, and an

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IC400; he also uses a custom J. Nunis SC1, 2

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s (Standard and Gothic), and a Fender Talon I. He previously used Rocktron Chameleon rack mounted pre-amplifiers, but after the '' Damage Done'' tour, he and Martin Henriksson began using Peavey 5150 and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amplifiers along with Behringer V-AMP 2 modeling processors. In the making of We Are the Void, they are seen in the studio using a Peavey 6505, an ENGL Powerball, as well as a Bugera amplifier. . He also endorses

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Discography as musician

*(1993)

- Skydancer *(1995)

- The Gallery *(1997)

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*(1999)

*(2000)

- Haven *(2002)

- Damage Done *(2005) -

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*(2006) "In a Drowse" - Gallows Gallery - Sigh (

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) *(2007) Laethora - March of the Parasite *(2007)

*(2010) Laethora - The Light In Which We All Burn *(2010) Dark Tranquillity - We Are The Void *(2013) Dark Tranquillity - Construct *(2016) Dark Tranquillity - Atoma *(2020) Mitochondrial Sun - Mitochondrial Sun

Album covers

* ...And Oceans - '' A.M.G.O.D.'' * Ablaze My Sorrow - ''Anger, Hate, Fury'' *Adversary - ''Singularity'' *Aephanemer - ''Know Thyself'' *Aephanemer - ''Memento Mori'' *Aephanemer - ''Prokopton'' *Aephanemer - ''A Dream of Wilderness'' * Ajattara - ''ITSE'' *Ajattara - ''Kuolema'' *Ajattara - ''Tyhjyys'' *Agregator - ''A Semmi Ágán'' *Agregator - ''Szürkület'' *Alas - ''Absolute Purity'' *Amethyst - ''Dea Noctilucae'' *Amortis - ''Gift of Tongues'' * Andromeda - ''Extension of the Wish'' *Andromeda - ''Crescendo of Thoughts'' *Andromeda - ''Chimera'' * Arch Enemy - ''

Wages of Sin ''Wages of Sin'' is the fourth studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. It is the first Arch Enemy album to feature the vocals of Angela Gossow. It is also the first album they use Standard-C tuning, which they still use ...

'', ''

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'' EP, ''

Anthems of Rebellion ''Anthems of Rebellion'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. This was the first Arch Enemy album to feature clean vocals. The clean vocals were sung by Christopher Amott on "End of the Line" and "Dehumanizat ...

'', '' Dead Eyes See No Future'' EP, ''Live Doomsday DVD'' & ''

Rise of the Tyrant ''Rise of the Tyrant'' is the seventh studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy. It was produced by Fredrik Nordström and released on 24 September 2007 via Century Media. Background Vocalist Angela Gossow commented on ''Rise ...

'' * Arise - ''The Godly Work of Art'' *Arise - ''Kings of the Cloned Generation'' *

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- ''Embrace the Mystery'' *As Memory Dies - ''Transmutate'' *Autumnblaze - ''DämmerElbenTragödie'' *Autumnblaze - ''Words are Not What They Seem'' *Avariel - "The Dawn" *

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- ''Flesh Power Dominion'' *Callenish Circle - '' My Passion // Your Pain'' *Callenish Circle - ''Forbidden Empathy'' * Ceremonial Oath - ''The Lost Name of God'' EP *

Charon In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (; grc, Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of Hades, the Greek underworld. He carries the souls of those who have been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the ...

- ''Tearstained'' *Charon - ''Downhearted'' *Charon - ''Little Angel'' EP *Corporation 187 - ''Perfection in Pain'' * Dark Age - ''s/t'' *

- '' Haven'' *Dark Tranquillity - ''

'' *Dark Tranquillity - '' Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night'' *Dark Tranquillity - '' Damage Done'' *Dark Tranquillity - ''

Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial ''Exposures – In Retrospect and Denial'' is a compilation album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity, that was released in 2004. Disc 1 Tracks 1 and 2 were recorded during the ''Damage Done'' sessions in 2002. Track 1 had ...

'' *Dark Tranquillity - '' Lost to Apathy'' *Dark Tranquillity - ''

'' *Dark Tranquillity - ''

'' *Dark Tranquillity - '' We Are the Void'' *Dark Tranquillity - '' Construct'' *Dark Tranquillity - '' Atoma'' *Dark Tranquillity - ''

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'' *Dawn of Relic - ''Lovecraftian Dark'' *Deadsoil - ''Sacrifice'' *

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- '' An Epic Defiance'' *Detonation - '' Portals to Uphobia'' *

Dimension Zero Dimension Zero is a melodic death metal band based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was formed in 1995 as a side project by In Flames' former guitarists Jesper Strömblad and Glenn Ljungström. The former Marduk drummer and vocalist Jocke Gothberg ...

- '' Silent Night Fever'' *Dimension Zero - '' This Is Hell'' *Dominion Caligula - ''A New Era Rises'' * Dragonland - ''Astronomy'' *Dreamaker - ''Human Device'' *

Empyrium Empyrium is a German symphonic folk/doom metal and (later) neofolk/ dark folk band. History Empyrium was founded in 1994 by Markus Stock (mostly using the pseudonym Ulf Theodor Schwadorf) and Andreas Bach, but later many other musicians par ...

- ''Weiland'' *Enforsaken - ''The Forever Endeavour'' *Enter Chaos - ''Aura Sense'' *Enter My Silence - ''Remotecontrolled Scythe'' *Entwine - ''Gone'' *Entwine - ''New Dawn'' (mcd) * Eternal Tears of Sorrow - ''Chaotic Beauty'' *Eternal Tears of Sorrow - '' A Virgin and a Whore'' *Eternal Tears of Sorrow - ''The Last One for Life'' (EP) *Ethereal Spawn - ''Ablaze in Viral Flames'' *Eventide - ''Caress the Abstract'' (mcd) *Eventide - ''Promo 2000'' *Eventide - ''No Place Darker'' *Eventide - ''Diaries from the Gallows'' * Evilheart - ''Storm Of Annihilation'' *Eyetrap - ''Folk Magic'' *Fall - "The Insatiable Weakness" *Fields of Asphodel - ''Deathflower'' (mcd) *Flowing Tears - ''Jade'' * Fragments of Unbecoming - '' Sterling Black Icon'' *Gaia - ''Gaia'' * Gardenian - '' Sindustries'' *Gardenian - ''

Soulburner ''Soulburner'' is the second album by Swedish melodic death metal band Gardenian. It would be their first album under the Nuclear Blast banner. This is the last Gardenian release with Håkan Skoger. Track listing # "As a True King" – 3:21 # ...

'' *

Green Carnation Green Carnation is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Kristiansand, formed in 1990. Green Carnation's trend of music has continuously changed on every release one by one; from straight forward death metal in their demo, to death-doom, then ...

- ''

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'' *Green Carnation - ''

Light of Day, Day of Darkness ''Light of Day, Day of Darkness'' is the second (one-track) studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band, Green Carnation. Originally, it was released by German record label Prophecy Productions in November 2001. Background The album wa ...

'' *Green Carnation - ''

The Quiet Offspring ''The Quiet Offspring'' is the fourth full-length studio album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Green Carnation. It was released on 22 February 2005. Background In this recording, the band breaks away from their previous offerings. Al ...

'' *Harm - ''Devil'' *Hypocrite - ''Edge of Existence'' *

- '' The Tokyo Showdown'' *In Flames - ''

Reroute to Remain ''Reroute to Remain'' (subtitled: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Insanity'', and on reissue: ''Fourteen Songs of Conscious Madness'') is the sixth studio album by Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released in September 2002. The album saw a m ...

'' *In Flames - '' Trigger'' *In Flames - '' Soundtrack to Your Escape'' *In Flames - " The Quiet Place" *Jeremy - ''Edge on the History'' *Jeremy - ''The 2nd Advent'' *Kang in O - s/t *Kayser - ''Frame the World...Hang on the Wall'' *Kerozene - ''Kerozene'' *

Kiuas Kiuas are a Finnish heavy metal band from Espoo, Finland. Their music includes influences from power metal, folk metal and different styles of extreme metal. Influences from progressive metal can also be heard in some songs. History Before th ...

- ''

The New Dark Age ''The New Dark Age'' is the third studio album by the Finnish heavy metal band Kiuas. The album was released through Spinefarm Records on 12 March 2008 for Finland with new dates to be announced for other areas. The song "Conqueror", directed ...

'' *

- ''Spiral Ascent'' *Lacrimas Produndere - ''Ave End'' *Last Tribe - ''The Uncrowned'' *Laethora - ''March of the Parasite'' *Lahmia - ''Into The Abyss'' *Lost Horizon - ''Awakening the World'' *Love in the Time of Cholera - ''The Sun Through Glass'' *Luciferion - ''The Apostate'' *

Lullacry Lullacry was a Finnish melodic band with gothic metal influences that hailed from Helsinki. History The band recorded their first demo (named ''Weeper's Aeon'') in 1998 and in a short time they had enough of a following to safely attempt a full ...

- ''Be My God'' *Madrigal - ''Enticed'' (ep) *Madrigal - ''I Die You Soar'' *

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- ''11 Dreams'' *Mercenary - ''Architect of Lies''
Miscellany
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Catch-22
' *Mirrored Mind - ''At Meridian'' *Moonshine - ''Eternal'' *

Moonsorrow Moonsorrow is a Finnish pagan metal band formed in Helsinki in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound. The band call their sound "epic heathen metal" and try to distance themselves from th ...

- ''Suden Uni'' *Mourning Caress - ''Escape'' *My Blood Is Fire - ''The End of Innocence'' *Mörk Gryning - ''Maelstrom Chaos'' *

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- '' Sheol'' *Narcissus - ''Crave and Collapse'' * Nightrage - '' Sweet Vengeance'' * Novembre - ''Classica'' *Opposite Sides - ''Soul Mechanics'' *

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- ''Passenger'' *Passenger - ''In Reverse'' (ep) *Pathos - ''Katharsis'' *Red Aim - ''Niagara'' *Rockateers - ''Louder Than Ever'' (ep) *Sanctus - ''Aeon Sky'' *Samadhi - ''Incandescence'' *Satanic Slaughter - ''Banished to the Underworld'' *Scaar - ''The Second Incision'' *Scylla - ''Mater Dolorosa'' *

- ''

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'' *Sentenced - ''Killing Me, Killing You'' (ep) *Shadownation - ''Promo 2001'' *Silence - ''Enola'' *Silence - ''The P/O/U/R Letters'' *Skyfall - ''Skyfall'' *Sleeping X - ''Sleeping X'' (demo ep) *Soultorn - ''Masks'' * Spiritual Beggars - ''

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'' *Sunset Sphere - ''Storm Before Silence'' *Supreme Majesty - ''Tales of a Tragic Kingdom'' *Supreme Majesty - ''Danger'' *Tactile Gemma - ''Tactile Gemma'' *The Crest - ''Letters from Fire'' *The Forsaken - ''Traces of the Past'' *The Moor - ''Jupiter's Immigrants'' *The More I See - ''The More I See'' *Thundra - ''Blood of Your Soul'' *Thyrane - ''Hypnotic'' *Thyrfing - ''Vansinnesvisor'' *Time Requiem - ''The Inner Circle of Reality'' *

Turisas Turisas is a Finnish metal band from Hämeenlinna. They were founded in 1997 by Mathias Nygård and Jussi Wickström, and named after an ancient Finnish god of war. Turisas are a folk metal band, incorporating elements of power metal and s ...

- '' Battle Metal'' *Underthreat - ''Deathmosphere'' *Urban Tales - ''Signs of Times'' *Various Artists - ''No Fashion Classics'' *Veneficum - ''Enigma Prognosis'' *Vermin - ''Filthy Fucking Vermin'' * Witchery - ''Symphony for the Devil'' (US version) *Within Y - ''Extended Mental Dimensions'' *

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- ''Wolf'' (German edition) *Wolf - ''Moonshine'' (ep)

References

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