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Adrian Erlandsson (born 27 October 1970) is a Swedish heavy metal drummer who is a member 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 ...
(1990–1996, 2007–2008, 2010–),
the Haunted Haunted or The Haunted may refer to: Books * ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004 * ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...
(1996–1999, 2013–), and Nemhain (2006–). He has also been a member of H.E.A.L. (1994–1996), Hyperhug (1994–1996), Decameron (1997), Cradle of Filth (1999–2006), Needleye (2006–?),
Brujeria Various types of witchcraft and occult religious practices exist in Latin American and Afro-Caribbean cultures, known in Spanish as (pronounced ). Influenced by indigenous religion, Catholicism, and European witchcraft, the purpose may range ...
(2006–2013), Netherbird (2007–2010), and Paradise Lost (2009–2016). Erlandsson currently resides in London where he owns a photo studio.


Biography

Erlandsson was born in
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to a Swedish father with Romanian roots. He's the older brother of
Daniel Erlandsson Daniel John Erlandsson (born 22 May 1976) is a Swedish musician, best known as the drummer in the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy and Brujeria. His early work includes drumming on the In Flames album '' Subterranean'' (1995). He has also p ...
, the drummer of
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 ex-
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. They both grew up together in Sweden and started playing drums at a very young age but with Adrian's career beginning in 1981 at the age of 11 after getting his first drum kit, and started to play with friends began playing covers of classic rock songs. He got his brother into drumming as Daniel admits "If it wasn't for him I probably wouldn't be playing today." They also started playing with their music teacher at school, and eventually began to write their own songs and formed a band. Inspired by Judas Priest, he formed the Black Nuns which evolved into Berits Polisonger playing until 1986. There then followed a series of other bands including thrash metal band Penance in 1987. Erlandsson went on to form Penance, a
thrash metal Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and often fast tempo.Kahn-Harris, Keith, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'', pp. 2–3, 9. Oxford: Berg, 2007, . ...
band, which never recorded a demo, although they did record some rehearsal tracks. As soon as he could hold down his first beat, Adrian Erlandsson and a friend formed a band and covered classic rock songs. The first song they learned was Joan Jett's "
I Love Rock 'n' Roll "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" is a rock song written by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker and first recorded by the Arrows, a British rock band, in 1975. A 1981 cover version by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, released as the first single from her album ...
" They soon gathered more members and began playing covers by bands like
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,
Dokken Dokken is an American glam metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as " Alone Again", " In My Dreams", and " Burn ...
,
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, GBH,
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and
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.


Bands


At the Gates

Erlandsson then went to University in Gothenburg, where in 1990, he joined the Swedish death metal band
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 ...
. He was the band's drummer until they broke up, and received critical and fan praise for his speed and precision. When asked what each at the Gates member contributes to the group's overall sound, bandmember
Anders Björler Anders Björler (born 26 February 1973) is a Swedish musician, composer and film director. He is best known as the guitar player in the metal bands The Haunted and At the Gates, alongside his bass-playing twin brother Jonas Björler. Björle ...
said that Erlandsson "hit the drums hard". In 2007, At the Gates reunited for some festival shows in the summer of 2008 and a headlining US tour which was dubbed ''Suicidal Final Tour'' and at the time, mentioned that they would disband after the 2008 tour. In December 2010, the band reunited again, and released their fifth studio album ''
At War with Reality ''At War with Reality'' is the fifth studio album and major label debut by Swedish melodic death metal band At the Gates, released on 28 October 2014. It is the band's first album since '' Slaughter of the Soul'' (1995), marking the longest gap b ...
'' in October 2014.


Terror

He was a founding member of the supergroup ''Terror'' in the Spring of 1994 with
Jon Nödtveidt Jon Andreas Nödtveidt (28 June 1975 – 13 August 2006) was a Swedish musician best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Swedish black metal band Dissection. He co-founded the band in 1989 with bassist Peter Palmdahl. Career As th ...
and his ''At the Gates'' bandmates,
Anders Björler Anders Björler (born 26 February 1973) is a Swedish musician, composer and film director. He is best known as the guitar player in the metal bands The Haunted and At the Gates, alongside his bass-playing twin brother Jonas Björler. Björle ...
& Jonas Björler. The band existed for a few weeks but released ''Demo '94'' in April 1994.


The Haunted

The day after the first demise of At the Gates, being 27 July 1996, Erlandsson formed
The Haunted Haunted or The Haunted may refer to: Books * ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004 * ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005 * ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...
with Patrik Jensen. Erlandsson remained in the band before departing in June 1999 due to eventually not liking the deal the band had
Earache Records Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...
. Later on in 2012, when
Per Möller Jensen The Haunted is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996. The original members were Anders and Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen. Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of th ...
(the drummer who replaced Erlandsson back in '99) quit The Haunted, the remainder of the band who had also lost 2 other members other than Möller, had difficulty for a year to search for a new drummer, until Patrik Jensen phoned Erlandsson in April 2013 to rejoin. When Erlandsson asked Jensen as to who else was in the band, he responded with new members Marco Aro and
Ola Englund Ola "The Swede" Englund (born 27 September 1981) is a Swedish guitarist, record producer, YouTuber, and the owner of Solar guitars. He is a founding-member of the band Feared, plays lead guitar in the Swedish metal band The Haunted, and is a fo ...
. Having knowing those members and respecting them at their musical abilities, Erlandsson immediately jumped at the chance to join and put his musical input with them. On 26 June 2013, The Haunted released a YouTube video titled "The Haunted returns with a revamped line-up!" which officially announced the returns of both Erlandsson and vocalist Marco Aro.


Cradle of Filth

Erlandsson mentioned how he was hired by Cradle of Filth stating: In 2006, according to an official Roadrunner press release, Erlandsson left with the intention of devoting his energies to his two side projects, Nemhain and the since-defunct Needleye. "I have enjoyed my time with Cradle but it is now time to move on. I feel I am going out on a high as ''
Thornography ''Thornography'' is the seventh studio album by English extreme metal band Cradle of Filth. It was released on 17 October 2006, by record label Roadrunner. It was produced by former Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano, engineered by Dan Turner and mi ...
'' is definitely our best album to date".


Nemhain

Erlandsson formed Nemhain with his wife Amber Erlandsson, known as a fetish model under the name Morrigan Hel, in March 2006. The band returns Erlandsson to his roots as a rock drummer
Nemhain
recorded its debut album ''From the Ashes'' in Studio Fredman during the late spring 2008 due for a release in April 2009.


Paradise Lost

In March 2009, Erlandsson joined the British gothic metal band Paradise Lost under Jeff Walker's recommendation. Although he was hired after the recording '' Faith Divides Us Death Unites Us'', he was in the music video ''The Rise of Denial''. Throughout random times from 2009 to 2014, Erlandsson was unable to play with the band due to commitments with his other bands most notably At the Gates. In June 2016, he announced on his Facebook page that he will no longer play drums for Paradise Lost due to other band commitments.


Vallenfyre

In 2010 he was hired again to be in another band of Gregory Mackintosh from Paradise Lost called Vallenfyre. In 2014, just like in Paradise Lost, Erlandsson has been unable to play with the band due to commitments with his other bands.


Other projects

Erlandsson has also played in Nifelheim. While Adrian was in Cradle of Filth, due to band's poor reputation in the
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scene, he was fired from Nifelheim, who said it was "like a very bad, bad dream" to have had "a drummer who plays in CRADLE OF WIMPS now", and that he was "a schooled drummer" but "had problems to understand the most twisted and sickest riffs".Paulo,
Metalion Head Not Found is a Norwegian record label, a sublabel of Voices Music & Entertainment, specializing in various heavy metal subgenres. They describe the genres as Black, Death, Doom, Thrash, Gothic, Viking Metal and Ambient. Their parent label is ...
: ''NIFELHEIM''. In:
Jon Kristiansen Head Not Found is a Norwegian record label, a sublabel of Voices Music & Entertainment, specializing in various heavy metal subgenres. They describe the genres as Black, Death, Doom, Thrash, Gothic, Viking Metal and Ambient. Their parent label is ...
: ''Metalion: The Slayer Mag Diaries''. Brooklyn, NY: Bazillion Points Books 2011. p. 459.
In late 2007, Erlandsson recorded the drums for a three track EP for London band Green River Project. The year 2008 saw Erlandsson fill in for
Deathstars Deathstars is a Swedish industrial metal band from Strömstad. Formed in 2000, the group are noted for their dark horror-themed lyrics, pessimistic and misanthropic social commentary, distinctive trademark face paint, dark stage uniforms and p ...
on their tour in Europe supporting Korn. In 2012 Erlandsson took part in a still unreleased and secretive project with the band HIYF. (needs more details)


Equipment


Sabian Cymbals

*19 Paragon China *15 HHX Xcelerator hats *20 AAX Iso crash *10 AAX Ozone splash *10 AA Mini holy china *19 Artisan crash *20 AAX Vcrash *22 HH Power bell ride *19 Holy China Left to right. Date: April 2021


Drumsticks

* Vic Firth Rock Nylon Tip. (At The Gates signature version).


Hardware

*Monolit Czarcie Kopyto


TAMA Starclassic Bubinga

*BD: 22x18 *T1: 10x8 *T2: 12x9 *T3: 14x11 (mostly only at recording sessions). *FT1: 16X16 *FT2: 18x16 *SD: 14x6.5 Tama Bell Brass Snare (usually with Die Cast hoops instead of Brass Hoops) Date: April 2021


Evans Accessories

*AF Patch – Kevlar Single Pedal *EMAD Onyx Batter Drumhead *EC Reverse Dot Snare Drumhead *Glass 500 Snare Side Drumhead *Puresound Blasters Series Snare Wires *EC2 Clear Drumhead *Resonant Black Drumhead *Magnetic Head Key *Compact Flip Key *Torque Drum Key


Discography


References


External links


Adrian's last interview as the drummer for Cradle of Filth
{{DEFAULTSORT:Erlandsson, Adrian 1970 births Living people Swedish heavy metal drummers Swedish people of Romanian descent The Haunted (Swedish band) members Cradle of Filth members People from Malmö Musicians from London Swedish emigrants to the United Kingdom Brujeria (band) members At the Gates members Paradise Lost (band) members 21st-century drummers