Adrian Erlandsson
Adrian Erlandsson is a
Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in
Cradle of Filth. He has also played for
At the Gates and
The Haunted.
He was born in
Malmö,
Sweden on
October 27,
1970. He began drumming at the age of eleven when he got his first drum kit, and with his friends began playing covers of rock classics such as
Joan Jett's
"I Love Rock N Roll". They also started playing with their music teacher at school. Eventually they moved onto creating their own songs and formed a band.
Erlandsson went on to form
Penance, a
thrash metal band, which never recorded a
demo, although they did record some rehearsal tracks. He then went to University in
Gothenburg, where, in 1989, he joined the Swedish
death metal band
At the Gates. He was the band's drummer until they broke up - Erlandsson, along with bandmates
Anders and
Jonas Björler formed
The Haunted with
Mary Beats Jane vocalist
Peter Dolving. In 1999, Erlandsson left
The Haunted to join the
British black metal band
Cradle of Filth. It was originally intended that he only record one session with the band - he has performed on six of their albums so far. He is also doing work with
Skitsystem.
Erlandsson's technique is rather to focus on the "feeling" than on technique, however he does incorporate a lot of kickdrumming, occasional blastbeats and sometimes his very own technical odd time signitures which grasp perfectly with
Cradle of Filth's music.
Adrian's brother is
Daniel Erlandsson, drummer in
death metal band
Arch Enemy.
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