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.
Adrian's brother is Daniel Erlandsson, drummer in death metal band Arch Enemy.