Daniel Erlandsson

Daniel Erlandsson
Background information
Birth name	Daniel John Erlandsson
Born	(1976-05-22) 22 May 1976 Malmö, Sweden
Genres	Melodic death metal, death metal, grindcore, thrash metal
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums, guitar, keyboard
Years active	1990–present
Website	www.archenemy.net

Daniel John Erlandsson (born 22 May 1976 in Malmö, Sweden) is the drummer in the melodic death metal band Arch Enemy and Brujeria.

His early work includes drumming on the In Flames album Subterranean. He has also played for other bands, most notably Eucharist, Liers in Wait, Diabolique, Armageddon (featuring Christopher Amott of Arch Enemy), Revengia and The End.

Daniel's older brother is Adrian Erlandsson, the drummer of At the Gates, The Haunted, Brujeria, Paradise Lost and Vallenfyre and the former drummer of Cradle of Filth. 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 from 2007-2010 as their original drummer Ken Owen could not play due to complications from a brain hemorrhage he had in 1999. Both he and fellow Arch Enemy member Michael Amott left the band in 2012, with Erlandsson being replaced by former Aborted and current Trigger the Bloodshed drummer Daniel Wilding.

In 2012, he was hired by the band Brujeria, under the name "El Clavador".

Equipment

Drums:

Pearl Masterworks Carbonply

• 24"x18" Bass Drum x 2
• 10"x8" tom
• 12"x9" tom
• 13"x10" tom
• 16"x14" Floor Tom
• 18"x16" Floor Tom
• 14"x5.5" Carbon Ply snare
• 14"x5" Ultracast snare
• 14"x6.5" Eric Singer snare

Cymbals:

Sabian

• 18" HHX Evolution Ozone Crash
• 14" HHX Power Hats
• 17" AAX treme Chinese
• 18" HHX Stage Crash
• 12" HHX Splash
• 10" HHX Splash
• 19" HHX treme Crash
• 22" HH Power Bell Ride
• 18" HHX Chinese
• 14" HHX X-Celerator Hats
• 18" HHX plosion Crash
• 11" Ice Bell

Hardware:

Pearl

• DR503 ICON rack
• DR501 front rack
• RJ-50 mini-extension bar
• PCX200 clamp x 4
• PCX100 clamp x 11
• CH2000 cymbal holder x 11
• H2000 hi-hat
• Demon Drive pedal x 2
• S2000 snare stand
• TH2000I tom holder x 4
• CLH1000 closed hi-hat
• D2000 throne

Sticks:

Wincent

• Daniel Erlandsson Signature Hickory

Electronics:

• Ddrum Kick Drum Triggers
• Ddrum4 SE module
• Roland TD20 Drum Module

Heads:

Evans

• Snare: EC Reverse Dot on batter side and Hazy 300 on resonant side
• Toms: EC2 Clear on batter side and Resonant Black on resonant side
• Bass Drums: EQ3 Clear on batter side and EQ3 Resonant Black on resonant side

External links

• Daniel Erlandsson MySpace page
• 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