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Adrian Erlandsson is a prolific Swedish heavy metal drummer, who currently plays in Tenet and with his wife in Nemhain. He has also been a member of At the Gates, The Haunted, Cradle of Filth and Needleye.

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 friends began playing covers of classic rock songs. They also started playing with their music teacher at school, and eventually began to write their own songs and formed a band.

Erlandsson went on to found 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, and received much critical and fan praise for his speed and precision. Erlandsson, along with bandmates Anders and Jonas Björler, later formed The Haunted with Mary Beats Jane vocalist Peter Dolving. In 1999, Erlandsson left the band to join Cradle of Filth. It was originally intended that he only record one session with the band; by the time he left the group, however, he had appeared on six of their albums.

In September 2006 Erlandsson played for Brujeria in some concerts in Spain, using the nickname "El Podrido". In January 2007 he became the new drummer for Jed Simon's project Tenet.

Erlandsson's approach is to focus on the "feeling" rather than technique, however he does incorporate a lot of kickdrumming, occasional blastbeats and sometimes his very own technical odd time signatures.

• He currently lives in London, England with his wife Morrigan Hel (legal name Amber Charlotte Erlandsson), who is a fetish model and stage performer.
• Adrian's brother is Daniel Erlandsson, drummer in melodic death metal band Arch Enemy.
• Adrian is 6'4" (193cm) and weighs 217lbs (16 stone).
• He is a Scorpio.
• Adrian is currently in the process of writing a book.
• He has three cats named Hella, Tasker, Mogatherion; a corn snake named Lucifer Plisken; a boa constrictor named Nemhain; and a royal python named Medusa.
• Adrian enjoys watching Weebl and Bob.
• Adrian's favourite movies include Beavis and Butthead Do America, Barfly, Scarface, Pusher, When Harry Met Sally, Dagon, I Am Sam, Taxi Driver, and Bitter Moon
• He once got his shoelace caught in a kickdrum during a show.
• Adrian is fluent in Swedish and English. He began learning English when he was ten.
• He used to work in a computer store in Sweden before joining Cradle of Filth.
• Adrian is currently learning to play the guitar.
• Adrian's musical interests include "most stuff, classical, metal, rock, blues, and others except chart music, and reggae."
• He enjoys watching Animal Planet, The Discovery Channel, Seinfeld, King of the Hill, and Jerry Springer.
• Among Adrian's favourite authors are Henry Rollins (See a Grown Man Cry, Now Watch Him Die, Get in the Van,) and Charles Bukowski (Ham on Rye, Love Is a Dog from Hell).

• Adrian Erlandsson at MySpace
• Adrian's latest interview as the drummer for Cradle of Filth