Anders Fridén
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Anders Fridén is the vocalist/lyricist of the Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 band In Flames
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...


Early career

Fridén was originally the vocalist for Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....

. He performed on their debut album, Skydancer
Skydancer
Skydancer is the debut studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.It is Dark Tranquillity's only album that does not feature Mikael Stanne as primary vocalist, as Anders Fridén, later of In Flames fame, sang on Skydancer.The album was re-released in 2000 by Century Media...

, but left the band soon after. Two years later he joined In Flames. Coincidentally Mikael Stanne
Mikael Stanne
Bengt Mikael Stanne is the vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity and the ex-vocalist for Swedish power metal band HammerFall.-Dark Tranquillity:...

 had left In Flames (being only a session player) and switched from rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...

 to lead vocals in Dark Tranquillity, so the two effectively traded places. Anders was also the lead vocalist for another band known as Ceremonial Oath
Ceremonial Oath
Ceremonial Oath was a Swedish extreme metal band who formed in 1988 under the name "Desecrator", changed their name to Ceremonial Oath in 1990 and disbanded in 1995. During their short career they released three demos, one EP and two full-length albums...

 with In Flames founder Jesper Strömblad
Jesper Strömblad
Clas Håkan Jesper Strömblad is a Swedish musician who is currently the guitarist for the bands Dimension Zero & The Resistance...

.

1995-present: In Flames

Fridén started with In Flames on the 1995 album The Jester Race
The Jester Race
The Jester Race is the second album by melodic death metal band In Flames. It is the first album to feature Anders Fridén as the band's vocalist and Björn Gelotte as the drummer. A video for the song "Artifacts of the Black Rain" was also released...

. On the album Whoracle
Whoracle
-Personnel:In Flames*Anders Fridén - vocals, additional percussion*Jesper Strömblad - lead guitar, keyboards, additional percussion*Glenn Ljungström - rhythm guitar*Johan Larsson - bass*Björn Gelotte - drums, percussion & additional lead guitar...

, Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin , is a musician best known as the guitarist of bands Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three and recent two Dark Tranquillity albums and In Flames' album The Jester Race, and...

 (of Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity
Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....

) wrote the lyrics following the original synopsis by Fridén. On the 1999 album Colony, Fridén composed the lyrics himself, though Sundin still assisted by translating his lyrics from Swedish to English. His lyrics have evolved from abstract themes such as astrology
Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...

 and fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

, to more personal endeavours such as depression and inner struggles.

He is also the vocalist for the band Passenger as a side project, but has stated recently that he now has very little time for the project, and it is on hold.

Fridén also has done guest vocals on the album The Phantom Novels, by the metal band Grievance. He is the lead vocalist on the tracks Atrocity Upon Deceptions, A Devil's Rhyme and The Mask of Sin. Although this album was recorded around the same time as In Flames' 2002 album Reroute to Remain
Reroute to Remain
-Personnel:In Flames*Anders Fridén – vocals & mixing*Jesper Strömblad – guitar*Björn Gelotte – guitar*Peter Iwers – bass guitar*Daniel Svensson – drumsOther Personnel*Maria Gauffin - co-vocals on "Metaphor"*Örjan Örnkloo – keyboards, programming...

, Anders uses his earlier death growl
Death growl
A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...

 vocal style rather than the high pitched growls he has currently been using.

In 2007 Fridén appeared as a guest vocalist on the Japanese bonus track "See the Falling Sky" on Caliban
Caliban (band)
Caliban are a five-piece metalcore band from Germany. They have released seven studio albums to-date, and two split albums with the band Heaven Shall Burn.-History:...

's 2007 album "The Awakening
The Awakening (Caliban album)
- Line-up :* Andreas Dörner – Vocals* Denis Schmidt – Guitar, Vocals* Marc Goertz – Guitar* Marco Schaller – Bass* Patrick Grün – Drums- Credits :* Produced by Benny Richter* Co-produced by Marc Goertz* Mixed by Adam Dutkiewicz* Music by Marc Goertz...

". As well as providing vocals for the track "Dysfunctional Hours" for the 20th anniversary Nuclear Blast Allstars compilation album, Out of the Dark
Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark is a two disc compilation album from Nuclear Blast Records to commemorate their 20 years as a record label. Produced by Peter Wichers, who is also the only song writer on the album, it features a variable collection of "All Stars" much in the same vein as Roadrunner United...

.

His look changed dramatically following the release of In Flames
In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...

 2002 release Reroute to Remain
Reroute to Remain
-Personnel:In Flames*Anders Fridén – vocals & mixing*Jesper Strömblad – guitar*Björn Gelotte – guitar*Peter Iwers – bass guitar*Daniel Svensson – drumsOther Personnel*Maria Gauffin - co-vocals on "Metaphor"*Örjan Örnkloo – keyboards, programming...

. His previously clean-shaven look was replaced with a beard, and his long hair was put into dreadlocks
Dreadlocks
Dreadlocks, also called locks, a ras, dreads, "rasta" or Jata , are matted coils of hair. Dreadlocks are usually intentionally formed; because of the variety of different hair textures, various methods are used to encourage the formation of locks such as backcombing...

. His vocal style has also changed, especially on the past three records. His low-tone, harsh death growl has evolved into a higher pitched scream, which is now supplemented by clean vocals and layers of backing vocals.

In addition to being a vocalist, Fridén is also a producer, with his most recent efforts being the albums: The Undying Darkness by Caliban in 2006 and Absolute Design by the band Engel
Engel (band)
Engel is a melodic death metal band with alternative influences from Gothenburg, Sweden. They are currently signed to French label Season of Mist, but released their debut album Absolute Design via SPV GmbH/Steamhammer on October 31, 2007...

 in 2007.

He also co-wrote and performed scream vocals on the song "Self Versus Self", which appears on the third album of UK/Australian drum and bass
Drum and bass
Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 band Pendulum
Pendulum (band)
Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...

 alongside his bandmates Björn Gelotte
Björn Gelotte
Björn Gelotte is a songwriter and guitarist for the Swedish band, In Flames. He joined the band as the drummer in 1995, and continued his position as drummer during The Jester Race and Whoracle . Gelotte switched to his current position on guitars after Niklas Engelin left the band, sharing...

 and Peter Iwers
Peter Iwers
Peter Iwers is the current bass player of the Swedish band In Flames. He has played in In Flames along with Daniel Svensson since their 1999 album Colony, replacing Johan Larsson....

.

More recently in the Summer of 2010, Fridén changed his appearance again by making the decision to cut off his dreadlocks which he had grown since the release of Reroute to Remain
Reroute to Remain
-Personnel:In Flames*Anders Fridén – vocals & mixing*Jesper Strömblad – guitar*Björn Gelotte – guitar*Peter Iwers – bass guitar*Daniel Svensson – drumsOther Personnel*Maria Gauffin - co-vocals on "Metaphor"*Örjan Örnkloo – keyboards, programming...

.

Family life

He has a daughter named Agnes and a son named Edwin with his wife Helena Lindsjö. He also has a younger brother named Magnus who is seen in "The Quiet Place
The Quiet Place
"The Quiet Place" is the first single by the Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames in 2004, from the album Soundtrack to Your Escape. The single makes it their third single overall in their career. It is the most successful In Flames single yet, peaking at #2 on the Singles Chart in the...

" studio recording session.

Hobbies and interests

Anders is known to watch many DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....

s. His favourite quote is, "The one with the most DVDs when you die, wins."

Anders is also an avid whisky
Whisky
Whisky or whiskey is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Different grains are used for different varieties, including barley, malted barley, rye, malted rye, wheat, and corn...

 collector. In an interview with Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...

, he spoke about how over the years he has acquired a taste for fine whisky, and how "it's stupid to get drunk on fine whisky, there's other stuff for that."

He is a supporter of the Swedish football club IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg
IFK Göteborg is a Swedish professional football club based in Gothenburg. Founded in 1904, the club has won 18 national championship titles, five national cup titles, and two UEFA Cups....

.

Discography

Anders Fridén is the vocalist on all of the albums listed unless otherwise stated.
  • 1990 - Septic Broiler - Enfeebled Earth (Demo)
  • 1991 - Dark Tranquillity
    Dark Tranquillity
    Dark Tranquillity is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg. They are one of the longest-standing bands from the original Gothenburg metal scene, and are one of the most integral pioneers of the melodic death metal genre of music....

     - Trail of Life Decayed (Demo)
  • 1992 - Dark Tranquillity - A Moonclad Reflection (Demo)
  • 1993 - Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer
    Skydancer
    Skydancer is the debut studio album by the Swedish melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity.It is Dark Tranquillity's only album that does not feature Mikael Stanne as primary vocalist, as Anders Fridén, later of In Flames fame, sang on Skydancer.The album was re-released in 2000 by Century Media...

  • 1995 - Ceremonial Oath
    Ceremonial Oath
    Ceremonial Oath was a Swedish extreme metal band who formed in 1988 under the name "Desecrator", changed their name to Ceremonial Oath in 1990 and disbanded in 1995. During their short career they released three demos, one EP and two full-length albums...

     - Carpet
    Carpet (album)
    -Track listing:# "The Day I Buried" – 6:06# "Dreamsong" – 3:44# "Carpet" – 3:30# "The Shadowed End" – 3:16# "One of Us/Nightshade" – 3:54# "Immortalized" – 3:48# "Hallowed Be Thy Name" – 6:46 -Credits:Ceremonial Oath...

  • 1996 - In Flames - The Jester Race
    The Jester Race
    The Jester Race is the second album by melodic death metal band In Flames. It is the first album to feature Anders Fridén as the band's vocalist and Björn Gelotte as the drummer. A video for the song "Artifacts of the Black Rain" was also released...

  • 1997 - In Flames - Black-Ash Inheritance
    Black-Ash Inheritance
    -Personnel:*Anders Fridén - vocals, percussion*Glenn Ljungström - guitar*Jesper Strömblad - guitar, keyboards, percussion*Johan Larsson - bass*Bjorn Gelotte - drums, percussion...

  • 1997 - In Flames - Whoracle
    Whoracle
    -Personnel:In Flames*Anders Fridén - vocals, additional percussion*Jesper Strömblad - lead guitar, keyboards, additional percussion*Glenn Ljungström - rhythm guitar*Johan Larsson - bass*Björn Gelotte - drums, percussion & additional lead guitar...

  • 1997 - Dimension Zero - Penetrations from the Lost World
    Penetrations from the Lost World
    Penetrations from the Lost World is the debut EP by Swedish melodic death metal band Dimension Zero.It was re-issued in 2003 with bonus tracks.- Track listing :-Note:Tracks 5-6 recorded in November 2001....

     (Co-Producer)
  • 1997 - Opeth
    Opeth
    Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...

     - My Arms, Your Hearse
    My Arms, Your Hearse
    My Arms, Your Hearse is Opeth's third studio album, released in 1998. This album marks a large stylistic change from their previous release, Morningrise, especially production-wise...

     (Co-Producer)
  • 1997 - Sacrilege - The Fifth Season (Engineer)
  • 1997 - Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I
    The Mind's I
    The Mind's I: Fantasies and reflections on self and soul is a 1981 book composed and arranged by Douglas R. Hofstadter and Daniel C. Dennett...

     (Vocals [Mantra] on "Hedon")
  • 1997 - Misanthrope
    Misanthrope (band)
    Misanthrope is a French metal band, formed in 1988. The name of the band is taken from Molière's play Le Misanthrope, reflecting the band's very theatrical style and the influence of the French dramatist on their music and lyrics....

     - Visionnaire
    Visionnaire
    Visionnaire is the fourth studio album by the French progressive death metal band Misanthrope.-Track listing:# "Future Futile" - 5:37# "Bâtisseur de Cathédrale" - 5:36# "Hypochondrium Forces" - 5:42# "Le Silence des Grottes" - 4:55# "2666" - 6:38...

     (Guest backing vocals on "Hands of the Pupetters")
  • 1998 - Haddock - Haddock (Recording)
  • 1998 - Withering Surface - The Nude Ballet (Mastering)
  • 1999 - In Flames - Colony
  • 1999 - Grievance - The Phantom Novels (Guest vocals on 3 tracks)
  • 2000 - Cemetary 1213 - The Beast Divine (Guest vocals on track "AntiChrist 3000")
  • 2000 - In Flames - Clayman
    Clayman
    Clayman is the fifth album by Swedish melodic death metal band, In Flames. The album was released by Nuclear Blast in 2000. Most of the lyrics deal with depression and internal struggles...

  • 2000 - Raise Hell
    Raise Hell
    Raise Hell is a thrash metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. The group changed names several times in their early history; their first demo, 1997's Nailed, was released under the name In Cold Blood, a name they abandoned for Raise Hell after signing with Nuclear Blast--which they did while still in...

     - Not Dead Yet (Co-Producer)
  • 2000 - Dark Tranquillity - Haven (Engineer)
  • 2001 - In Flames - The Tokyo Showdown
    The Tokyo Showdown
    The Tokyo Showdown is the first live album by Swedish melodic death metal band In Flames. It was recorded during their Japanese tour in 2000 at their show in Tokyo...

  • 2001 - Madrigal - I Die, You Soar (Producer, Recording)
  • 2002 - In Flames - Reroute To Remain
    Reroute to Remain
    -Personnel:In Flames*Anders Fridén – vocals & mixing*Jesper Strömblad – guitar*Björn Gelotte – guitar*Peter Iwers – bass guitar*Daniel Svensson – drumsOther Personnel*Maria Gauffin - co-vocals on "Metaphor"*Örjan Örnkloo – keyboards, programming...

  • 2002 - Dimension Zero - Silent Night Fever
    Silent Night Fever
    Silent Night Fever is the debut album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dimension Zero, distributed jointly through Century Media and Regain Records. The title is a play on words of the John Travolta film, Saturday Night Fever....

     (Co-Producer)
  • 2003 - In Flames - Trigger
    Trigger (EP)
    -Video:The music video for the single "Trigger" featured In Flames playing a club and being constantly pestered and booed by the members of Soilwork, with interspersed footage of other incidents between the two bands. The Soilwork video for "Rejection Role" showed the situation vice versa, Soilwork...

  • 2003 - Passenger - Passenger
  • 2003 - Dimension Zero - This Is Hell
    This Is Hell (Dimension Zero album)
    This Is Hell is the second album by Swedish melodic death metal band Dimension Zero.Glenn Ljungström left after the recording. By the time of the release he was not in the band making this the last DZ album with him featured on it...

     (Co-Producer)
  • 2003 - Deathstars
    Deathstars
    Deathstars is a Swedish band from Stockholm that perform industrial and gothic metal. 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 physical appearances that...

     - Synthetic Generation
    Synthetic Generation
    Synthetic Generation is the debut album of the Swedish industrial metal band Deathstars. This was also the onlyalbum to have Beast X Electric on Lead guitar-Track listing:All tracks composed by Nightmare Industries and Whiplasher....

     (Engineer, Recording)
  • 2003 - Burst
    Burst (band)
    Burst was a progressive metal band from Kristinehamn, Sweden. They were formed in 1993 by Jesper Liveröd, Linus Jägerskog and Patrik Hultin. Guitarists Robert Reinholdz and Jonas Rydberg joined the band a bit later...

     - Prey on Life
    Prey on Life
    Prey on Life is the third full length album from Swedish progressive metal band Burst.-Track listing:# "Undoing "# "Iris"# "Sculpt the Lives"# "Rain"# "The Foe Sublime"# "Fourth Sun"# "Crystal Asunder"# "Vortex"# "Monument"...

     (Producer [Additional Production])
  • 2004 - In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
    Soundtrack to Your Escape
    -Bonus DVD:Note: The DVD came in a separate slimline jewelcase, that was bundled together with the limited edition digipak-version of the album.-Bonus DVD :...

  • 2004 - Caliban
    Caliban (band)
    Caliban are a five-piece metalcore band from Germany. They have released seven studio albums to-date, and two split albums with the band Heaven Shall Burn.-History:...

     - The Opposite from Within
    The Opposite From Within
    Released in 2004, "The Opposite from Within" is Caliban's fourth album and it is their first record that was released on Roadrunner Records. It was recorded at "The Room" in Göteborg, Sweden.-Track listing:...

     (Producer)
  • 2005 - In Flames - Used & Abused In Live We Trust
  • 2006 - In Flames - Come Clarity
    Come Clarity
    - In Flames :* Anders Fridén – vocals* Björn Gelotte – guitar * Jesper Strömblad – guitar * Peter Iwers – bass* Daniel Svensson – drums- Guests :* Örjan Örnkloo – keyboards and programming...

  • 2006 - Caliban - The Undying Darkness
    The Undying Darkness
    -Track listing:-Personnel:*Andy Dörner – vocals*Marc Görtz – guitar*Patrick Grün – drums*Denis Schmidt – guitar/vocals*Marco Schaller – bass-Additional personnel:*Mille Petrozza – guest on track 11*Tanja Keilen – guest on track 12...

     (Producer)
  • 2007 - Caliban - The Awakening
    The Awakening (Caliban album)
    - Line-up :* Andreas Dörner – Vocals* Denis Schmidt – Guitar, Vocals* Marc Goertz – Guitar* Marco Schaller – Bass* Patrick Grün – Drums- Credits :* Produced by Benny Richter* Co-produced by Marc Goertz* Mixed by Adam Dutkiewicz* Music by Marc Goertz...

     (Guest vocals on "I See The Falling Sky")
  • 2007 - Engel
    Engel
    Engel means angel in some non-English languages and may refer to:* "Engel" , performed by Rammstein* Engel , a 2002 role-playing game* Engel , Swedish industrial/melodic death metal band* Engel group, in mathematics...

     - Absolute Design
    Absolute Design
    Absolute Design is the debut album from Swedish melodic death metal/industrial band Engel. The album was released in Europe on October 31, 2007, while the North American release date was May 20, 2008.- Track listing :# “In Splendour” – 3:42...

     (Producer)
  • 2007 - Nuclear Blast All-Stars - Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Out of the Dark
    Nuclear Blast All-Stars: Out of the Dark
    Out of the Dark is a two disc compilation album from Nuclear Blast Records to commemorate their 20 years as a record label. Produced by Peter Wichers, who is also the only song writer on the album, it features a variable collection of "All Stars" much in the same vein as Roadrunner United...

     (Guest Vocals on "Dysfunctional Hours")
  • 2007 - The Destiny Program - Subversive Blueprint (Producer)
  • 2008 - In Flames - A Sense of Purpose
    A Sense of Purpose
    A Sense of Purpose is the ninth studio album by Swedish band In Flames. The album was released in first Japan on March 26, 2008 with 15 tracks and later in Europe on April 4, 2008 through Nuclear Blast and through Koch Records in North America on April 1. This is the band's last album to feature...

  • 2010 - Pendulum
    Pendulum (band)
    Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...

     - Immersion
    Immersion (album)
    Immersion is the third studio album from Australian electronic rock/drum & bass band Pendulum. The album was announced in early 2009, with the name being confirmed in December 2009. The album was released 21 May 2010 in Australia and Ireland, and 24 May for the rest of the world, followed by a UK...

     - vocals on "Self Versus Self", performing alongside the rest of In Flames
    In Flames
    In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1990. Since the band's inception in 1993, they have released ten studio albums and one live DVD...

    .
  • 2011 - In Flames - Sounds of a Playground Fading
    Sounds of a Playground Fading
    Sounds of a Playground Fading is the tenth studio album by the Swedish heavy metal band In Flames, released on June 15, 2011 through Century Media/Razzia...


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