Anders Björler

Anders Björler
Anders Björler, Stockholm 2011
Background information
Birth name	Anders Martin Björler[1]
Born	(1973-02-26) 26 February 1973
Genres	Melodic death metal, death metal, thrash metal, groove metal, Instrumental, Progressive, Jazz
Occupations	Musician, film director, film editor
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Century Media, Earache, Peaceville
Associated acts	At the Gates, The Haunted, Liers in Wait, Anders Bjorler Solo Project
Website	www.atthegates.se, www.andersbjorler.com

Anders Björler (born 26 February 1973) is a musician from Sweden. He is the current lead guitarist for the melodic death metal band At the Gates, and the former lead guitarist for heavy metal band The Haunted. He is also a film director and editor, running his own production company.

Music biography

At the Gates (1990-1996, 2007-)

Heralded as one of the fathers of Gothenburg melodic death metal, he led At the Gates, an influential and popular death metal band. A founding member of At the Gates with his twin brother Jonas Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson, he wrote much of their material and went on to inspire many to follow their style of music.

In 1996 at the end of the European tours of their final album Slaughter of the Soul, At the Gates split up and Anders started a band with Jonas, guitarist Patrik Jensen, and drummer Erlandsson called The Haunted. They released their first album, the self-titled The Haunted in 1998.

In October 2007, At the Gates announced a final reunion for 2008, playing major European music festivals along with US / Japanese & Swedish tours. However, as of December 2010, they have reunited again to play more shows. The band will release a new album, entitled At War with Reality, in late 2014.

The Haunted (1996-2012)

The band released their first album, while signed to Earache Records, the selftitled debut The Haunted, in 1998. Since then, the band has released a new studio album almost every other year. They did their first ever American tour with Testament in 1999, and has since then toured all over the world. For instance, they were a part of the 2005 edition of Ozzfest.

In October 2012, Björler departed from The Haunted ^[2] in order to concentrate on his solo project.

Instrumental Project (Solo) (2013-)

Focuses around his love for Italian movie soundtracks from the 60′s-80′s and adds a healthy dose of English prog rock, jazz, post-rock and a pinch of Swedish folk music. First release 'Antikythera' was released by Anders Fridén (IN FLAMES) on his label Razzia Notes Records.

Discography

Infestation

• When Sanity Ends (demo) (1990)

Terror

• Demo '94 (1994)

At the Gates

• Gardens of Grief (EP) - 1991
• The Red In The Sky Is Ours - 1992
• With Fear I Kiss The Burning Darkness - 1993
• Terminal Spirit Disease - 1994
• Slaughter Of The Soul - 1995
• Suicidal Final Art (Collection) - 2001
• At War with Reality - 2014

The Haunted

• The Haunted - 1998
• The Haunted Made Me Do It - 2000
• Live Rounds In Tokyo (live) - 2001
• One Kill Wonder - 2003
• rEVOLVEr - 2004
• The Dead Eye - 2006
• Versus - 2008
• Unseen - 2011

Anders Björler

• Antikythera - 2013 - Razzia Notes Records

Filmography

• "recording The Dead Eye" - The Haunted (2006) Behind the scenes feature, 20 minutes (directed, filmed, edited)
• "The Drowning" - The Haunted (2007) Music Video (directed, filmed, edited)
• "Moronic Colossus" - The Haunted (2008) Music Video (edited)
• "Under A Serpent Sun - The Story Of At the Gates" - At the Gates Documentary (2009) On "The Flames of the End" DVD (directed, filmed, edited)
• "Live at Wacken 2008" - At the Gates (2009) On "The Flames of the End" DVD (edited)
• "Road Kill - On the Road With The Haunted" - The Haunted Documentary - DVD (directed, filmed, edited)
• We Are The Void "Studio Report 2009" - Dark Tranquillity (Filmed & Edited)
• Sounds of a Playground Fading "In The Studio/Studio Report" - In Flames (filming, editing & directing)
• "No Ghost" - The Haunted (2011) Music Video (edited)
• "Meshuggah In India" - Meshuggah (2011) Documentary / Tour footage (filmed, directed, edited)
• "Konstrukting The Koloss" - Meshuggah (2012) Documentary / Behind The Scenes (filmed, directed, edited)
• "In My Absence" - Dark Tranquillity (2012) Music Video (Misc live shots)
• "Wise As A Serpent" - Spiritual Beggars (2013) Music Video (edited)

Other appearances

• 2003 "The Misinformation Age" (with Darkest Hour; from Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation) (Guest Solo)
• 2007 "Smothered" (with Annihilator; from Metal) (Guest Solo)
• 2008 "Angel of Torment" (with Evocation; from Dead Calm Chaos) (Guest Solo)
• 2012 "Ocean" (with ColdTears; from Silence Them All) (Guest Solo)

References

External links

• Official homepage of Anders Björler