Anders Björler

Anders Björler
Anders Björler, Stockholm 2011
Background information
Birth name	Anders Martin Björler
Born	(1973-02-26) 26 February 1973
Genres	Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Groove Metal, Jazz Fusion, Instrumental, Progressive Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, Composer
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Century Media, Earache, Peaceville, Dolores Records, Razzia Notes Records (Sony)

Anders Björler (born February 26, 1973) is a musician and a songwriter from Sweden. He is best known as the lead guitarist in the heavy metal bands The Haunted and At The Gates.

Music biography

At the Gates (1990–1996, 2007–)

Anders is the founding member of the melodic death metal band At The Gates with his twin brother Jonas Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson.

In july 1996, at the end of the touring cycle for their critically acclaimed 1995 album Slaughter of the Soul, Anders left the band and At the Gates consequently split up.

In October 2007, At the Gates announced a final reunion for 2008, playing major European music festivals along with US, Japanese and Swedish tours. However, in 2011, they reunited a second time to play more shows and the band also released a comeback album, entitled At War with Reality, in late 2014.

The Haunted (1996–2001, 2002–2012)

In September 1996, a few months after the break up of At The Gates, Björler joined The Haunted as the lead guitarist. He remained in the band until 2001 when deciding to focus on university film studies, but in 2002 he returned to the band. Björler departed from the band once again in October 2012 in order to concentrate on his solo project.

Instrumental Project (Solo) (2013–)

Focuses around his love for Italian movie soundtracks from the 60s–80s 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

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
• The Flames of the End (3x DVD) – 2010
• 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
• Road Kill (live) 2010
• Unseen – 2011

Anders Björler

• Antikythera – November 6, 2013 (Razzia Notes / Sony Records)
• Dreaming of Insomnia – September 16, 2015. 2-track Digital Single