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Adrian Erlandsson
(May 2005 Issue)
Persistence = Success If
there's any lesson to be learned from the success of Cradle Of Filth
drummer Adrian Erlandsson, it's
the valuable concept of persistence.
Before joining the successful speed metal outfit in 1999, the
Swedish-born Erlandsson
worked with the bands At The Gates and The
Haunted. But those gigs didn't pay the bills. In fact, back then,
Erlandsson
found himself toiling at day jobs just to make ends meet. It
almost caused him to throw in the towel.
'those days
were really
difficult," Erlandsson admits, "and I nearly gave up on trying to make
a living out of music. But fortunately I stuck
with it and have built
it up to where I am today. It's a position that I don't take for
granted at all. I'm dedicated
to maintaining it."
The evidence of such dedication can be heard on Cradle Of Filth's latest release,
Nymphetamine,
which finds the drummer skillfully burning his way through an
impressive assortment of cuts. Of
course, such rapid precision doesn't
come without a dose of perfectionism. "I'm very particular about
playing the
take as well as I possibly can, so that we don't have to do
any computer editing," says Erlandsson.
"When we
recorded the
latest album," the drummer continues, "I did all of the tracking with
the whole band playing together at the same
time. I think that really
added to the live feel of the tracks. I also found it very inspiring to
hear everything played at once, and it
actually caused me to come up
with some new parts that I hadn't thought of in the rehearsal
room."
Waleed Rashidi
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