Niklas Sundin

Niklas Sundin
Niklas Sundin with his Gibson Flying V guitar
Background information
Born	August 13, 1974 (1974-08-13) (age 35)
Origin	Gothenburg, Sweden
Genres	Melodic death metal
Occupations	Guitarist, Lyricist, Artist
Years active	1989–present
Labels	Century Media, The End
Associated acts	Dark Tranquillity In Flames Laethora
Website	www.cabinfevermedia.com

Niklas Sundin, (born August 13, 1974 in Sweden), is the guitarist of Dark Tranquillity and Laethora. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three Dark Tranquillity albums (since Projector and until Fiction lead singer Mikael Stanne has written all of Dark Tranquillity's lyrics) and In Flames album The Jester Race and continued to translate In Flames vocalist Anders Friden's lyrics from Swedish to English for the next few albums while Anders worked to become more proficient in English.

Sundin is also the founder of Cabin Fever Media, which among other things creates artwork for metal bands. He recently published a book of independent artwork and sketches. He has done album layouts for bands such as In Flames, Arch Enemy, Nightrage, Sentenced, Kryptos, and Fragments of Unbecoming, as well as his own bands.

Equipment

His main guitars are Gibson Faded SG, Gibson 1983 Flying V, and an Ibanez IC400; he also uses a custom J. Nunis SC1, 2 Gibson Les Pauls (Standard and Gothic), and a Fender Talon I. He previously used Rocktron Chameleon rack mounted pre-amplifiers, but after the Damage Done tour, he and Martin Henriksson began using Peavey 5150 and Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier amplifiers along with Behringer V-AMP 2 modeling processors.

Discography as musician

• (1989) Dark Tranquillity - Enfeebled Earth (Demo, released under the name Septic Broiler)
• (1991) Dark Tranquillity - Trail of Life Decayed (Demo)
• (1992) Dark Tranquillity - A Moonclad Reflection (EP)
• (1993) Dark Tranquillity - Tranquillity (Demo Cassette) (includes Trail of Life Decayed and A Moonclad Reflection)
• (1993) Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer
• (1995) Dark Tranquillity - Of Chaos and Eternal Night (MCD)
• (1995) Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery
• (1996) Dark Tranquillity - Enter Suicidal Angels (MCD)
• (1997) Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I
• (1998) Dark Tranquillity - The World Domination (VHS)
• (1999) Dark Tranquillity - Projector
• (2000) Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night (Re-Issue)
• (2000) Dark Tranquillity - Haven
• (2002) Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
• (2003) Dark Tranquillity - Live Damage (DVD)
• (2004) Dark Tranquillity - Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial (Compilation)
• (2004) Dark Tranquillity - Lost to Apathy (EP)
• (2005) Dark Tranquillity - Character
• (2006) Sigh - Gallows Gallery (Guest guitar solo)
• (2007) Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
• (2007) Laethora - March of the Parasite

Album covers

• ...And Oceans - A.M.G.O.D.
• Ablaze My Sorrow - Anger, Hate, Fury
• Ajattara - ITSE
• Ajattara - Kuolema
• Ajattara - Tyhjyys
• Agregator - A Semmi Ágán
• Agregator - Szürkület
• Alas - Absolute Purity
• Amethyst - Dea Noctilucae
• Amortis - Gift of Tongues
• Andromeda - Extension of the Wish
• Andromeda - Crescendo of Thoughts
• Andromeda - Chimera
• Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin
• Arch Enemy - Burning Angel EP
• Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion
• Arch Enemy - Dead Eyes See No Future EP
• Arch Enemy - Live Doomsday DVD
• Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant
• Arise - The Godly Work of Art
• Arise - Kings of the Cloned Generation
• Armageddon - Embrace the Mystery
• As Memory Dies - Transmutate
• Autumnblaze - DämmerElbenTragödie
• Autumnblaze - Words are Not What They Seem
• Callenish Circle - Flesh Power Dominion
• Callenish Circle - My Passion // Your Pain
• Callenish Circle - Forbidden Empathy
• Ceremonial Oath - The Lost Name of God EP
• Charon - Tearstained
• Charon - Downhearted
• Charon - Little Angel EP
• Corporation 187 - Perfection in Pain
• Dark Age - s/t
• Dark Tranquillity - Haven
• Dark Tranquillity - Projector
• Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer/Of Chaos and Eternal Night
• Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done
• Dark Tranquillity - Exposures - In Retrospect and Denial
• Dark Tranquillity - Lost to Apathy
• Dark Tranquillity - Character
• Dark Tranquillity - Fiction
• Dawn of Relic - Lovecraftian Dark
• Deadsoil - Sacrifice
• Detonation - An Epic Defiance
• Detonation - Portals to Uphobia
• Dimension Zero - Silent Night Fever
• Dimension Zero - This Is Hell
• Dominion Caligula - A New Era Rises
• Dragonland - Astronomy
• Dreamaker - Human Device
• Empyrium - Weiland
• Enforsaken - The Forever Endeavour
• Enter Chaos - Aura Sense
• Enter My Silence - Remotecontrolled Scythe
• Entwine - Gone
• Entwine - New Dawn (mcd)
• Eternal Tears of Sorrow - Chaotic Beauty
• Eternal Tears of Sorrow - A Virgin and a Whore
• Eternal Tears of Sorrow - The Last One for Life (EP)
• Ethereal Spawn - Ablaze in Viral Flames
• Eventide - Caress the Abstract (mcd)
• Eventide - Promo 2000
• Eventide - No Place Darker
• Eventide - Diaries from the Gallows
• Evilheart - Storm Of Annihilation
• Eyetrap - Folk Magic
• Fields of Asphodel - Deathflower (mcd)
• Flowing Tears - Jade
• Fragments of Unbecoming - Sterling Black Icon
• Gaia - Gaia
• Gardenian - Sindustries
• Gardenian - Soulburner
• Green Carnation - Journey to the End of the Night
• Green Carnation - Light of Day, Day of Darkness
• Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
• Harm - Devil
• Hypocrite - Edge of Existence
• In Flames - The Tokyo Showdown
• In Flames - Reroute to Remain
• In Flames - Trigger
• In Flames - Soundtrack to Your Escape
• In Flames - "The Quiet Place"
• Jeremy - Edge on the History
• Jeremy - The 2nd Advent
• Kang in O - s/t
• Kayser - Frame the World...Hang on the Wall
• Kerozene - Kerozene
• Kiuas - The New Dark Age
• Kryptos (band) - Spiral Ascent
• Lacrimas Produndere - Ave End
• Last Tribe - The Uncrowned
• Laethora - March of the Parasite
• Lost Horizon - Awakening the World
• Love in the Time of Cholera - The Sun Through Glass
• Luciferion - The Apostate
• Lullacry - Be My God
• Madrigal - Enticed (ep)
• Madrigal - I Die You Soar
• Mercenary - 11 Dreams
• Mercenary - Architect of Lies
• Miscellany - Miscellany
• Mirrored Mind - At Meridian
• Moonshine - Eternal
• Moonsorrow - Suden Udi
• Mourning Caress - Escape
• My Blood Is Fire - The End of Innocence
• Mörk Gryning - Maelstrom Chaos
• Naglfar - Sheol
• Narcissus - Crave and Collapse
• Nightrage - Sweet Vengeance
• Novembre - Classica
• Opposite Sides - Soul Mechanics
• Passenger - Passenger
• Passenger - In Reverse (ep)
• Pathos - Katharsis
• Red Aim - Niagara
• Rockateers - Louder Than Ever (ep)
• Sanctus - Aeon Sky
• Samadhi - Incandescence
• Satanic Slaughter - Banished to the Underworld
• Scaar - The Second Incision
• Scylla - Mater Dolorosa
• Sentenced - Crimson
• Sentenced - Killing Me, Killing You (ep)
• Shadownation - Promo 2001
• Silence - Enola
• Silence - The P/O/U/R Letters
• Skyfall - Skyfall
• Sleeping X - Sleeping X (demo ep)
• Soultorn - Masks
• Spiritual Beggars - Demons
• Sunset Sphere - Storm Before Silence
• Supreme Majesty - Tales of a Tragic Kingdom
• Supreme Majesty - Danger
• Tactile Gemma - Tactile Gemma
• The Crest - Letters from Fire
• The Forsaken - Traces of the Past
• The More I See - The More I See
• Thundra - Blood of Your Soul
• Thyrane - Hypnotic
• Thyrfing - Vansinnesvisor
• Time Requiem - The Inner Circle of Reality
• Turisas - Battle Metal
• Underthreat - Deathmosphere
• Urban Tales - Signs of Times
• Various Artists - No Fashion Classics
• Veneficum - Enigma Prognosis
• Vermin - Filthy Fucking Vermin
• Witchery - Symphony for the Devil (US version)
• Within Y - Extended Mental Dimensions
• Wolf - Wolf (German edition)
• Wolf - Moonshine (ep)

External links

• Official site
• Dark Tranquillity
• Laethora
• Cabin Fever Media

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