Anders Björler

Anders Björler is a death metal musician from Sweden.

Heralded as one of the fathers of Gothenburg melodic death metal, he led At The Gates, an influential and popular death metal band. Anders famously built his own

Anders Björler is a death metal musician from Sweden.

Heralded as one of the fathers of Gothenburg melodic death metal, he led At The Gates, an influential and popular death metal band. Anders famously built his own guitar amplifiers and speaker cabinets along with Khalid Ilahi of Beyond Shadows to help create the crushing sound he wanted. A founding member of At The Gates with his brother Jonas Björler, Tomas Lindberg, Alf Svensson, and Adrian Erlandsson, he wrote much of their material and went on inspire many to follow their style of music. In 1996, At The Gates split and Anders started a band with his brother and drummer Erlandsson called The Haunted. They released their first album in 1998.