Anders Fridén
Pär Anders Fridén (born 25 March 1973) is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and side project Passenger.
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Anders Fridén

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- Name
- Anders Fridén
- Birth Name
- Pär Anders Fridén
- Born
- 25 March 1973
- Birthplace
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Occupation
- * Singer
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Fields
- melodic death metal · alternative metal · melodic metalcore
- Languages
- Swedish
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Pär Anders Fridén (born 25 March 1973) is a Swedish vocalist, best known as the lead singer of the heavy metal band In Flames. He was also the vocalist of Dark Tranquillity and side project Passenger.
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• Name — Anders Fridén • Birth Name — Pär Anders Fridén • Born — 25 March 1973 • Birthplace — Gothenburg, Sweden • Genre — * Melodic death metal • alternative metal • Occupation — * Singer • songwriter • record producer • Years Active — 1989–present • Current Member Of — * In Flames • If Anything, Suspicious • Past Member Of — * Passenger • Dark Tranquillity • Ceremonial Oath • Website — inflames.com
Early career
Early career
Fridén was originally the vocalist for Dark Tranquillity. He performed on their debut album, Skydancer, but left the band soon after. Two years later he joined In Flames. Coincidentally Mikael Stanne had left In Flames (being only a session player) and switched from rhythm guitar to lead vocals in Dark Tranquillity, so the two effectively traded places. Fridén was also the lead vocalist for another band known as Ceremonial Oath with In Flames founder Jesper Strömblad.
1995–present: In Flames
1995–present: In Flames
Fridén started with In Flames on the 1996 album The Jester Race. On the album Whoracle, Niklas Sundin wrote the lyrics following the original synopsis by Fridén. On the 1999 album Colony, Fridén composed the lyrics himself, though Sundin still assisted by translating his lyrics from Swedish to English. He is also the vocalist for the band Passenger as a side project. Fridén also has done guest vocals on the album The Phantom Novels, by the metal band Grievance. He is the lead vocalist on the tracks Atrocity Upon Deceptions, A Devil's Rhyme and The Mask of Sin. In 2007 Fridén appeared as a guest vocalist on the Japanese bonus track "See the Falling Sky" on Caliban's 2007 album "The Awakening". As well as providing vocals for the track "Dysfunctional Hours" for the 20th anniversary Nuclear Blast Allstars compilation album, Out of the Dark. • Illustration — Fridén in 2008 His look changed dramatically following the release of In Flames 2002 release Reroute to Remain. His previously clean-shaven look was replaced with a beard, and his long hair was put into dreadlocks. His vocal style has also changed, especially on the past three records. His low-tone, harsh death growl has evolved into a higher pitched scream, which is now supplemented by clean vocals and layers of backing vocals. In addition to being a vocalist, Fridén is also a producer, with his most recent efforts being the albums: The Undying Darkness by Caliban in 2006 and Absolute Design by the band Engel in 2007. He also co-wrote and performed scream vocals on the song "Self vs Self", which appears on the third album of UK/Australian drum and bass band Pendulum alongside his bandmates Björn Gelotte and Peter Iwers. In the summer of 2010, Fridén changed his appearance again by cutting off his dreadlocks, which he had grown since the release of Reroute to Remain. Fridén founded the ambient/electronic project If Anything, Suspicious in 2021. The project's debut album, Lullabies for the Damned, was released in collaboration with OFFAIR in December 2021.
Identity
Identity
Anders Fridén is recorded with the occupation record producer. Classed in the genre melodic death metal. Recorded as singer, songwriter, record producer and composer.

In Flames - Rock am Ring 2015
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Nova Rock 2017 Anders Fridén from In Flames at the Nova Rock 2017
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Life and career
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1973
Anders Fridén was born on 25 March 1973.
Discography
• Album or song — Band — Membership — Role — Year • Enfeebled Earth — Septic Broiler — Ex-member — Vocals — 1990 • Rehearsal December 1990 — Septic Broiler — Ex-member — Vocals — 1990 • Trail of Life Decayed — Dark Tranquillity — Ex-member — Vocals — 1991 • A Moonclad Reflection — Dark Tranquillity — Ex-member — Vocals — 1992 • Skydancer — Dark Tranquillity — Ex-member — Vocals — 1993 • Subterranean — In Flames — Guest — Vocals on "Murders in the Rue Morgue" — 1994 • Carpet (1–3, 7) — Ceremonial Oath — Ex-member — Vocals — 1995 • The Jester Race — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 1995 • Black-Ash Inheritance — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 1997 • Whoracle — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 1997 • Penetrations from the Lost World — Dimension Zero — Guest — Co-producing — 1997 • The Fifth Season — Sacrilege — Guest — Engineering — 1997 • "Hedon" – The Mind's I — Dark Tranquillity — Guest — Co-vocals/mantra — 1997 • "Hands of the Puppeteers" – Visionnaire — Misanthrope — Guest — Backing vocals — 1997 • Haddock — Haddock — Guest — Recording — 1998 • My Arms, Your Hearse — Opeth — Guest — Co-producing — 1998 • Amorous Anathema — Embraced — Guest — Producing, mixing — 1998 • The Nude Ballet — Withering Surface — Guest — Mastering — 1998 • Colony — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 1999 • The Phantom Novels (2, 3) — Grievance — Guest — Co-vocals — 1999 • "AntiChrist 3000" – The Beast Divine — Cemetery 1213 — Guest — Co-vocals — 2000 • Clayman — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2000 • Not Dead Yet — Raise Hell — Guest — Co-producing — 2000 • Haven — Dark Tranquillity — Guest — Engineering — 2000 • The Tokyo Showdown — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2001 • I Die, You Soar — Madrigal — Guest — Producing, recording — 2001 • Reroute to Remain — In Flames — Member — Vocals, mixing, engineering — 2002 • Silent Night Fever — Dimension Zero — Guest — Co-producing — 2002 • Trigger — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2003 • Passenger — Passenger — Member — Vocals — 2003 • This Is Hell — Dimension Zero — Guest — Co-producing — 2003 • Synthetic Generation — Deathstars — Guest — Engineering, recording — 2003 • Prey on Life — Burst — Guest — Producing, engineering — 2003 • Soundtrack to Your Escape — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2004 • The Opposite from Within — Caliban — Guest — Producing — 2004 • Used & Abused: In Live We Trust — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2005 • Come Clarity — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2006 • The Undying Darkness — Caliban — Guest — Producing — 2006 • "I See The Falling Sky" – The Awakening — Caliban — Guest — Co-vocals — 2007 • Absolute Design — Engel — Guest — Producing — 2007 • "Dysfunctional Hours" – Out of the Dark — Nuclear Blast All-Stars — Guest — Vocals — 2007 • Subversive Blueprint — The Destiny Program — Guest — Producing — 2007 • A Sense of Purpose — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2008 • "Self vs Self" – Immersion — Pendulum — Guest — Co-vocals — 2010 • Sounds of a Playground Fading — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2011 • Siren Charms — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2014 • Battles — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2016 • "Irreversible" – The Great Electronic Swindle — The Bloody Beetroots — Guest — Vocals — 2017 • "Raise Your Banner" – Resist — Within Temptation — Guest — Vocals — 2018 • I, the Mask — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2019 • "Scars That I'm Hiding" – Panic — From Ashes to New — Guest — Background vocals — 2021 • Foregone — In Flames — Member — Vocals — 2023 • "The Golden Trail" – The Call of the Void — Nita Strauss — Guest — Vocals — 2023 • "Cannibal" – Friend of a Phantom — Vola — Guest — Vocals — 2024
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