Niklas Sundin

Niklas Sundin (born 13 August 1974) is a Swedish musician, best known as a founding member and former lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band Dark Tranquillity from 1989–2020. In 2019, he founded his own band called Mitochondrial Sun, which has released three full-length studio albums to date. He is also a member of Time and the Hunter, a project founded in collaboration with Italian musician Enrico Longhin. He was a guitarist in the metal band Laethora from 2005–2010.

In Dark Tranquillity, he was one of only two members (the other being drummer Anders Jivarp) to maintain his role, unlike the other members who have or had switched. He also wrote some of the lyrics for the first three and recent two Dark Tranquillity albums (Lead singer Mikael Stanne wrote all of Dark Tranquillity's lyrics from Projector through Fiction) and In Flames' album The Jester Race, and continued to translate In Flames vocalist Anders Fridén's lyrics from Swedish to English for the next few albums while Anders worked to become more proficient in English. Although he quit Dark Tranquillity in 2016, it wasn't announced until March 2020.

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, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Meridian Dawn, 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. In the making of We Are the Void, they are seen in the studio using a Peavey 6505, an ENGL Powerball, as well as a Bugera amplifier. He also endorses Mayones Guitars & Basses.

Discography

with Dark Tranquility Skydancer (1993) The Gallery (1995) The Mind's I (1997) Projector (1999) Haven (2000) Damage Done (2002) Character (2005) Fiction (2007) We Are The Void (2010) Construct (2013) Atoma (2016)

with Laethora March of the Parasite (2007) The Light In Which We All Burn (2010)

with Mitochondrial Sun Mitochondrial Sun (2020) Sju Pulsarer (2020) Machine Dialectics (2025)

with Time and the Hunter Weapon pt.I (2025)

Solo Wattudragaren (2024)

Guest appearances

Guitar solo in Sigh's song "In a Drowse" from Gallows Gallery (2006)

Album covers ...And Oceans – A.M.G.O.D. Ablaze My Sorrow – Anger, Hate, Fury Adversary – Singularity Aephanemer – Know Thyself Aephanemer – Memento Mori Aephanemer – Prokopton Aephanemer – A Dream of Wilderness 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, Burning Angel EP, Anthems of Rebellion, Dead Eyes See No Future EP, Live Doomsday DVD & Rise of the Tyrant Arise – The Godly Work of Art Arise – Kings of the Cloned Generation Armageddon – Embrace the Mystery As Memory Dies – Transmutate Atmaen – Canto Sagrado Autumnblaze – DämmerElbenTragödie Autumnblaze – Words are Not What They Seem Avariel – "The Dawn" 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 Dark Tranquillity – We Are the Void Dark Tranquillity – Construct Dark Tranquillity – Atoma Dark Tranquillity – Moment Dark Tranquillity – Endtime Signals 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 Fall – "The Insatiable Weakness" 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 – Spiral Ascent Lacrimas Produndere – Ave End Last Tribe – The Uncrowned Laethora – March of the Parasite Lahmia – Into The Abyss 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 – Catch-22 Mirrored Mind – At Meridian Moonshine – Eternal Moonsorrow – Suden Uni 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 Moor – Jupiter's Immigrants The Moor – Emissaries (single) The Moor – Wrath of Vultures (single) The Moor – Ombra The More I See – The More I See Thundra – Blood of Your Soul Thyrane – Hypnotic Thyrfing – Vansinnesvisor Time and the Hunter – Weapon pt.I 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)