# Daniel Erlandsson's Drum Setup on Arch Enemy's Will to Power (2017)

> Arch Enemy's chart-topping White-Gluz era album — Top 5 in Germany (#3), Sweden (#3), and Austria (#4). Produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studio, Örebro, Sweden.

**Type:** Album Drum Setup
**Drummer(s):** Daniel Erlandsson
**Band / Album:** Arch Enemy — *Will to Power* (2017)
**Genre:** Melodic Death Metal
**Label:** Century Media Records
**Studio:** Fascination Street Studio, Örebro, Sweden
**Producer:** Jens Bogren, Michael Amott

## Overview

Released September 8, 2017 on Century Media Records, Will to Power is Arch Enemy's commercial peak of the Alissa White-Gluz era and one of the highest-charting melodic death metal albums of the 2010s. It reached #3 in Germany and Sweden, #4 in Austria, and charted across more than twenty countries. It was the second Arch Enemy album produced by Jens Bogren at Fascination Street Studio — the deepened production partnership produced the band's most tonally polished studio recording to that point.

Drummer Daniel Erlandsson turned in a performance that matched the album's compositional ambition. Will to Power features some of Arch Enemy's most melodically varied material — including 'The Eagle Flies Alone' (the lead single that broke into European radio) and 'The World Is Yours' — alongside the signature intensity peaks that defined the band's sound through the entire White-Gluz era. Erlandsson's drumming navigates that dynamic range with the precision and compositional awareness accumulated across more than two decades of Arch Enemy recording.

## Gear

- **Drums:** Pearl Reference Pure (all-maple flagship, custom black finish)
- **Bass Drums:** 22" x 18" (x2 — true double-kick configuration)
- **Toms:** 10" x 9" rack, 12" x 10" rack, 14" x 14" floor, 16" x 16" floor
- **Snare:** Pearl Daniel Erlandsson Signature 14" x 5.5"
- **Cymbals:** Meinl Byzance Multi-Series (14" Traditional/Dark Hi-Hats, 16" Vintage/Dark Crash, 18" Medium Crash, 20" Dark/Vintage Ride, 18" China)
- **Bass Drum Pedal:** Pearl Demon Drive Double Bass Pedal
- **Sticks:** ProMark 5B
- **Heads:** Remo Powerstroke 3 (kick); Remo Emperor Coated (toms); Remo Ambassador Coated (snare)

## Key Facts

- Released September 8, 2017 — Arch Enemy's tenth studio album
- Top 5 in Germany (#3), Sweden (#3), Austria (#4) — the band's highest chart positions in the White-Gluz era
- 'The Eagle Flies Alone' lead single charted in European rock and metal radio
- Second Jens Bogren / Fascination Street production — most polished Arch Enemy drum sound to that point
- Pearl Reference Pure kit — Erlandsson's consistent configuration now in a settled, deeply familiar form
- Meinl Byzance multi-series — tonal complexity well-served by Bogren's warm production palette
- Pearl Demon Drive continued — years of touring familiarity behind every double-kick passage
- Follows War Eternal (2014); precedes Deceivers (2022) in the White-Gluz era arc

**Internal links:**
- [War Eternal drum setup (2014)](/articles/war-eternal-drum-setup) — arc-opening White-Gluz era album
- [Deceivers drum setup (2022)](/articles/deceivers-drum-setup) — Arch Enemy's newest album
- [Khaos Legions drum setup (2011)](/articles/khaos-legions-drum-setup) — Gossow era closer preceding this arc
- [Daniel Erlandsson drum setup](/articles/daniel-erlandsson-drum-setup) — full career gear profile
- [Daniel Erlandsson drummer profile](/drummer/daniel-erlandsson) — full career context

**Source:** https://metalforge.io/articles/will-to-power-drum-setup

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