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Anekdoten
Group · Sweden · Borlänge Municipality · formed 1991
Swedish band
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Also known as アネクドテン
Timeline
9 events▣ Album 7◆ Formed 1★ Debut release 1
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Vemod
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography212 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1299398399
Biography
Anekdoten is a Swedish progressive rock band, composed of guitarist/vocalist Nicklas Barker, cellist/keyboardist Anna Sofi Dahlberg, bassist/vocalist Jan Erik Liljeström and drummer Peter Nordins. They are notable for the use of the mellotron and their heavy sound dominated by a pounding bass guitar. Their music is associated with the tradition of 1970s progressive rock music, especially that of King Crimson.
Since 2015 former The Church guitarist Marty Willson-Piper has been touring with the band.
Studio albums
Vemod (1993)
Nucleus (1995)
From Within (1999)
Gravity (2003)
A Time of Day (2007)
Until All the Ghosts Are Gone (2015)
Live albums
Live EP (1997)
Folkoperan, Live in Stockholm (1997)
Official Bootleg: Live in Japan (1998)
Waking the Dead, Live in Japan 2005 (2005)
Morte Macabre
In 1998, Nicklas Barker and Peter Nordins of Anekdoten, along with Stefan Dimle (Landberk, Paatos) and Reine Fiske (Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, The Guild) released the album Symphonic Holocaust. The album mostly consists of covered themes from horror movies, such as Cannibal Holocaust and Rosemary's Baby. The music is instrumental and characterised by improvisation and heavy use of mellotron and synthesizers.
My Brother the Wind
Nicklas Barker has since 2010 been involved in a side project called My Brother The Wind. A debut CD of improvised psychedelic rock entitled Twilight In The Crystal Cabinet was released in May 2010.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 32 | 70th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (14 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 46:32
1Karelia7:222The Old Man and the Sea7:503Where Solitude Remains7:214Thoughts in Absence4:135The Flow7:006Longing4:547Wheel7:521995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 48:58
1Nucleus5:092Harvest6:513Book of Hours: a) Pendulum Swing / b) The Book9:584Raft0:595Rubankh3:116Here7:267This Far From the Sky8:568In Freedom6:281999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 51:04
1From Within7:262Kiss of Life4:403Groundbound5:254Hole11:095Slow Fire7:266Firefly4:507The Sun Absolute6:398For Someone3:292003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 46:22
1Monolith6:072Ricochet5:453The War Is Over4:424What Should But Did Not Die6:435SW46:046Gravity8:207The Games We Play3:258Seljak5:162007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:01
1The Great Unknown6:23230 Pieces7:133King Oblivion5:024A Sky About to Rain6:305Every Step I Take3:066Stardust and Sand4:307In for a Ride6:478Prince of the Ocean5:302015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 46:22
1Shooting Star10:112Get Out Alive7:323If It All Comes Down to You5:534Writing on the Wall9:035Until All the Ghosts Are Gone5:076Our Days Are Numbered8:362016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 25:22
1Shooting Star (Extended Hans Fredriksson Mix)11:002If It All Comes Down To You (Alternative Flute Solo Version)5:523Our Days Are Numbered (Hans Fredriksson Mix)8:30— · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks
1The Old Man And The Sea2Slow Fire3Thoughts In Absence4Book Of Hours5Karelia6Nucleus7Wheel8Tabatah
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Live EPSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 25:301Nucleus5:11 2The Flow6:04 3A Way of Life8:11 4Karelia6:04 | Live | September 1997 |
Album · 5
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Official Bootleg: Live in JapanSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 1:50:40Disc 1 1Karelia8:04 2The Old Man and the Sea8:02 3Harvest5:43 4Slow Fire7:51 5Thoughts in Absence3:39 6Road to Nowhere4:56 7Book of Hours10:05 8The Flow9:15 Disc 21Groundbound7:31 2Where Solitude Remains7:58 3Wheel8:58 4Tabatah9:39 5Nucleus6:10 6Rubankh, Part 1 & 212:49 | Live | 5 February 1998 | |
| 2005 | Waking the Dead, Live in Japan 2005Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 11 tracks · 1:18:561Monolith6:26 2From Within7:58 3Kiss of Life4:44 4Hole11:18 5SW46:00 6Moons of Mars2:39 7The Sun Absolute5:17 8Ricochet5:54 9Gravity9:27 10This Too Will Pass7:09 11Sad Rain12:04 | Live | 25 September 2005 | |
| 2009 | ChaptersSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 19 tracks · 2:07:32Disc 1 1Ricochet5:45 2The Great Unknown6:22 3From Within7:25 4In for a Ride6:47 5The War Is Over4:39 6Monolith6:08 7A Sky About to Rain6:30 8Every Step I Take3:07 9Groundbound5:23 10Gravity8:23 11When I Turn3:43 Disc 21Sad Rain10:17 2Wheel7:54 3The Old Man and the Sea7:51 4Nucleus (demo)5:46 5Book of Hours (demo)9:36 6This Far From the Sky (demo)9:17 730 Pieces (demo)6:58 8Prince of the Ocean (demo)5:41 | Compilation | 11 May 2009 | |
| 2025 | The Studio AlbumsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 54 tracks · 5:47:01Disc 1 1Karelia7:22 2The Old Man & The Sea7:50 3Where Solitude Remains7:21 4Thoughts in Absence4:13 5The Flow7:00 6Longing4:54 7Wheel8:05 8Sad Rain10:13 Disc 21Nucleus5:13 2Harvest6:58 3Book of Hours9:59 4Raft0:59 5Rubankh3:25 6Here7:27 7This Far From the Sky8:50 8In Freedom6:32 9Nucleus (demo,)5:46 10Book of Hours (demo,)9:34 11This Is Far From the Sky (demo,)9:15 Disc 31From Within7:26 2Kiss of Life4:40 3Groundbound5:25 4Hole11:09 5Slow Fire7:26 6Firefly4:50 7The Sun Absolute6:39 8For Someone3:31 Disc 41Monolith6:07 2Ricochet5:45 3The War Is Over4:42 4What Should but Did Not Die6:43 5SW46:04 6Gravity8:20 7The Games We Play3:25 8Seljak5:16 Disc 51The Great Unknown6:19 230 Pieces7:12 3King Oblivion5:03 4A Sky About to Rain6:35 5Every Step I Take3:01 6Stardust and Sand4:30 7In for a Ride6:43 8Prince of the Ocean5:33 9In for a Ride (demo,)6:29 10King Oblivion (demo,)5:32 1130 Pieces (demo,)6:57 12Prince of the Ocean (demo,)5:40 13Stardust and Sand (demo,)2:40 Disc 61Shooting Star10:11 2Get Out Alive7:32 3If It All Comes Down to You5:53 4Writing on the Wall9:03 5Until All the Ghosts Are Gone5:07 6Our Days Are Numbered8:37 | Compilation | 2025 | |
| — | 1994-07-26: Parco del Turismo, Roma, ItalySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 12 tracks · 1:46:091Karelia7:32 2The Old Man and the Sea7:52 3Where Solitude Remains9:27 4Here9:07 5This Far From the Sky10:33 6Improv - Cervello12:10 7The Flow7:29 8Wheel7:17 9Mars6:48 10Larks' Tongues in Aspic, Part Two6:41 11Easy Money8:21 12Starless12:52 | Live | — |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Anekdoten head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 9 | 85.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 32 | 70th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Barker | — | present | |
| Peter Nordins | — | present |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anekdoten.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0cf0af1f-20ca-4863-9b24-5f52772f7715discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0cf0af1f-20ca-4863-9b24-5f52772f7715core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528945genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q528945seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdotenbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anekdoten
Why this artist is in the database
- List of progressive rock artists
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Ramyth1 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q528945 · MusicBrainz: 0cf0af1f-20ca-4863-9b24-5f52772f7715
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