Gardenian is a Gothenburg band formed in 1996 by Thim Blom and Jim Kjell. Encompassing the Gothenburg sound, the band recorded a rehearsal tape and got immediate interest from Listenable Records in France. December of 1996 sees the band in Studio Fredman and no later than May of 1997 brings the Two Feet Stand album. The band records a cover song of Mercyful Fate, records another demo and sadly sees the opportunity to open for other bands like Arch Enemy and Cannibal Corpse come to naught as Listenable has little money for tour support. Engelin tours with In Flames for the Whoracle album and the band and label begin the end of their relationship. The band splits up.
More than a year later with Skoger gone, Engelin's In Flames connection pays off and the band signs with Nuclear Blast. The band enters the studio in January of 1999 and quickly imports Artch singer Erikur Hawksson to do the normal vocals which Kjell can not handle. Also new to the band is Albertsson who played with Engelin in Sarcasm. To support the album, Nuclear Blast places the band on the Nuclear Blast Festival III tour alongside Hypocrisy, Brimstone and others. This was followed by another tour with country mates In Flames, Dark Tranquility and others. A tour of Poland is not as successful and the band begins recording at The Abyss Studio with Peter Tagtgren. Niklas Sundin of Dark Tranquility designs the artwork.
Sindustries appears in October of 2000 and with NB not seeing a future for the band, Gardenian is not only not given tour support but is also dropped from the label. Despite the label problem and a throat surgery on Kjrell at this time the band is not splitting and in fact records new songs later as the search for a label continues.
Engelin rejoined In Flames in 2006 in order to fill in for guitarist Jesper Strömblad who was not touring due to personal problems.