Ola Englund
Ola Englund (born 27 September 1981) is a Swedish musician, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, businessman, and YouTuber. He is a founding member of the band Feared, performs lead guitar duties in the Swedish metal act The Haunted, and used to be a member of the band Six Feet Under. He has also been a part of Scarpoint, Facing Death, Subcyde, and Sorcerer. [1][2]
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 27 September 1981
Genres | Death metal, groove metal, thrash metal, melodic death metal, metalcore |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, record producer, YouTuber, DJ, Guitarist |
Instruments | Guitar |
Years active | 1994–present |
Associated acts | Feared, Jeff Loomis, Six Feet Under, The Haunted, Subcyde, Scarpoint, Facing Death, |
Website | www |
In 2017 he launched his own guitar brand, Solar Guitars. In 2019 he released his first ever solo album Master Of The Universe.
In 2018 & 2019, Total Guitar magazine awarded him as Best Internet Personality.
Influences
Ola cites his biggest influences as Pantera, Dream Theater, Nevermore, Sepultura, Testament, Bolt Thrower, Entombed, and Opeth.
Discography
- Facing Death
- Facing Death (Demo) (2005)
- Subcyde
- Subcyde (2007)
- Scarpoint
- Mask of Sanity (2011)
- Feared (2007)
- Feared (EP) (2008)
- Rejects (2011)
- Refeared (2012)
- Furor Incarnatus (2013)
- Vinter (2013)
- Elemental Nightmares II (2014)
- Synder (2015)
- Reborn (2016)
- Svart (2017)
- Six Feet Under
- Unborn (2013)
- The Haunted
- Eye of the Storm (EP) (2014)
- Exit Wounds (2014)
- Strength in Numbers (2017)
- Solo
- Master of the Universe (2019)
Gear
Englund has had signature guitar lines from Strictly 7[6] (2011-2013) and Washburn[7] (2013-2017), as well as a signature amplifier Randall[8] (2014–2019). In November 2017 Englund announced the launch of his own guitar brand, Solar.[9]
References
- "Voices of Metal – Ola Englund | Seymour Duncan Blog". Seymourduncan.com. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- "Ola Englund". Metal Insider. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- "Feared - Discography - Metal Storm". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- Hutscal, Luke. "Beathound". Beathound.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- "Feared - Store". Fearedband.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- "No renewal of my S7G contract". Ola Englund. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- "Washburn – Ola Englund". Olaenglund.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- "Ola Englund Satan - Randall Amplifiers". Randallamplifiers.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- GuitarWorld.com, entry: The Haunted, Feared Guitarist Ola Englund Launches Solar Guitars Brand