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]

Ola Englund
Ola 2017
Background information
Born (1981-09-27) 27 September 1981
Stockholm, Sweden
GenresDeath metal, groove metal, thrash metal, melodic death metal, metalcore
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, record producer, YouTuber, DJ, Guitarist, Guitar pedal creator
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active1994–present
Associated actsFeared, Jeff Loomis, Six Feet Under, The Haunted, Subcyde, Scarpoint, Facing Death, Misha Mansoor
Websitewww.olaenglund.com www.fearedband.com

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, Total Guitar magazine awarded him as Best Internet Personality and one of his Solar Guitars second best of the year.

Influences

Ola cites his biggest influences as Pantera, Dream Theater, Nevermore, Testament, Bolt Thrower, Entombed, and Opeth.

Discography
Facing Death
  • Facing Death (Demo) (2005)
Subcyde
  • Subcyde (2007)
Scarpoint
  • Mask of Sanity (2011)
Feared[3][4][5]
  • 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
The Haunted
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 signature amplifiers from Fortin[8] (2010-2014) and Randall[9] (2014–2019). In November 2017 Englund announced the launch of his own guitar brand, Solar.[10]

References
  1. "Voices of Metal – Ola Englund | Seymour Duncan Blog". Seymourduncan.com. 2011-11-10. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  2. "Ola Englund". Metal Insider. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
  3. "Feared - Discography - Metal Storm". Metalstorm.net. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  4. Hutscal, Luke. "Beathound". Beathound.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  5. "Feared - Store". Fearedband.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  6. "No renewal of my S7G contract". Ola Englund. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. "Washburn – Ola Englund". Olaenglund.com. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. "NATAS - FORTIN AMPS". Fortinmaps.com. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. "Ola Englund Satan - Randall Amplifiers". Randallamplifiers.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. GuitarWorld.com, entry: The Haunted, Feared Guitarist Ola Englund Launches Solar Guitars Brand
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